Boyhood – “Hero”
There are a lot of moments where music influenced the overall atmosphere in Boyhood, oftentimes I’d imagine, purposefully. Boyhood is a series of moments marked by small nods to time such as them reading Harry Potter books or playing Game Boys but music takes a precedence from the very beginning, creating an overall bottled time feeling. However, it’s the utilization of the song “Hero” by Family of the Year that left its mark because it’s when we really, truly realize how far this kid has come from when we first met him. Sure it’s not quite the end of the film, but it certainly feels like a goodbye to this character we’ve come to know so well.
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