Boyhood editing blog post

Boyhood is an unique film to say the very least as it documents the boyhood of a boy using the same actors for continuity. In order to accomplish such a feat, good editing was needed to connect the scenes where he aged. For the most part Linklater, the director, does a great job with this never totally blindsiding us with any changes. This was particularly true with The "alcoholic Dad" sequence where it went from the Mother meeting him to her marrying him and then to their life together. Linklater then gives us a sense of time passing and their situation getting worse and worse without disorienting us. This was not true however, with the transfer from the angsty Mason to the super profound and hipster Mason. While we did a glimpse at his budding interest in photography from the darkroom scene, the changing of his overall attitude is very sudden and comes off a little irritating in my opinion. You could argue that such is the nature of this film and it was intentional but seeing as how it deviated from the rest of the films smooth transitions I'd beg to differ. This one hiccup however, does not negate the value of this film which tells the story of about from ages 6-18 in the most accurate way possible and is beyond a shadow of a doubt a historical milestone in filmmaking.