42 Up

[ellen_datlow]

I've kept up with Michael Apted's remarkable series of documentaries about a group of 7 year old English children whose lives he's been following since 1964. But I hadn't seen the most recent two. Last night I watched 42 Up and it continues to be fascinating. Two of the subjects dropped out of the documentary at the 35 benchmark (I think)but the rest are pretty open about their lives. In a few weeks I'll be catching up with them at 49. (2005)

Comments

[alexotica.livejournal.com]

Oh cool. I'm glad he's still doing them. Thanks for the reminder about them; I don't think I've seen 42 or 49 yet.

Alex.

[catephoenix.livejournal.com]

I love that series.

[bev-vincent.livejournal.com]

My wife and I stumbled upon 42 Up playing at the theater in the basement of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts about a year after it came out and decided to watch it on a whim. We never did get around to watching the older ones, but we picked up 49 on DVD when it came out a couple of years ago. At least one of the dropouts is back in the latest incarnation. It is a fascinating study, and I hope he can do at least one more.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Oh Bev, you should check out the earlier ones. You get an idea of each person from 42 (the interspersing of earlier interviews is great) but it's better to see everything.

[bev-vincent.livejournal.com]

I think my daughter picked up the earlier ones as a boxed set, so I'll have to get her to bring them home at Christmas.

[scottedelman.livejournal.com]

Looks like I missed the same ones you did. I saw them all up to 35, and still need to see 42 and 49. I hope to find time for them someday!

[ecmyers.livejournal.com]

I recently saw the first two specials. I need to catch up. Fascinating stuff.

[girliejones.livejournal.com]

I thought one of the people died? Or committed suicide after 35. But I can't be sure.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Not by 42...

[girliejones.livejournal.com]

ahh.. okay..

[chalkhorse.livejournal.com]

I just love these films. I think 35 Up was the first one I watched and I must have seen it 6 or 7 times in the arthouse theatre I was working in...

indeed...

[themadblonde]

a fascinating series. I saw 35 & 42 in the theatre. Didn't realise I'd missed 49. Thanks for the reminder.