NO LIVES ARE ORDINARY.

NO LIVES ARE ORDINARY. The DVD for 49 UP has an interview by Roger Ebert with Michael Apted, the director of THE UP SERIES, in which Apted quotes the wife of one of the characters in THE UP SERIES. Apted then comments about the series and the children: “These are ordinary lives, ordinary stories, but they are told in such a dignified way, and they elevate the ordinary life to real drama and real dignity.” Apted is a wonderful director, but I disagree strongly with him. Instead, I agree with the woman Apted quoted: “Every life is an act of courage and everybody has a story.” That is what THE UP SERIES demonstrates.