American Director Richard Linklater did an experiment in this film, using the same cast for 12 years to record a boy's growth.

美国导演理查德·林克莱特在这部电影中做了一个实验，12年来使用同一个演员以记录一个男孩的成长过程。

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What Linklater loves to do is simply hang with his characters.

林克莱特喜欢的只是和他的角色们在一起。

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A guilty look; the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy - Eric Linklater.

内疚的表情；撤退中的敌人那惭愧、羞耻的样子——埃里克·林克莱特。

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Writer-director Richard Linklater believes any moviemaker would be daunted by the challenge of telling the story of the man behind the great American film Citizen Kane;

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and Linklater found the real Welles within those iconic characters "He is an enigma.

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Linklater and Hawke met for weeks to develop the script for "Before Midnight, " she said.

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The series took off because of another film by Mr. Linklater, "Waking Life" (2001).

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Every time Linklater gets some tension going, he returns to the women on the porch.

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