35 up documentary full biography

This past weekend I watched 35 Up.  As I said in my last post, I’m going to try a different approach in structuring my thoughts on the film this time around by first providing a brief update on each of the film’s subjects and then summarizing my overall reactions.

First the updates:

Tony — Still driving a cab, which he owns.  His wife also drives.  They split shifts to accommodate caring for their children.  She drives during the day, then quits in time to pick up the kids from school.  Tony goes to work, comes home to eat dinner with the family, then goes back out driving till 1:00 in the morning.  Tony’s mother died within the last couple years.

Bruce — Still teaching, but currently spending a term teaching in Bangladesh, through an arrangement with his school in London in order to better understand his immigrant students.  Not married; says he has had “affairs,” most of which ended amicably, but just hasn&#