So Late So Soon

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So Late So Soon
So Late So Soon poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDaniel Hymanson
Produced by
  • Trace Henderson
  • Josh Penn
  • Kellen Quinn
  • Noah Stahl
Starring
  • Don Seiden
  • Jackie Seiden
CinematographyDaniel Hymanson
Edited by Isidore Bethel
Music byZachary Seman
Production
companies
  • Department of Motion Pictures
  • Hedgehog Films
Distributed by Oscilloscope [1]
Release dates
  • March 5, 2020 (2020-03-05)(True/False)
  • November 19, 2021 (2021-11-19)(United States) [2]
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

So Late So Soon is a 2020 American documentary film, director Daniel Hymanson's first feature. It is a portrait of Chicago artists Jackie and Don Seiden in their later years as health issues jeopardize their life together in a multicolored Victorian house, which had become a work of art in itself over the course of their 50-year marriage – as well as an icon in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood. [3] [4] Though primarily observational in form, the film includes several moments of interaction with Hymanson as well as scenes that draw on archival footage, some of which the Seidens recorded themselves. [5] Hymanson first met Jackie Seiden as a child, enrolling in her classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. [6] Don Seiden also taught at the Art Institute and founded its art therapy program. [7]

Contents

The film's production took place off and on over five years [8] and received support from the Sundance Institute, [9] Kartemquin Labs, the Illinois Arts Council, and IFP. [10]

Release

The film premiered at the True/False Film Fest in 2020 [11] and went on to screen at DOC NYC, [12] BAFICI, [13] Big Sky, [14] Indie Memphis, [15] Ashland, [16] and the Calgary Underground Film Festival, where it received a Special Jury Prize for Documentary Filmmaking. [17]

Oscilloscope acquired the film’s worldwide rights before distributing it theatrically in the United States. [18] In March 2023, So Late So Soon had its streaming premiere on The Criterion Channel. [19]

Reception

Across its festival run and theatrical release, the film met with a favorable response in outlets such as Filmmaker , [20] The Hollywood Reporter , [21] The Capital Times , [22] Paste , [23] Senses of Cinema , [24] RogerEbert.com , [25] Vox , [26] and VOX Magazine . [27] Critics have commended the film for the intimacy it achieves with its protagonists [28] and for an associative narrative structure, [29] evocative of how memory and emotion operate. [30]

IndieWire selected the film as a Critic's Pick [31] and the IDA Awards shortlisted it for Best Feature in 2021. [32]

References

  1. ↑ "'So Late So Soon': Oscilloscope Acquires Bittersweet Docu Spotlighting Artists Jackie And Don Seiden". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Film Release Calendar - Slant Magazine". Slant Magazine . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Capsule reviews for Nov. 19". Cinemalogue. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Rogers Park's Candyland House, The Pastel-Colored Home Of Local Artists, Up For Sale". Block Club Chicago . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "So Late So Soon Review: After 50 Years of Marriage, a Couple Reflects on Their Energetic Past and Deteriorating Present". The Film Stage. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Daniel Hymanson's SO LATE SO SOON (US/Documentary)". Cine-File. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Spotlight Cinema: So Late So Soon". Madison Museum of Contemporary Art . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "So Late So Soon". Gene Siskel Film Center . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound Announce Composers and Directors for 2018 Film Music and Sound Design Lab". Sundance Institute . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "So Late So Soon". Calgary Underground Film Festival . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "So Late So Soon". True/False Film Fest . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "So Late So Soon". DOC NYC . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  13. ↑ "Bafici 2021- Crítica de "So Late So Soon", de Daniel Hymanson (Competencia Americana)". Subjetiva. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  14. ↑ "So Late So Soon". Big Sky Documentary Film Festival . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  15. ↑ "So Late So Soon: Art in the Face of Death (Indie Memphis 2020 Review)". Loud and Clear. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  16. ↑ "Ashland Independent Film Festival Announces Schedule Launch Preview Night on March 24, Shares 10 Titles in Advance". Ashland Independent Film Festival . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  17. ↑ "2021 Awards". Calgary Underground Film Festival . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  18. ↑ "SO LATE SO SOON". Oscilloscope . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  19. ↑ "The Criterion Channel's March 2023 Lineup". The Criterion Collection . Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  20. ↑ "True/False Film Fest 2020: The Value of the Theatrical Experience (Coronavirus Remix)". Filmmaker . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  21. ↑ "'So Late So Soon': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  22. ↑ "'So Late So Soon' is a bittersweet ode to the art of a long-lasting marriage". The Capital Times . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  23. ↑ "The Best Last Festival Ever: Paste at the 2020 True/False Film Fest". Paste . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  24. ↑ "In Praise of Collective Viewing: True/False 2020". Senses of Cinema . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  25. ↑ "True/False 2020 Dispatch 1: The Viewing Booth, So Late So Soon, That Cloud Never Left". RogerEbert.com . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  26. ↑ "18 provocative documentaries to look for this year". Vox . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  27. ↑ "'So Late So Soon' welcomes viewers into the home and lives of two long-married artists". VOX Magazine . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  28. ↑ "True/False 2020 Review: A Relationship Grows Old, But Not Stale in "So Late So Soon"". The Moveable Fest. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  29. ↑ "True/False 2020 Dispatch 1: The Viewing Booth, So Late So Soon, That Cloud Never Left". RogerEbert.com . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  30. ↑ "TRUE/FALSE FILM FESTIVAL – Day One Report". We Are Movie Geeks. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  31. ↑ "'So Late So Soon' Review: Aging Artists Face Realities of Mortality and Marriage in Beautiful Doc". IndieWire . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  32. ↑ "IDA Shortlists: 'Flee,' 'Ascension,' 'Summer of Soul' Get Recognition, But Other Oscar Doc Hopefuls Snubbed". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
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