IDFA 2020 Part 2: RADIOGRAPH OF A FAMILY, 100UP, A THOUSAND CUTS And WE ARE THE THOUSAND
Michael Apted, Heddy Honigmann has only gone and raced ahead of you by about 40 years. An unofficial spin-off of the Up series (which saw its most somber chapter yet with 63 Up), the pleasantly warm 100Up looks at the daily lives of a handful of centenarians to examine what life means at that grand old age. The issue with Honigmann’s film compared to Apted’s blueprint series, though, is that half of the subjects are relatively famous. There’s sex therapist Shirley Zussman, who became known in the Swinging Sixties and was eventually invited by Oprah to discuss her work on TV, and w...