Boyhood has been the talk of the summer amongst indie filmgoers. Richard Linklater's 12-years-in-the-making saga about one contemporary boy's life from age 7 to 18 has garnered a plethora of terrific notices from critics and has struck a chord with many audiences. In fact, depending on how some of the more stereotypically Academy Award-friendly releases pan out in the latter half of the year, Boyhood could even be a contender in some of the major Oscar categories such as Best Director and Best Picture. Even if the more lofty awards aspirations for the film don't pan out though, expect Boyhood to at least be a strong contender in the Best Film Editing category. The fact that the film is essentially 12 short films shot from 2002-2013, but edited to feel like one, is an accomplishment that will not be lost on the Academy's editors branch. While recently this category has predominantly seen action-heavy features that employ lightning-fast editing techniques, something with as an unique and prominently displayed editing accomplishment as Boyhood could find a place in the category. Boyhood could miss out on the nomination if the editors feel that the film is simply 12 shorts films messily cobbled together to look like one, but if the editors are at all simpatico with the critics and audiences that have seen the movie, then expect Boyhood to receive a nod from the Academy's editors branch.
A film fanatic at a very young age, starting with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movies and gradually moving up to more sophisticated fare, at around the age of ten he became inexplicably obsessed with all things Oscar. With the incredibly trivial power of being able to chronologically name every Best Picture winner from memory, his lifelong goal is to see every Oscar nominated film, in every major category, in the history of the Academy Awards.
