Multimedia Collection
42 UP
VHS
134 minutes
HQ792 .G7 F671 1999
Starting in 1964 with Seven Up, director Michael Apted (Coal Miner's Daughter, Nell, Gorillas in the Mist) has explored this Jesuit maxim. The original concept was to interview 14 children from diverse backgrounds from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Every seven years, Apted has been back to talk to the same subjects, examining the progression of their lives.
"Apted gives us the rare thrill of seeing people change, both physically and otherwise, from childhood through adolescence and into adulthood." (SF Weekly) From cab driver Tony to East End schoolmates Jackie, Lynn and Susan and the heart-breaking Neil, we see, halfway through their lives, how close these subjects are to realizing their ambitions.
An extraordinary look at the structure of life in the 20th century, the UP series is, according to Roger Ebert, "an inspired, almost noble use of the film medium. Apted penetrates to the central mystery of life."
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