HBO Filmmaker Reveals What Really Happens After the Ceremony
While filming 112 weddings over the course of 20 years, videographer and documentary filmmaker Doug Block found he couldn’t shake one simple question: After the cake was cut and the gifts were opened, whatever became of these couples’ marriages? That question inspired 112 Weddings, a documentary that explores how life and marriage have changed for 10 couples since Block filmed their weddings years earlier. Juxtaposing footage from the couples’ wedding days with candid present-day interviews, the film reveals which marriages thrived, stumbled, and, in two cases, ended. Block, whose film credits include the documentaries 51 Birch Street and The Kids Grow Up, says the idea for the film had been “marinating” in his head for many years before he began reaching out to some of his most memorable couples. Block knows he’s not the only one who’s attended a wedding and speculated if the newlyweds would last. “We all [go to weddings and] think, ... Read More »
