{"id":690,"date":"2017-01-01T02:58:48","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T02:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/?p=690"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:37:26","slug":"so-late-so-soon-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/es\/projects\/so-late-so-soon-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"So Late So Soon &#8211; 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cLos artistas Jackie y Don Seiden est\u00e1n casados desde hace cincuenta a\u00f1os. La c\u00e1mara los sigue mientras la pareja enfrenta su fragilidad creciente con elegancia. Esta pel\u00edcula permite observarlos en su trabajo, en sus asuntos dom\u00e9sticos y en su proyecto vital de envejecer y cuidar el uno del otro. Se trata de una pel\u00edcula desarrapada: como si se fundiera con la pareja protagonista, y entonces bailoteara con ella, balbuceara, tropezara y la siguiera siempre con atenci\u00f3n, pero tambi\u00e9n con una cercan\u00eda dolorosa, en la que el ritmo se vuelve a su vez desma\u00f1ado y se pierde, un poco como ellos mismos. Porque estas son personas de las que no se sabe bien si est\u00e1n del todo en sus cabales. De modo que la casa, sus rutinas, sus di\u00e1logos, esa armon\u00eda medio perversa en la que nada parece estar en su sitio, pero en la que todo parece funcionar milagrosamente, producen un genuino aire de locura o perdici\u00f3n art\u00edstica. Para decirlo r\u00e1pido, estos dos no se hacen los artistas sino que lo son de verdad, incluso a su pesar.\u201d -David Obarrio (BAFICI)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"So Late So Soon \u2013\u00a0trailer\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/630233803?h=5317a0a21a&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; editada por Isidore Bethel (y productor asociado) \/ dirigida por Daniel Hymanson \/ producida por Trace Henderson, Josh Penn, Kellen Quinn, and Noah Stahl<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; 71 minutos, Department of Motion Pictures, Hedgehog Films, Cinetic (ventas), Oscilloscope Laboratories (distribuici\u00f3n), Criterion Channel (streaming)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; True\/False Film Festival, DOC NYC, BAFICI, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Wisconsin Film Festival, Indie Memphis, Milwaukee Film Festival, Phoenix Film Festival, Hamptons Doc Fest, Cleveland International Film Festival, Reel Love Film Festival, Ashland Independent Film Festival, Miami Jewish Film Festival, The DocYard<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; &#8211; IDA Awards Best Feature shortlist, IndieWire Critic\u2019s Pick, Calgary Underground Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Documentary Filmmaking<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Sundance Talent Forum, Sundance Music &#038; Sound Design Lab, IFP&#8217;s Spotlight on Documentaries, the Illinois Arts Council Agency, True\/False &amp; Catapult Rough Cut Retreat<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PRENSA:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/festivals\/truefalse-2020-dispatch-1-the-viewing-booth-so-late-so-soon-that-cloud-never-left\"><em>RogerEbert.com<\/em>\u2019s Vikram Murthi<\/a>: \u201cHymanson and editor Isidore Bethel demonstrate admirable restraint in not hitting any of [the film\u2019s] thematic points too directly, choosing instead to let the circadian rhythms of Jackie and Don\u2019s routine communicate crucial ideas.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2021\/11\/so-late-so-soon-review-documentary-1234680507\/\">IndieWire<\/a>: \u201cDaniel Hymanson&#8217;s debut feature is a delicately observed portrait of long-married Chicago artists as they confront their twilight years&#8230;Though we meet the Seidens later in life, Hymanson and editor Isidore Bethel slowly introduce bits of Don and Jackie\u2019s past into the picture, painting a fuller portrait of their lives&#8230;The film feels like a tribute, and an eventual goodbye \u2014 to two extraordinarily unique people, their unconventional home, and their truly remarkable way of life.\u201d (Grade: A-)<br \/>\n&#8211; one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/16\/movies\/movies-love-relationships.html\"><em>The New York Times<\/em><\/a>\u2019 \u201ceight documentaries that capture something true about love:\u201d \u201cHeartbreaking.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/culture\/2020\/3\/14\/21171737\/true-false-2020-documentaries\"><em>VOX<\/em><\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s one of the best documentaries that played at this year\u2019s True\/False.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/review\/late-soon-review-1282758\"><em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a>: \u201cHymanson embedded himself with the Seidens, on and off, for about five years, and the intimacy and trust he attained shines through&#8230;it\u2019s clear he became an essential [presence] \u2014 another vehicle through which this loving, complicated couple could artistically enshrine their lives.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/filmmakermagazine.com\/109321-true-false-film-fest-2020-the-value-of-the-theatrical-experience-coronavirus-remix\/#.YZJGBb3MLUJ\"><em>Filmmaker<\/em><\/a>: \u201cThe well-sculpted throughline never disintegrates into thuddingly obvious foreshadowing, chapter breaks are segmented by archival material (old TV profiles of both artists et al.) allowed to play out at length and provide their own textural pleasures rather than being chopped down to key lines. It\u2019s a tough-minded crowdpleaser that rarely errs on the side of understatement.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/moveablefest.com\/so-late-so-soon\/\"><em>The Moveable Fest<\/em><\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s what Hymanson brings out of what the Seidens have held in emotionally, for better or worse, that resonates most and, obviously a product of great trust and compassion, it seems like after years of expressing themselves individually through their art, <em>So Late So Soon<\/em> allows them to be seen together as their greatest work.