Comments on: Doug Block’s ‘The Kids Grow Up’ Gets A Trailer & Festival Dates https://staging2.theplaylist.net/doug-blocks-kids-grow-up-gets-trailer-20100419/ Thu, 12 Nov 2020 14:01:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: christopherbell https://staging2.theplaylist.net/doug-blocks-kids-grow-up-gets-trailer-20100419/#comment-18693 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:33:26 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=3632#comment-18693 Block definitely takes some cues from McElwee, even if he's unaware of it. I'd like to think he's the McElwee of the digital age.

]]> By: Anonymous https://staging2.theplaylist.net/doug-blocks-kids-grow-up-gets-trailer-20100419/#comment-18691 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:20:55 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=3632#comment-18691 Seems like Ross McElwee has done this exact same thing and tone all before. I guess there's a dash of the Up! series in there.

]]> By: Jared Blaut https://staging2.theplaylist.net/doug-blocks-kids-grow-up-gets-trailer-20100419/#comment-18683 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:10:03 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=3632#comment-18683 Harder to find is his mid/late 90's documentary Homepage, which follows a few early web pioneers and ends up profiling the first bloggers, waaaaaay before that term existed, and before the concept of putting your life on the web for strangers to see was considered even remotely normal. For that reason it's more relevant now than when it was made. (Full disclosure: I did some asst. editorial work on the film.)

Check out:

http://old.d-word.com/homepage/

]]> By: Rocket Multimedia https://staging2.theplaylist.net/doug-blocks-kids-grow-up-gets-trailer-20100419/#comment-18675 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:39:31 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=3632#comment-18675 This looks pretty awesome. It's great to see the dad from '51 Birch Street.' Characters from other films.

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