So Late So Soon

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.[3][4] 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.[5] Hymanson first met Jackie Seiden as a child, enrolling in her classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.[6] Don Seiden also taught at the Art Institute and founded its art therapy program.[7]

So Late So Soon
Directed byDaniel Hymanson
Produced by
  • Trace Henderson
  • Josh Penn
  • Kellen Quinn
  • Noah Stahl
Starring
  • Don Seiden
  • Jackie Seiden
CinematographyDaniel Hymanson
Edited byIsidore Bethel
Music byZachary Seman
Production
companies
  • Department of Motion Pictures
  • Hedgehog Films
Distributed byOscilloscope[1]
Release dates
  • March 5, 2020 (2020-03-05) (True/False)
  • November 19, 2021 (2021-11-19) (United States)[2]
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The film's production took place off and on over five years[8] and received support from the Sundance Institute,[9] Kartemquin Labs, the Illinois Arts Council, and IFP.[10]

Release

The film premiered at the True/False Film Fest in 2020[11] and went on to screen at DOC NYC,[12] BAFICI,[13] Big Sky,[14] Indie Memphis,[15] Ashland,[16] and the Calgary Underground Film Festival, where it received a Special Jury Prize for Documentary Filmmaking.[17]

Oscilloscope acquired the film’s worldwide rights before distributing it theatrically in the United States.[18] In March 2023, So Late So Soon had its streaming premiere on The Criterion Channel.[19]

Reception

Across its festival run and theatrical release, the film met with a favorable response in outlets such as Filmmaker,[20] The Hollywood Reporter,[21] The Capital Times,[22] Paste,[23] Senses of Cinema,[24] RogerEbert.com,[25] Vox,[26] and VOX Magazine.[27] Critics have commended the film for the intimacy it achieves with its protagonists[28] and for an associative narrative structure,[29] evocative of how memory and emotion operate.[30]

IndieWire selected the film as a Critic's Pick[31] and the IDA Awards shortlisted it for Best Feature in 2021.[32]

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