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Richard Linklater’s landmark film “Boyhood,” filmed over 12 years with the same cast, returns to theaters for its anniversary, capturing real-time growth of its young stars and parents who aged alongside them — a project that earned Patricia Arquette an Oscar. Celebrating the director’s vision, the American Cinematheque hosts a special tribute in L.A., screening “Boyhood,” “Waking Life,” and “Dazed and Confused” with Linklater in attendance. The film also kicks off a limited U.S. art house run starting September 7. Linklater, now 66, revealed his original goal: to authentically portray a child’s full maturation, impossible in conventional filmmaking. He’s already planning a 20-year project adapting Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along,” where actors like Hawke and Arquette will age not just physically but emotionally. He’s also optimistic about cinema’s future, noting a resurgence of young audiences returning to theaters — proof that film remains vital.

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