Arquette, who won an Emmy in 2005 for her role in the TV series Medium, says she deliberately didn't ask to see the film before it was finalized.

"He showed me five years put together at one point, and then I said I didn't want to see it again until it was all finished," Arquette says.

For the actress, making the film was a "unique experience" and a challenge, notably because of the physical changes in all the actors that had to be taken into account.

But she says she didn't find it difficult to get inside her own character.

"I found a lot of my mom in her and of myself. For some strange reason it wasn't hard, and I don't know why," she says.

Variety called the film Linklater's "crowning achievement".

"No other American director has done a better job of capturing the verisimilitude of ordinary life," it added.

理查德·林克莱特凭借呕心沥血之作《少年时代》在今年斩获柏林电影节最佳导演银熊奖，同时有不少预测认为该片有实力问鼎奥斯卡。

《少年时代》7月18日在美国小规模上映以来，行业杂志《综艺》（Variety）坦言道：林克莱特有望凭借这部时长近三小时的电影拿下奥斯卡金像奖。

这部电影的摄制过程开创了先例。美国导演林克莱特花了12年用镜头跟随着同一拨演员，记录了男主演的成长过程，及其家人各方面的变化。

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