tmoney
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12/4/2006 10:18 AM
posted awhile ago
7 Up Series
I just think this is an ingenious idea. I haven't seen any of them, but I really really want to see 49 up. Can anybody recommend these films? If you don't know what these films are, basically when these kids were 7 years old, they were interviewed for a documentary called 7 up, and now every seven years, they are interviewed again, so this would be the 7th film in the series, and i've heard it's one of the best.
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HairyLime
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2/24/2007 10:40 AM
posted awhile ago
Re: 7 Up Series
I know you posted this a few months ago, but I was reading through the groups posts and came across your entry and it prompted me to check out this documentary series (recently wrote a blog about the first two, and will be adding to it over the next week) - thanks for reminding me of this one - really worth checking out.
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slipofthetongue
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3/11/2007 7:50 PM
posted awhile ago
Re: 7 Up Series
I was exposed to this series quite a few years ago when I was in film school. I don't want to build this up for you too much but I think this series is perhaps one of the crowning achievements in the history of documentary filmmaking. I really think that it is a public service to show the way people grow and change over time. It's just never been done before (that I know of) and it is just fascinating to watch. Although I am younger than the subjects in this film series, my own lifetime has mirrored theirs to an extent, and as I watch their development and progression as human beings I can only double back to assess my own. Definitely recommended.
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joem18b 
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6/13/2007 2:10 PM
posted awhile ago
Re: 7 Up Series
A word of praise for this series, which is #1 on my list of documentaries, far ahead of any other:
I discovered the Up! series in the 70s and every 7 years since then have had the pleasure of checking in with this group of Englishmen and women and watching their development throughout their lives. Since I'm older than they are, it's a series that will continue after I check out, which in one way is a bummer, but means that I'll always have it to enjoy. Only 5.5 more years to the next episode!
I'm guessing that watching 49 Up! first might cause the viewer to wonder what all the fuss is about. Ordinary folks talking about their various lives, perhaps now beginning the long downward slope (I haven't watched 49 Up! yet. No need to rush it.) But if you watch 7 Up! first, filmed in '64 in black and white for British TV (feels like the 50s), and see the children talking about their aspirations, and then check back when they are 14, and then 21, it's hard to describe the emotional impact of the series.
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JEllen
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6/13/2007 4:32 PM
posted awhile ago
Re: 7 Up Series
I've seen the whole Up series so far, and I think it is marvelous. My favorite is 35Up, it contains a great balance between the earliest stuff and the adult years. But even 49Up was filled with surprises that kept me guessing. If there is a weak one in the bunch, I think it is 14Up, because there's not as much material to work with yet, and fewer contrasts.
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