A full dozen years to shoot a movie. Patricia Arquette was talking with Mo Rocca on “CBS Sunday Morning” about the experience of playing the mom on “Boyhood,” and she admitted it certainly wasn’t business as usual, working with director Richard Linklater and his special cast.
The veteran actress couldn’t keep the smile from her familiar face and voice. Sure, she was nominated for best actress for her sweeping role as a mom who does much growing up with her two kids. And yes, Linklater’s 2-hour, 45-minute epic was nominated for best picture.
But you could tell it was more than potential awards that won Arquette over. When she started working at the start with first-time actors Ellar Coltrane, who played 5-year-old Mason, and Lorelei Linklater, his couple-years-senior sister, they were just kids. And writer and director Linklater, Lorelei’s father, Arquette told interviewer Roca with respect and some surprise still in her voice, would drop the two children off at her house on a Friday and leave them with her the whole weekend. Even when not shooting scenes. So they could bond.
Yeah, it worked.
Texas native Linklater is great at coming-of-age movies most certainly — “Dazed and Confused” of 1993 was a rock ‘n’ roller of a certain generation’s classic, and “School of Rock” with Jack Black and all those instrument-wielding kids in 2003 is not to be forgotten. He’s adept at spanning generations, as fans of “Before Sunrise,” “Before Sunset” and “Before Midnight” will boast of the 1993, 2004 and 2013 triad.
Put those together … shake and stir.
I bought the Blu-Ray and popped it in Saturday night, wanting to see how “Boyhood” stood up to this unique approach.
Stunning movie.
But you could tell it was more than potential awards that won Arquette over. When she started working at the start with first-time actors Ellar Coltrane, who played 5-year-old Mason, and Lorelei Linklater, his couple-years-senior sister, they were just kids. And writer and director Linklater, Lorelei’s father, Arquette told interviewer Roca with respect and some surprise still in her voice, would drop the two children off at her house on a Friday and leave them with her the whole weekend. Even when not shooting scenes. So they could bond.
Yeah, it worked.
Texas native Linklater is great at coming-of-age movies most certainly — “Dazed and Confused” of 1993 was a rock ‘n’ roller of a certain generation’s classic, and “School of Rock” with Jack Black and all those instrument-wielding kids in 2003 is not to be forgotten. He’s adept at spanning generations, as fans of “Before Sunrise,” “Before Sunset” and “Before Midnight” will boast of the 1993, 2004 and 2013 triad.
Put those together … shake and stir.
I bought the Blu-Ray and popped it in Saturday night, wanting to see how “Boyhood” stood up to this unique approach.
Stunning movie.
