Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

Jim tells Dad that Mason is committed to photography and plans to build a darkroom.

Scene 108 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

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Begins 1:45 into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 108

As his mother’s homes and relationships change, Mason grows from a restless child into a young photographer learning to choose his own direction before leaving for college.

Scenes 1–11
Mason’s world is a child’s local orbit of school, siblings, play, and a family not yet displaced.
Scenes 12–23
The move exposes Mason’s wish to keep his friends and stay connected to his absent father while Olivia seeks a more secure life.
Scenes 24–74
Mason enters successive new family arrangements: Dad’s return, Olivia’s marriage to Bill, and finally escape from Bill’s house.
Just before
Scene 105
Mason returns just after midnight on his fifteenth birthday; Olivia notices he has been drinking and smoking and tells him they will talk in the morning.
Scene 106
Dad and Jim greet the children beside Dad's new minivan, where Samantha meets baby Cooper and welcomes her half-brother.
Scene 107
Olivia consults workers about replacing a broken pipe and tries to follow their Spanish explanation.
Scene 108
This scene

108EXT. JIM'S FRONT YARD - CONTINUOUS

DAD

(to Jim)

Hey listen, uh, thanks for that camera

you got Mason.

JIM

Oh, yeah... Mason's --

DAD

He's loving that thing.

JIM

He's all into the photography thing

right now.

DAD

Yeah, I know.

JIM

He's actually talking about turning

his, uh, his closet into a dark room.

The red light and developing, the

whole nine...

DAD

Yeah? You alright with that?

JIM

I probably won't see him for a week...

DAD

Yeah... Right... Well...

JIM

But, you know. He's having a good

time.

DAD

At least he's focusing on something.

JIM

Yeah, yeah.

DAD

You know? That's what I like.

JIM

Yeah, he's all about it.