Film Analysis and Legacy of Richard Linklater

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Film Studies

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Introduction
The essay is focused on the aspect pertaining analysis of the film “Boyhood”. The film is
directed by Richard Linklater. It would also imply the approaches made to cinematography
and film direction in the contemporary times. The disciplines related to film studies would
also be analyzed accordingly pertaining to the essay. The concepts pertaining to the
disciplines of film studies have garnered a huge support due to the various kinds of
approaches being undertaken by film directors and cinematographers with regard to the
derivation of the desired outcomes as far as appealing the required audience is concerned.
The different themes pertaining to the films are also taken into consideration as far as the
intention of the concerned film director or cinematographer is concerned (Rich, 2014). The
theory pertaining to the film “Boyhood” would also be taken into account accordingly. As a
result, it would imply the philosophy pertaining to the film “Boyhood”. The comparative
aspect would also be taken into account as far as the comparative analysis between the film
“Boyhood” and another film is concerned. Finally, an appropriate conclusion would be
provided in order to roll up in an effective and efficient manner. It would help in the
summarising of the essay in the desired manner thereby depicting the incredible comparison
accordingly.
Film analysis and legacy of Richard Linklater
The film “Boyhood” is focused over the aspect related to the growth a person from childhood
to adolescence accordingly. It also depicts the aspect pertaining to the plight of a child having
divorced parents. It has been filmed accordingly for a period of twelve years with regard to
the depiction of various stages of the child from the period of 2001 to 2013. The age range of
six to eighteen for the child has been depicted in the film accordingly. The script was
formulated simultaneously with the production of the film since the production of the film

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commenced in the year 2001 with an incomplete and unfinished script by Richard Linklater.
The life experiences of the actors were also taken into consideration by Richard Linklater and
subsequently included into the film accordingly as far as the formulation of the script in an
effective and efficient manner is concerned. It received a positive response from the audience
accordingly upon its release (Stone, 2018). Critics reviewed the film in a positive manner as
far as its appeal to a wide range of people is concerned. It is imperative that the film
“Boyhood” has attracted a huge number of people (Dargis, 2014). As a result, the film
“Boyhood” has played an important role with regard to the attraction of a significant audience
as far as the incredibility of its theme is concerned depicting various stages of a child. It can
be implied that it is loosely based on the initial stanzas of William Shakespeare’s poem “The
Seven Ages”. The eminent Canadian scholar and university professor Howard Adelman
stated that the film “Boyhood” epitomizes the character of Huckleberry Finn in the modern
times, one of the important characters of the popular American literary figure of the modern
times (Adelman, 2014). It has also received appreciations and accolades accordingly from
various film critics associations around the globe. The main themes pertaining to the film
“Boyhood” are quite ideal with regard to the approaches undertaken by Richard Linklater, the
one who directed and wrote for the film accordingly. Richard Linklater is quite naturalistic
and humanistic in nature as far as film direction is concerned with regard to the themes
pertaining to realism in his films depicting various stages of life of sub-urban people. As the
film “Boyhood” has been shot for a period of twelve years, it implies the same actor being
inducted into enacting of the role of the character depicting the stages of life accordingly.
Such an aspect is also incorporated in another series of films directed by him which include
Before Sunrise, Before Sunset and Before Midnight. The key aspect of his films imply the
narrative themes involved as far as the series of the chain of events pertaining to the films are
concerned. As a result, he has carved a niche of himself in the disciplines pertaining to