All the films are streamable on Netflix. Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardtâfrostburg.edu<http://frostburg.edu>
On Apr 15, 2015, at 12:12 PM, Mike Palij <m...@nyu.edu<mailto:m...@nyu.edu>> wrote: Before there was Richard Linklater's movie "Boyhood" (for those who are unfamiliar with this movie, see the Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyhood_%28film%29 ) which covered the 12 years of a boy growing up -- filmed over the actual 12 years -- there was the "Up Series". The "Up Series" is a British documentary series that started with the film "Seven Up" which examined the lives of 14 seven year olds who belong to different class/SES levels. Since the first film in 1964, the children have been followed up every seven years to see where they were in their lives. The most recent film is "56 Up". The director Michael Apted is most commonly associated with the series because he took over directorial duties with the second film ("7 Plus Seven") but the director of the first film was Canadian Paul Almond who recently died. The NY Times has an article on Almond's life and work, how he got the idea for "Seven Up" and why he was not directly involved in subsequent films. The NYT article can be accessed here: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/15/arts/television/paul-almond-the-director-of-seven-up-dies-at-83.html?emc=edit_th_20150415&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=389166&_r=0 For a listing of the Paul Almond's work in movies and TV, see his IMDB listing: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021975/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Michael Apted did research for the "Seven Up" film and suggested that a follow-up series of documentary films be made. In addition to doing the "Up Series", Apted has directed a variety of movies ranging from James Bond ("The World is Not Enough") to one of the Narnia films ("The Chronicles of Narnia:The Voyage of the Dawn Treader") to Dian Fossey's biography ("Gorillas in the Mist") to several episodes of the Showtime series "Masters of Sex". His list of films and TV shows are available on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000776/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 The "Up Series" is available in the U.S. and here is the link to its page on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Up-Tony-Walker/dp/B00CD6VY6S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429112390&sr=8-1&keywords=7+up+apted -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: pcbernha...@frostburg.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=1989792.4335dcd8aae84aca9a8bb2e89f646286&n=T&l=tips&o=43921 or send a blank email to leave-43921-1989792.4335dcd8aae84aca9a8bb2e89f646...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=43934 or send a blank email to leave-43934-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
