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  • 2021
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 11 m
  • 2021
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 11 m

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 steadily sk...

  • 2021
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 11 m
  • 2021
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 11 m

So Late So Soon

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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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 steadily sk...

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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.
By Susannah Gruder FULL REVIEW
80
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.
By Keith Uhlich FULL REVIEW
75
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.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
75
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.
By Peter Sobczynski FULL REVIEW
67
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.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Department of Motion Pictures, Hedgehog Films
Release Date Nov 19, 2021
Duration 1 h 11 m
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Website https://solatesosoon.oscilloscope.net/
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Awards

Calgary Underground Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Indie Memphis Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
DOC NYC
• 1 Nomination

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