It is okay to be strong. It is okay to be soft. You do not have to be a superhero to be worthy of love. Your boyhood is not a problem to be solved—it is a story to be witnessed.
: A timeline at the bottom of the screen where you can drag a slider to see Ellar Coltrane Boyhood
Watching Boyhood today offers a fascinating secondary layer: it is a documentary of the first decade of the 21st century. Because the film was shot in sequence, the cultural markers are authentic, not retroactive set dressing. It is okay to be strong
: Access to Linklater’s notes for each year. Since there was no complete script the cultural markers are authentic