Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

Mason and Sheena watch a band sing about aging, loneliness, and feeling stuck.

Scene 134 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

Musicians

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Begins 2:26 into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 134

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.
Scenes 75–123
He adapts to new homes and schools, tests independence with friends and work, and develops an eye for photography.
Scene 125
Mason says he wants to do what makes him feel alive instead of performing normality; Sheena’s response grounds that wish in the judgment everyone feels.
Just before
Scene 131
Driving with Sheena, Mason argues that phones and social media keep people from living fully; Sheena counters that they also provide useful information and connection.
Scene 132
At a pool hall, Sheena and Samantha discuss college housing and relationships while Mason plays pool with Samantha's boyfriend.
Scene 133
The teens walk through Austin's nightlife together, passing a street musician and a woman hula-hooping.
Scene 134
This scene

134INT. CONTINENTAL CLUB - NIGHT

A four man band plays as our guys watch from the audience.

MUSICIANS

(singing)

"On the day that I was born I started

growin' old. No one told you life

would be so lonesome and cold. I

had a grey hair by the age of 23,

this hard-luck livin's gonna be the

end of me. The old black crow leaving

tracks all across my face, and

everywhere I go I seem to be in the

same damn place. Hard livin's gonna

be the end of me."