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Initially pitched as a documentary delving into the British class system, 56 UP revisits the same group of people every 7 years, from age 7 to 56, interviewing each and discovering just what the passing of time reveals and exposing their hopes and disappointments to a vast public.
Director: Michael Apted, Paul Almond
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“I’ve forgotten when I first encountered the series, though it was probably the broadcast of 21 Up, which aired on British television in 1977, when I was ten. I haven’t missed an episode since, and I’ve watched most of them – including the earlier ones – two or three times – often enough so that certain phrases and scenes stay with me, like familiar lines of poetry or passages from a favorite novel.”
Read The New Yorker writer Rebecca Mead’s analysis of 56 UP and the Up Series.
“From then on, we thought we were really onto something, so let’s keep going.”
Filmmaker Michael Apted discusses the genesis of the Up series.
“The traditional three classes – working, middle and upper – are no longer sufficient to contain and explain Britain’s enduring obsession, according to a new survey that offers no fewer than seven categories.”
“Can you remember what it’s like to be a child? When you look back, you see those years through rose-colored glasses and it’s all happy memories. Do you watch how your children, nieces and nephews, or friends’ children interact with the world around them? ”
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“I have this deep sense that although I will physically age — I’ll have even less hair than I do and probably a few more pounds — that by and large the core of me, my identity, my values, my personality, my deepest preferences, are not going to change from here on out”
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In re-watching the series and seeing 56 Up in the theater, I was struck by the fact that the series brings to life insights that we might dismiss as clichés—if they weren’t so bloody hard to live by.
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"REMARKABLE, POIGNANT, FASCINATING"
The New York Times
"With each passing calendar leap, the experience of watching has only become more SOUL-STIRRING."
Entertainment Weekly
