Boy, oh boy! This was one awesome, sweet movie. I remember covering the red carpet for it at SXSW earlier this year for work. This is a movie by Richard Linklater. It took 12 years to make. Why so long? Because it was an experimentation. Every so often during those 12 years, Linklater would shoot scenes with the main boy, the girl that plays his sister, Patricia Arquette, and Ethan Hawke. The result: an awesome drama showing the life of a boy growing up from elementary to his arrival at college. It is almost three hours long. It didn't drag at all. These characters became a family to me for three hours. A lot of what they went through, hits home for me. It's a movie about life and about love. So it should hit home to almost everyone. It's the story of Mason. He lives with his mother and sister. He sees his dad every so often. During his childhood, his mother married and divorced three men. He moves to different parts of Texas. He meets different friends and girlfriends and has different experiences. It shows the struggle and the changes of this boy and the other characters. It shows how this boy evolves to a young man. Fucking beautiful movie. Richard Linklater has made some very awesome films. I think I need to add him to my director shelf. Kudos for the Austin scenes. Can't go wrong with the best city in Texas.
A must see and a must buy for sure. Special movie.
Glad I finally saw this movie. Saw it at the new discount theatre they opened in Northwest Austin and it was only a buck (1 dollar Sundays).
