Jan 28, 2015
56 Up
I finally got around to watching the latest installment in one of my favorite film franchises ever, The Up Series:
Though Michael Apted’s series of “Up” documentaries typically get pegged as pinnacle achievements in documentary film, they’re actually landmarks of television. This was reality TV before the genre was a thing, and for possibly the only time in the genre’s history, the subjects were somewhat reluctant and unwilling participants.
“I have this ridiculous sense of loyalty to [this series] even…
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