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So Late So Soon

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So Late So Soon
Directed byDaniel Hymanson
Produced by
  • Trace Henderson
  • Josh Penn
  • Kellen Quinn
  • Noah Stahl
Starring
  • Don Seiden
  • Jackie Seiden
CinematographyDaniel Hymanson
Edited byIsidore Bethel
Music byZachary Seman
Production
companies
  • Department of Motion Pictures
  • Hedgehog Films
Distributed byOscilloscope[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]

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

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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

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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

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  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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