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CINEMA
BBC feature records
lives of young Britons
1n 1964.
y 6 u n g
Gran ada
T e I e v. i si o n
researcher
M i c h a e 1
Apted chose
14 seven-year-old children to be
the subject of a BBC ddcurnen
tary "7 Up. ” The project was;so
successful that Apted tiattie
back every.seven years, to see
how the -youngsters were do)hg.
and created a new -feature ;to.
show'for it .; „ •
• ”28 Up” is more-than a, si ice
.* pf life at 28. It's a thread of,fife..
Apted has sifted through the
four diffe.fen} ‘periods;and .put
. together a * fiI'm ' that-..• doesn't
merely -peek , in at one-stage Of -
develop" m »Vn t b u t •.. f olio w s; -
. through and compares ^ w here ,
these prjople. were as children
with whent they are now as
adiilts' ;Vv~'.. :•j..,.,--'
: V28 Up.'Vis also: the study of
.an environment.! — ‘the British
school \vstom and class,based
society. As the: chiIdren grow
* up. Ilieir surrouridingiiViVay'e ah
. effect oh ihthr adult lives.V ,
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".The brightest hinmenfs.are. of .
.course,■ .with .the--seven-year-.,
1_olds,.Seven4 is the thie where
kids say what they really hrelr
Af times; this-tendency, may em
Iwrr.assthem]later V- at-14. at 21
and at 28,’At seven, the subj«*:ts
- look into tliecamera,-jostle tliUir
. Comrade* (three . upper-class
boys alid three middle-class
■ girls .were interviewed as trips)
and. say about' anything that
. comes into their heads.
The question that is repeated
ly addressed is. VDo/we see (he
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adult lii the child at ageseven?” .
Of course, to a certain extent it
is true.. The soft-spoken
mathematician who at seven
took delight in the nature of the
universe teaches nuclear
physics, at 28 at an American . ’•
university.The kid who wanted
to travel to, Africa .to teach now
leaches the Underprivileged in
Ixiiidon's Weat End V .• i
Tlutse are siiccess stories-and
there am others, but; can; .you
call the.life .of two of the-three
upper-class kids who mapped
ouj their lives-in front /of a:
camera' at. age seven 'add then
went biifo fulfill'every detail of
( them°a success? Sip ■ . .
The four Wop|en interviewed
(apart from the wives of two pf
.'.the then)' found happiness in
marriugi) ahdraislng families
Simon. the youngltlark fellow
raised in a boardinghouse has
similarly found happiness in
his family., but. he. has also
foiind satisfaction in the -
manual-.labor position that,
seven years ago. he predicted
/'he‘d j««ye.
The most sobering case is
Neil who, at 28. is a drifter, a
dropout surviving on odd jobs
At seven. Neil wanted to go to
the moon.
No jiiytilom is a monolith and
“■28 Up" certainly doesn't con
demn the British school system
but what it shows doesn't speak
highly of Britain or America
There's enough variety for peo
ple to point to a character or two
to prove that success comes to
those who deserve it, hut then
the whole question of who
deserves.what comes into ques
tion. Undoubtably. the upper
class boys worked through
public-school. crammed for ex
ams and . earned their Oxford
University degrees Would
they! however, have worked so
hard if like Neil or Simon or
cab driver Tony, they hadn't
even the hope of going to
Oxford?
Certainly, it is fascinating on
a sociological level to see the
kids become adults and to check
in with them at moments in
their lives More than simply a
case study, however, this film
makes us privy to the dreams,
aspirations and values of these
people, and how those things
change over time. Most of the
bright-eyed youngsters do find
some happiness at 2H, lint at
what cost to the spirit and the
drive of that child within them?
"28 Up" has been praised by
teachers, sociologists and
critics as a unique alimpse into
what It’s really It!*• to see so
meone grow up. It’s also a
brilliant exploration of a society
that molds these minds and per
sonalities. "28 Up" will never
settle any of the "heredity vs.
environment" arguments once
and for all (again, no system is a
monolith), but Apted seems to
have found some convincing
evidence on the side of
environment.
By Sean Axmnker