A few weeks ago I got the first DVD in the Up series, 7 Up!
The series is a set of documentaries, filmed every 7 years starting 1964, chronicling a bunch of British children from different backgrounds.
7-Up was funny, interesting, and boring at the same time. The kids were super cute, and their differences (most notably along socio-economic lines) were stark. At the same time, it was a little boring to watch the whole thing.
Yesterday I watched 21-Up (they skipped 14 apparently) and that was a whole lot of fun. It was amazing to see how the 7-year-olds had turned out 14 years later. And 21 wasn't so long ago that I don't remember what it's like! :)
The wonderful thing is to be able to see myself in many of the kids chronicled; and to try to remember back to when I was seven and fourteen and twenty-one and what my views were on life, politics, society, sex, class, opportunities, marriage, family, ... (the list is long).
I'm really excited to see the rest of the DVDs in the series. It goes all the way up to 49 Up, which was released in 2005.
Highly recommended viewing.
1 comment:
so there was a new simpsons episode from a week or two ago that spoofed this movie using simpsons' characters. random, huh?
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