Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

Bill jokes while a barber cuts Mason's hair short, but Mason is visibly upset.

Scene 57 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Bill

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Begins 55 min into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 57

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.
Scene 30
Mason and Olivia cross the college campus that becomes their new life in Houston, leaving his childhood home behind.
Scene 32
Olivia and Bill return from their honeymoon to a newly joined household, placing Mason inside the family structure that dominates the next chapter.
Scene 45
Dad asks Mason and Samantha to talk honestly during their weekends together, beginning a more mutual father-son relationship.
Just before
Scene 54
Mason asks whether elves are real; Dad says the natural world can be magical even without them.
Scene 55
Dad says goodbye to the children at Olivia's driveway and agrees to discuss Samantha's next sleepover with their mother.
Scene 56
Mason and Randy hide a questionable computer screen when Mindy interrupts to tell them Bill is arranging haircuts.
Scene 57
This scene

57INT. BARBER SHOP - DAY

Mason sits for his haircut, while Randy and Bill wait to the side. Mason is clearly distressed as the barber glides an electric razor over his head.

BILL

This is gonna look so much better.

You're gonna look like a man instead

of like a little girl. You're takin'

the eyebrows off next, right, Byron?

Bill nudges Randy, and laughs. Mason does not find it funny.