So Late So Soon
— “So Late So Soon” was shown at the 2020 True/False Film Fest and, for T/F festival films, I’m giving a general reaction to the viewing experience, followed by the film’s description as it appeared on the festival website.
I was enchanted by this tender look at two artists living in a home they’ve shared and embellished for decades on Chicago’s north side. Over the years they've also settled into all sorts of routines and married ways, but a tenderness shines through even when they bicker, and there's beauty to behold in every corner of their house and their hearts. As they near the end of the life they've made with each other, it’s hard not to hold your breath just a little, wanting to witness their energies a bit longer before the film ends. I like this sort of tender, little film.
Description from the T/F website: “Chicago artists Jackie and Don Seiden are a half-century into their marriage, time spent creating distinct yet congruous bodies of work. Jackie makes art of everything around her. Central to her practice is a recognition of the fragility of materials. That conceptual interest has turned into daily reality, as both her body and one of her most ambitious art projects, her canary-yellow Victorian house, start to fall apart. Don’s work reveals a mind resigned to death. He has always been interested in the rules of nature, and now he finds himself facing inevitable health scares. ‘So Late So Soon’ is a sensitively constructed, playful character study that honors Jackie and Don’s art, and even becomes a part of it, while also locating in it glimmers of their essence.”
I was enchanted by this tender look at two artists living in a home they’ve shared and embellished for decades on Chicago’s north side. Over the years they've also settled into all sorts of routines and married ways, but a tenderness shines through even when they bicker, and there's beauty to behold in every corner of their house and their hearts. As they near the end of the life they've made with each other, it’s hard not to hold your breath just a little, wanting to witness their energies a bit longer before the film ends. I like this sort of tender, little film.
Description from the T/F website: “Chicago artists Jackie and Don Seiden are a half-century into their marriage, time spent creating distinct yet congruous bodies of work. Jackie makes art of everything around her. Central to her practice is a recognition of the fragility of materials. That conceptual interest has turned into daily reality, as both her body and one of her most ambitious art projects, her canary-yellow Victorian house, start to fall apart. Don’s work reveals a mind resigned to death. He has always been interested in the rules of nature, and now he finds himself facing inevitable health scares. ‘So Late So Soon’ is a sensitively constructed, playful character study that honors Jackie and Don’s art, and even becomes a part of it, while also locating in it glimmers of their essence.”
[2020. 70 min. Directed by Daniel Hymanson.]
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/late-soon-review-1282758
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