So Late So Soon

Name: So Late So Soon
Genre: Documentary
Released: November 19, 2021
Duration: 71 min
Rating: 77

2021

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Oscilloscope | Release Date: November 19, 2021 | Not Rated

Summary: Half a century into their marriage, Chicago artists Jackie and Don Seiden approach the fragility of their elderly lives in their own distinct ways. Jackie, notorious for her unbound energy, is constantly on the move, inspired to create works of art while also maintaining the couple’s multistory, eccentric Victorian house. Don steadilyHalf a century into their marriage, Chicago artists Jackie and Don Seiden approach the fragility of their elderly lives in their own distinct ways. Jackie, notorious for her unbound energy, is constantly on the move, inspired to create works of art while also maintaining the couple’s multistory, eccentric Victorian house. Don steadily sketches in his notebook while facing alarming interruptions to his health. Filmmaker Daniel Hymanson immersed himself with the Seidens, on-and-off for five years, capturing the hardships of aging as well as a view into enduring companionship, in this charming character study.… Expand

Director: Daniel Hymanson

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 71 min

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IndieWire Susannah Gruder

The film feels like a tribute, and an eventual goodbye — to two extraordinarily unique people, their unconventional home, and their truly remarkable way of life. Read full review

Keith Uhlich

Nov 19, 2021

Getting old, as Jackie and Don would have it, is part of their overall project. More than once they talk about the impermanence of the materials they use. One day, their art will cease to be, as will they. That Zen pronouncement doesn’t make the day-in/day-out drudgery of aging any easier. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Peter Sobczynski

Nov 19, 2021

For the most part, So Late So Soon is a moving and thoughtful meditation on the inevitability of aging and mortality and the unstoppable lure of the creative process. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Nov 24, 2021

In just 70 minutes, Hymanson has shown us what “soul mates” look like, and leveled with us about the best possible outcome for our final years, months and days. Not bad. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Nov 19, 2021

So Late So Soon proves a warts-and-all expression of love, companionship, and the struggles intrinsic to the proximity inherent in both and how age makes everything harder. Read full review

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