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wearemoviegeeks.com\/2020\/03\/true-false-film-festival-day-one-report\/\"><em>We Are Movie Geeks<\/em><\/a>: The film \u201cthrows out the typical documentary structure, opting for a more memory and moment-based approach. The couple could be fighting one moment, only to \u2018trigger\u2019 a memory to some older footage, some other time. It\u2019s a beautiful use of the film form and a testament to a relationship that doesn\u2019t always work but is bonded together by art.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voxmagazine.com\/arts\/movies\/so-late-so-soon-welcomes-viewers-into-the-home-and\/article_746f3d52-5f64-11ea-a397-4b877932c0ed.html\"><em>Vox Magazine<\/em><\/a>: \u201c<em>So Late So Soon<\/em> is all about intimacy: whether it be between the director and the couple, between Jackie and Don or between the viewer and the home they\u2019ve been invited into.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/movies\/true-false-film-fest\/2020-true-false-film-fest\/\"><em>Paste Magazine<\/em><\/a>: \u201c<em>So Late So Soon<\/em> has the feeling of a successful \u2018small film,\u2019 whatever connotations that may bring, but it is also more than that. It moves with modest and assured observation, its scope in content never wider than Jackie or Don\u2019s interiority; even archival inclusion of Jackie\u2019s educational art videos feels like a winnowing of focus rather than an expansion in the way it packs the present with meaning without contextualizing it. In this way, the film has power as a microcosm.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinefile.info\/cine-list\/2020\/11\/19\/112521\"><em>Cine-File<\/em><\/a>: \u201cThe director\u2019s affection and respect for these two unique people emanates from every shot. All told, it\u2019s a guileless slice of life \u2013 two lives, in fact, made better and more interesting because the other was in it.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/so-late-so-soon-movie-review-2021\"><em>RogerEbert.com<\/em>\u2019s Peter Sobczynski<\/a>: \u201c<i>So Late So Soon<\/i> is a moving and thoughtful meditation on the inevitability of aging and mortality and the unstoppable lure of the creative process.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/cinemalogue.com\/2021\/11\/19\/capsule-reviews-for-nov-19\/\"><em>Cinemalogue<\/em><\/a>: \u201cThe simplest of ideas yields a profound dignity in this quietly powerful documentary about aging, mortality, and the value of companionship.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sensesofcinema.com\/2020\/festival-reports\/in-praise-of-collective-viewing-true-false-2020\/\"><em>Senses of Cinema<\/em><\/a>: \u201cThe result is an intimate observational portrait where forms of art and biology begin to fuse and break down in heartbreaking harmony.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/madison.com\/ct\/ct\/writers\/rob-thomas\/so-late-so-soon-is-a-bittersweet-ode-to-the-art-of-a-long-lasting\/article_c27e1dc5-66c3-586c-ab17-82b450bc6bf1.html\"><em>The Capital Times<\/em><\/a>: <em>So Late So Soon<\/em> \u201cis a touching look at the possibilities and limitations of a life devoted to one\u2019s art.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/thefilmstage.com\/review-so-late-so-soon-daniel-hymanson\/\"><em>The Film Stage<\/em><\/a>: \u201cTaking the title from one of Don\u2019s sculptures, <em>So Late So Soon<\/em> 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.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/rapold.substack.com\/p\/highlights-from-the-forefront-of?s=r\">The Last Thing I Saw<\/a>: The film \u201ccaptures the loving dynamic between Jackie and Don, with a wonderful ear for the rhythms and casual poetry of their conversation, without turning them into adorable eccentrics.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkhouse.com\/play-is-a-very-serious-thing\/\"><em>Talkhouse<\/em><\/a> essay by Isidore Bethel on how <i>So Late So Soon<\/i>\u2019s protagonist Jackie Seiden impacted him as a filmmaker and an educator<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/J7YK3ykg1j8\">The DocYard Q&#038;A<\/a> with filmmakers Daniel Hymanson and Isidore Bethel and moderator Abby Sun (53 minutes)<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calgaryundergroundfilm.org\/2021-awards\">Calgary Underground Film Festival jury statement<\/a>: \u201cWe wanted to highlight Daniel Hymanson&#8217;s <em>So Late So Soon<\/em>, a film that quietly observes the intimate domestic life of aged, eccentric Chicago artists Jackie and Don Seiden, a couple facing inevitable change and transition following 50-plus years of marriage. Their quirky, idiosyncratic dynamic is the star of the film, colouring Hymanson&#8217;s heartfelt portrait of their life through the inescapable lens of time, the non-linear juxtaposition of his footage set against that of them in years prior. <em>So Late So Soon<\/em> is a  tribute to the deep and complex bonds of matrimonial companionship, a reminder that the very humanity of our elders, who are so often overlooked, is too often treated as expendable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLos artistas Jackie y Don Seiden est\u00e1n casados desde hace cincuenta a\u00f1os. La c\u00e1mara los sigue mientras la pareja enfrenta su fragilidad creciente con elegancia. Esta pel\u00edcula permite observarlos en su trabajo, en sus asuntos dom\u00e9sticos y en su proyecto vital de envejecer y cuidar el uno del otro. Se trata de una pel\u00edcula desarrapada: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1,5],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editor","category-projects","category-producer","tag-feature"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=690"}],"version-history":[{"count":73,"href":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3380,"href":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690\/revisions\/3380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}