Films rarely live up to the expectations set up by a great novel and this is due to the limitations of working with film as a medium. ... The past experiences of the characters in Beloved, which plays an integral part of the story, are left out in the film due to the difficulty of jumping time. ...
Most recently, Richard Linklater has introduced us to his latest film Boyhood, a story spread over 12 years of a young boy's life. ... Slacker becomes the story of a broke Austin filmmaker exploring new methodologies of cinema; Waking Life becomes a story of director experimenting with inventing new software to translate footage shot on a digital camcorder to artistically roto-scoped moving images. And Boyhood becomes a story of a filmmaker experimenting with a telescoping narrative and production schedule, as well as self-reflective behaviors from the actors. ...
