So Late So Soon Explained

So Late So Soon
Director:Daniel Hymanson
Music:Zachary Seman
Cinematography:Daniel Hymanson
Editing:Isidore Bethel
Distributor:Oscilloscope[1]
Runtime:71 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

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.[2] [3] 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.[4] Hymanson first met Jackie Seiden as a child, enrolling in her classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.[5] Don Seiden also taught at the Art Institute and founded its art therapy program.[6]

The film's production took place off and on over five years[7] and received support from the Sundance Institute,[8] Kartemquin Labs, the Illinois Arts Council, and IFP.[9]

Release

The film premiered at the True/False Film Fest in 2020[10] and went on to screen at DOC NYC,[11] BAFICI,[12] Big Sky,[13] Indie Memphis,[14] Ashland,[15] and the Calgary Underground Film Festival, where it received a Special Jury Prize for Documentary Filmmaking.[16]

Oscilloscope acquired the film’s worldwide rights before distributing it theatrically in the United States.[17] In March 2023, So Late So Soon had its streaming premiere on The Criterion Channel.[18]

Reception

Across its festival run and theatrical release, the film met with a favorable response in outlets such as Filmmaker,[19] The Hollywood Reporter,[20] The Capital Times,[21] Paste,[22] Senses of Cinema,[23] RogerEbert.com,[24] Vox,[25] and VOX Magazine.[26] Critics have commended the film for the intimacy it achieves with its protagonists[27] and for an associative narrative structure,[28] evocative of how memory and emotion operate.[29]

IndieWire selected the film as a Critic's Pick[30] and the IDA Awards shortlisted it for Best Feature in 2021.[31]

Notes and References

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

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