"When I grow up, I want to know everything about the moon" "If I can change the world, I will turn it into a diamond" - "Seven Years of Life 1" Nicholas
Everyone knows that classes are difficult to cross, but how difficult it is, few people can say clearly. There is a documentary abroad that spans 64 years, a total of 9 episodes, 1800 minutes, and tells us the answer truthfully and whitely.
The documentary, called "Seven Years of Life," has been followed by more than 100 countries and seen by about 200 million people. Douban ratings each episode exceed 9 points, and even some episodes, directly soaring to a staggering 9.7. Not long ago, the director michael Apt who created this "miracle" passed away. Therefore, the documentary he made was once again eagerly discussed by everyone.
There is an old Chinese saying, "Three years old to see big, seven years old to see old." The British also said, "Give me a child until he is seven, and I will give you the man." It is almost the same meaning as "seven years old to see old". Does a person's birth family and growth environment really determine a person's life?
In order to verify the correctness of this sentence, the greatest documentary in the history of God's work, "Seven Years of Life", was born - the "greatest" here is the result of the authoritative selection of Britain's fourth channel.
The first documentary was released in 1964, filming 14 7-year-old children from different classes in the United Kingdom, focusing on their families, education, life, and prospects for future marriage and career; since then, every seven years, the title of each film is called "7 up", "14up", "21up"... And so on.
This work, which has been shot for half a century, has been updated to episode 9. The children of that year are now 63 years old, and some of them have passed away.
Every time you open a new episode and see how another seven years can leave a mark in a person's life, it is an indescribable shock. From "7up" to "63up", it has been half a century. In the documentary, almost all the secrets of a child's lifelong growth are included.
<h1 style="text-align: center;" What has Michael photographed in > 63 years? </h1>
In 1964, Michael found 14 children from different family backgrounds, and later visited these 14 children every 7 years.
"7Up" is only 39 minutes long, and the documentary only explains the background of each child's origin, future dreams and views on some issues. John, Charles, Andrew, and Susie, who came from wealthy families, said they would go to college. John was going to Cambridge and Holy Trinity Church
Charles was going to Oxford University
Andrew is also going to Cambridge to go to university
Susie said she might go to college. Children of both genders and from wealthy families value schooling.
Middle-class families include Bruce, Susan, Lindsay, Neil, Peter, and Jackie. Bruce said in the documentary that he wants to go to Africa to help people in need.
Lindsay wanted to work in Woolworth. Woolworth was a British retail giant, and although it closed its doors in 2008 due to the dismal financial crisis, Woolworth was the world's retail myth in the 1960s.
Neil wanted to be an astronaut or a bus driver, and he thought it was interesting for a bus driver to talk with a loudspeaker.
Little Peter wanted to be a sergeant.
Jackie wants a beautiful house.
From poor families are Nicholas, Tony, Susan, Paul, and Simon, whose dreams come from Nicholas. Although he came from a poor family, he still had a thirst for knowledge, and he wanted to know everything about the moon.
Tony wanted to be a jockey.
Susan wanted to be someone like Kathy Kobe. In the 1960s, Casey was a famous actress.
Paul wanted to be a cop, but he knew it wouldn't be easy.
Simon had no idea about his future, and he felt that only by walking around could he know what kind of person he wanted to be and what he could do.
From the answers of these children, we can understand that children from rich or middle-class families will plan for the future more methodically, while children from poor families will always be full of uncertainty about their future plans. After revisiting these children every year, we learned about their development and life experiences. First, most children from wealthy families remain wealthy as adults. John became legal counsel to the crown.
But we can't simply assume that John's success was easy. Although he came from a wealthy family, when his father died when he was 9 years old, the family fell into the middle of the road, relying only on his mother to support the family.
In the face of such a sudden family retreat, John, who has always been educated by the elite, has shown a strong heart and self-discipline beyond ordinary people. I completed my studies in Oxford on a scholarship.
Andrew became a partner at a law firm and jumped ship to work as an executive in a multinational company at the age of 40.
Although Charles stopped filming at the age of 21, the director later confessed that he had become a producer at the BBC, a proper upper elite.
It is not difficult to see that birth affects our communication, life, and even the fate of our lives to a large extent, but fortunately, birth does not determine fate 100%. There are also a few children who succeed in counterattacking through their own efforts; there are also people who are born in the middle class, but they are reduced to receiving benefits to survive or die in regret.
For example, Nicholas, who came from the bottom, eventually became a scientific researcher through his own efforts and successfully changed his destiny.
Even though there are many difficulties in the process of pursuing his dreams, such as the 7-year-old who has to walk 3 kilometers to school every day, he has not given up.
Nicholas, who had a dream and was willing to endure hardships, finally became a student at Oxford University at the time of "21Up", majoring in nuclear physics and realizing the rewriting of his life.
Nicholas became the social elite through his own efforts, but it did not go smoothly. He has made breakthroughs and bottlenecks in his scientific research career, and he has also encountered the threat of laryngeal cancer in his physical health.
In the last documentary, we can still see Nicholas talking in front of the camera. When asked what he thought of Trump, he also made a different voice than many Americans.
Neil, who came from a middle-class society, failed to be admitted to Oxford University as he wished, and he could not accept this fact, and has since collapsed. Went straight to the construction site to move bricks.
By the time 28Up arrives, we can't imagine that he has no place to live and is living on a relief payment. Even when the director found him, he was insane and behaving strangely.
