Episode 25: Long-Term Films w/ Marion Biet

About this episode

Elinor Lewy interviews film academic Marion Biet about long-term films and their implications.

Film academic Marion Biet came on the podcast to talk about long-term films (aka longitudinal films) with me since it's her expertise - making her one of the first to analyze this type of film within an academic framework. Long-term films are films that capture a long passage of time, the most prominent example of this is Michael Apted's Up Series which I refer to a lot during our conversation. We spoke about international long-term films, the ethical dimensions of these films, and their socio-political potential. Show Notes: Marion Biet’s Uni Website Marion's Film L'usine, c'est particulier quand même (2017) Marion’s book Dokumentwerden Up Film Series Children from Golzow (1961-2007) Helena Trestikova DEFA Rene (2008) The Bend Episode – Tony (The Up Series) Neil Hughes from The Up Series 7 Up South Africa (1992) 7 Up Japan (1992) Born in the USSR (1991-) 21 Up New Generation (2014-) Born To Be Different (2003-) Daldongne 33 Up (2020) Before Trilogy (1995-2013) Boyhood (2014) Over the Years (2015) Michael Apted Katka (2010) dafilms.com Anny (2020) Private Universe (2012) Quest (2017) Profiles of Farmers: Daily Life (2005) Cow (2021) Minding the Gap (2018) Follow Somebody's…

People in this episode

Host: Elinor Lewy

Guest: Marion Biet

Topics covered

• long-term films
• film analysis
• socio-political potential
• ethical dimensions
• interviews

Keywords

• longitudinal films
• Up Series
• film ethics
• socio-political films
• film analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Up Series, L'usine, c'est particulier quand même, Dokumentwerden, Children from Golzow, Rene, 7 Up South Africa, 7 Up Japan, Born in the USSR, 21 Up New Generation, Born To Be Different

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