A Dark & Powerful Film - Watching CHILDREN OF MEN For The First Time
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- čas přidán 11. 08. 2023
- Children of Men is a 2006 dystopian action thriller film co-written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. The screenplay, based on P. D. James' 1992 novel The Children of Men, was credited to five writers, with Clive Owen making uncredited contributions. The film is set in 2027, when two decades of human infertility have left society on the brink of collapse. Asylum seekers seek sanctuary in the United Kingdom, where they are subjected to detention and refoulement by the government. Owen plays civil servant Theo Faron, who tries to help refugee Kee (Clare-Hope Ashitey) escape the chaos. Children of Men also stars Julianne Moore, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Pam Ferris, Charlie Hunnam, and Michael Caine.
The film was released by Universal Pictures on 22 September, 2006, in the UK and on 25 December in the US. Critics noted the relationship between the US' Christmas opening and the film's themes of hope, redemption, and faith. Despite the limited release and lack of any clear marketing strategy during awards season by the film's distributor, Children of Men received critical acclaim and was recognised for its achievements in screenwriting, cinematography, art direction, and innovative single-shot action sequences. It was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Film Editing. It was also nominated for three BAFTA Awards, winning Best Cinematography and Best Production Design, and for three Saturn Awards, winning Best Science Fiction Film. In 2016, it was voted 13th among 100 films considered the best of the 21st century by 117 film critics from around the world.
Cast
Clive Owen as Thelonius "Theo" Faron, a former activist who was devastated when his child died during a flu pandemic. Theo is the "archetypal everyman" who reluctantly becomes a saviour. Cast in April 2005, Owen spent several weeks collaborating with Cuarón and Sexton on his role. Impressed by Owen's creative insights, Cuarón and Sexton brought him on board as a writer. "Clive was a big help", Cuarón told Variety. "I would send a group of scenes to him, and then I would hear his feedback and instincts."
Clare-Hope Ashitey as Kee, an asylum seeker and the first pregnant woman in eighteen years. She did not appear in the book, and was written into the film based on Cuarón's interest in the recent single-origin hypothesis of human origins and the status of dispossessed people:"The fact that this child will be the child of an African woman has to do with the fact that humanity started in Africa. We're putting the future of humanity in the hands of the dispossessed and creating a new humanity to spring out of that."
Julianne Moore as Julian Taylor. For Julian, Cuarón wanted an actress who had the "credibility of leadership, intelligence, [and] independence". Moore was cast in June 2005, initially to play the first woman to become pregnant in 20 years. "She is just so much fun to work with", Cuarón told Cinematical. "She is just pulling the rug out from under your feet all the time. You don't know where to stand, because she is going to make fun of you."
Michael Caine as Jasper Palmer, Theo's dealer and friend. Caine based Jasper on his experiences with friend John Lennon - the first time he had portrayed a character who would pass wind or smoke cannabis. Cuarón explains, "Once he had the clothes and so on and stepped in front of the mirror to look at himself, his body language started changing. Michael loved it. He believed he was this guy". Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune notices an apparent homage to Schwartz in Orson Welles' film noir Touch of Evil (1958). Jasper calls Theo "amigo"-just as Schwartz referred to Ramon Miguel Vargas. Jasper's cartoons, seen in his house, were provided by Steve Bell.
Pam Ferris as Miriam
Chiwetel Ejiofor as Luke
Charlie Hunnam as Patric
Peter Mullan as Syd
Danny Huston as Nigel, Theo's cousin and a high-ranking government official. Nigel runs a Ministry of Arts programme "Ark of the Arts", which "rescues" works of art such as Michelangelo's David, Pablo Picasso's Guernica, and Banksy's Kissing Coppers. He mentions that he tried to save Michelangelo's Pietà, but a mob destroyed it before he could.
Oana Pellea as Marichka
Paul Sharma as Ian
Jacek Koman as Tomasz
Juan Gabriel Yacuzzi as 'Baby' Diego, the world's youngest surviving human, born shortly before the global infertility incident. At eighteen years old, he is seen as a celebrity but is stabbed to death by a deranged fan after he refuses to sign an autograph.
Ed Westwick as Alex, Nigel's son
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Guys. You should focus a bit on the movie.
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I think Theo was able to keep moving and talking like normal for so long after getting shot because of all the adrenaline in his system. That's a very realistic phenomenon, since life-or-death adrenaline gives people huge boosts of strength and pain relief (many people don't even realize they've been hurt until long after the injury occurs). Once they were out on the water, and he felt confident that Kee was going to be okay, the adrenaline finally wore off, and he felt the full effects of his injury and blood loss.
And he wasn't choking on blood because he was shot down in his abdomen, not up in his lungs or throat. Not every gunshot results in blood buildup in the airways.
A 21,9 theo did not take the gun he wrote: ho fuck!! by throwing his right flip-flop in the air in the corridor, it is not the weapon he is throwing.
It's a long movie, but doesn't really drag.
The scenes are complex enough that is easy to get a sense that some were painstaking to film, with so many details in them.
It's actually not that long of a movie. It's pretty average length, it just feels long because it's such a deep and immersibe movie.
Doesn't it hurt your eyes and maybe neck to look one way for that long?
blindness is also dystopian.. its more suck than this ... this is a masterpiece
I'm the 1000th view :)
Do you think ketamine is poison or something?
Bruh, some of the greatest cinematography was from the 60s and 70s... cinematography hasn't gotten any better 😂 especially from the 2000s to 2010s😂 maybe you mean camera/film quality.
Talk way too much jesus