There are signs of XD
The warmest little angel Bruce still has the world in mind, and finally helps Neil in distress to return to the normal track of life, help him become a member of Congress, such a friend to me also come to a dozen!
Bruce is committed to philanthropy
Neil, who became a member of Congress
Lindsay, who is also from the middle class, wanted to work in Woolworths when she was a child. But years later, she got married early and put more energy into family, children and education. Although she has repeatedly stressed that she is living happily, judging from her rapidly aging face, the economic austerity and the ineffectiveness of educational reform have made her very haggard.
She is a practitioner of child welfare and education, and she was saddened by the lack of attention paid by society to the cause of child welfare education.
Later, she was diagnosed with cerebral artery malformations, and finally left her two daughters to die in 2016.
Lindsay's daughter and husband
Fortunately, in the end, her efforts were rewarded with social recognition, and eventually in the school where she worked, she received the honor of naming the library after herself.
The 63 years of experience of these children are always encouraging everyone not to give up on themselves. As the director of this documentary, Ept, like us, has learned a lot in these 63 years.
<h1 style="text-align: center;" > from observer to hollywood director</h1>
People always say that "Seven Years of Life" is Michael's work, but it wasn't at the beginning. The first film was proposed by Paul Eamon, who was working at Granada television at the time, and he wanted to make 7up a family-like TV show.
However, Michael, who comes from a middle-class family, has his own ideas, and he thinks that this is really not interesting, so he deliberately found 14 children with very different backgrounds.
Contrary to everyone's perception, the documentary only had one episode at the beginning, and no one wanted to visit back after 7 years. The return visit was proposed by TV president Dennis Feynman, and Michael struggled to gather the 14 children.
It is an opportunity and an effort. In "14up", these children have entered adolescence, and some of Michael's sharp questions are still a bit resistant, and the topic is quite high, and I have to say that Michael will be very good at doing variety shows.
The effect of the show finally surprised Michael himself, and only then did he realize that he was doing a cow X thing that no one else had ever done!
Michael said excitedly, "Why are we going to put the kids together again?" Because we just want to see what England will look like in 2000! ”
28up, left to right: Jackie, Linsey, Michael, Susan
Since then, he has decided to photograph these 14 children every 7 years, to glimpse England from these 14 children, and to see the relationship between birth and destiny from a microscopic point of view. What kind of person is Michael Apt who can shoot such a god work?
Born into a middle-class family, he could have obeyed his parents' request to graduate from Cambridge to become a lawyer, but his interest was not there. Even though his parents didn't agree, they agreed with his choice: to work as an observer at a television station.
Michael has loved to observe and watch people's every move since he was a child on the subway to school, which has also helped him to portray characters in the future as a director.
While studying law at Cambridge, Michael began to put his interests into action, working with a group of like-minded friends. For example, John Chris, who made Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Trevor Nunn in King Lear and Macbeth, and Mike Newell and Stephen Frese, are all internationally renowned directors. Later, in an interview, Michael mentioned: "Many years later I had a small success at Granada TV. It was ten years before my parents realized that my career was fine. "
The "Seven Years of Life" series gave Michael Epput endless honors, and his "28up" and "35up" both won the Fleherty Documentary Award.
"28up" award scene
Michael's success was lucky because he had parents who respected his choices. His success is also inevitable, because he knows how to plan his career. After years of working on TV series at television, he began to enter the big screen.
Michael made his first film in 1972, called Prisoners of War and Deserters, which was also shortlisted for the 8th Moscow International Film Festival, and because of this film, he was favored by producer David Putnam to shoot Stardust and began to reach the peak of his life.
For example, the eye-catching content of the movie "Drunkard Murder" is nothing more than sexual, violent and other elements, but Michael relied on his unique visual portrayal of women when shooting, which made this movie a good one.
In 1980, Michael Eppert went to the United States with a bigger dream and full-fledged hollywood. After entering Hollywood, he directed "Miner's Daughter", for which he received seven Oscar nominations!
Stills from Miner's Daughter
The pinnacle of Michael's portrayal of female characters is perfectly reflected in "007 Black Day Crisis", a movie that makes everyone always remember the most beautiful snake and scorpion girl played by Sophie Marceau!
Stills from "007's Black Day Crisis"
The film undoubtedly laid the foundation for his mythology as a director to establish himself in Hollywood, and what really made our 80/90 generation worship him was The Chronicles of Narnia 3 Dawn Treading Wave.
Stills from Chronicles of Narnia 3 Dawn
The reason why he is the myth of the director's world is not only his achievements in movies, but also his extraordinary achievements in TV dramas while making movies, winning several British Oscar awards.
The Queen of England receives Michael
From the filming of his films and TV series, it can be seen that he has changed from a hot-blooded young man to a person who pays attention to women, children and families. He was respected by his parents when choosing a career, so he did not ask his children to pursue careers in the film and television industry when they chose a career. He has 6 children, with only one son carrying on his mantle in the film industry.
The son, Paul Eppert, is the sound editor of Marvel superhero movies.
Paul Epput (deceased)
Michael has said that he is going to shoot the "Seven Years of Life" series into "84up". Michael, who failed to complete "84up", used decades to interpret the development of the entire social class, which is a precedent for a documentary shooting method, letting us know the importance of family background, and also letting us know that hard work can really change fate, which is a master! Let's pay tribute to the world's first director to reveal the truth of life!
Author: Mommy Camp (ID: bamaying)