From: Alan and Carmel Brain <aebrain@w...>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 23:29:05 +1000
Subject: Re:[OT]42 Up
The talk about Dr Who, nostalgia and so on has reminded me to recommend a really good set of films to everyone. In 1964, Michael Apted made a 40 minute documentary about 14 7-year-old kids in the UK from as widespread a variety of backgrounds as he could get, from the very rich to dirt poor, and all points in between. The idea was to revisit them every 7 years, and track what has happened, how much influence early childhood has on future life. The latest episode is now some 100 minutes long, and is called "42 Up". I know "35 up" and "42 up" are both available on video. The others I don't know about. This hits close to home - I was born in 58 not 57, but like one I went to a boarding prep school and travelled widely overseas, like another I've emigrated to Australia, like a third I've gone into hitech science. If you can, watch this series. From the start. It's the story of my generation. URLs: http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/greatmovies/up_documentaries.html http://www.culturevulture.net/Movies2/42Up.htm http://www.cinema-scene.com/archive/volume-2-number-32.html#42 http://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/42up.shtml http://www.theage.com.au/daily/990704/news/specials/news3.html