Alfonso Cuaron Explains How He Directed Children of Men
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- Listen to Alfonso Cuaron explain how he directed Children of Men from breaking down his long takes to shaping London into a third world country.
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Alfonso Cuarón is a Mexican director and screenwriter know for creating: Roma, Gravity, Children of Men, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and more. He is known for intensely visceral thematic films and has received two Oscars for his work. In this video, he breaks down the creation of Children of Men. He begins with how he and Chivo achieved the look of the film, and then speaks on why and how he performs long takes, why background is as important as character, how he views his actors as co-writers, and so much more.
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Do you think Alfonso Cuaron succeeded in creating a film that is still relevant today?
It is more relevant today than when it was released. Especially in the United States. Caging migrants, Political Terrorism, Propaganda, Income Inequality
More relevant today than 2006
Hey, whoever is making these...thanks a lot. This is awesome, I went to film school and I'm a writer/director, and it's really great to see this up here on the Tube.
Hopefully, I get the funding to make my masterpiece some day. For now, I just have to shoot whatever I can with my phone, and I edit with Lightworks. I have a lot of scripts in development. I will probably have to start 'The Kingshit Of All Kingshits' just because it's probably going to be the easiest to film, as it is set in highschool.
Cheers.
I made around 40 short films, mostly skate videos, but they shut down my YT account that I worked so hard on. I don't have any backups with me. Oh well, it's about the future, not the past, right?
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Definitely He did
Without question
The cinematography in this movie is just as beautiful as it is disturbing. Never would have thought that "blood on lenses" shot was actually an accident!
Neither would I! It's cool to see miracles like that
Man, I'm I glad no one heard him yell cut.
That has to go down as one of the best “happy accidents” in film history with what it added.
I love this. Children of Men is such a beautiful film that still has a compelling story and purpose.
Thanks :) I was happy to cover it
Sup BtC!!
Children of Men is my favourite movie of all time. I watch it once a year and cry every time.
wow the blood splatter really was a miracle. All these years and I had no idea. The DVD extras, and mini-doc by Cuaron are great. I love this movie, it's extremely relevant today.
My favorite line from this movie is "He had your eyes." Four words that instantly create a huge backstory.
in an oversaturated video essay/film analysis field you've really found something fresh, meaningful, sans bullshit. Please continue!
Thank you! That means a lot to hear
I watched this film a few days ago (It's one of my favourites and have watched it many times). During this recent watching, I felt that this film had a lot more relevance during this current pandemic than ever before. Everyone is re-watching Contagion at the moment but I think this film portrays a society going down the toilet due to a situation out of everyone's control much better than any other film out there. Brilliant!! Must watch.
You're right - I saw Contagion when it came out. And it does a great job of showing how a terrifying virus can spread.
But "Children of Men" is much better at showing a society, effectively, in "lockdown".
Even before Covid - our collective decision to leave the European Union because of xenophobia (ironically to be completed at the end of this December) was a sign of our decline from the world stage, under the banner of "Britain Rides Alone!" (faux 'patriotism' if ever it existed)
The worst has happened for real - but fortunately, I see no evidence of armed police or military on the streets yet. We're behaving ourselves very well for the most part.
We're all extremely lucky - it could have been nuclear war, it could have been asteroid hit, it could have been environmental meltdown ... it came up "virus". The least worst of the four world-ending 'choices' on offer.
Except the pandemic brought people together
It's turns out the end of the pandemic is more terrifying than the pandemic itself. Events in Ottawa brought me here today.
This movie will stand the test of time. It is a masterwork, and the way the film holds onto the scenes of horror is something modern films have not embraced.
I don't know why Children of Men doesn't get talked about like The Godfather or Citizen Kane, honestly.
Probably the most underrated movie ever. Didn't receive the recognition it deserved.
It will be in generations to come.
Yeah! I didn't even think of it, but London of Children Of Men isn't really that different from Mexico City of Roma! Alfonso moved the definition of traditional "third world" into the metropolis we usually associate with "first world" (it's the biggest city I've ever been in myself), what helps making vision so shocking. Thank you for your videos, love your channel! I'm one of these who prefer listening to directors than self-taught "video essayists".
Yes! I thought that was an absolutely beautiful point to the creation of the look of Children of Men. Thank you for supporting my channel by watching the videos and taking the time to think about what the directors are saying!
“To bring the true world into London”
I thought I knew everything about this movie, but your video proves that you can always learn from movies like Children of Men... Thanks, you're doing a great job.
Wow, I'm glad you were able to learn something new! That's my main goal with the channel and I'm happy to see it's paying off
this movie is gut-wrenchingly beautiful and painful, and, unfortunately, more relevant today
Just wat, it gets worse.
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And even still in '23+'24
Jesus never stop making these. I'd pay to watch this haha.
Thank you! I don't plan on stopping anytime soon
Do not stop! Ahaha underful Channel
@@Jilloms but you have
I sit here in late 2023 and must admit that this film is haunting me.
I saw it first in theater (1996) and took it in as a pretty good Sci-fi flick. A few years later, I caught it on cable and more of the story's relevance started to come through to me. In the past 5 years I have watched the film multiple times and have come to view it not only as a masterpiece of film making, but a disturbing reminder of exactly how limited the aspirations of our civilization are without hope for our future, which is where we stand now.
With active wars in both Ukraine and in the Gaza strip, the scenes in Brexhill are mortifyingly prescient. Too much of the world has not been given a seat at the table of advantages, that our progress since WW2 has provided the first world.
I am lower middle class in the US and I realize that the majority of the world does not have the same benefit of stability or comfort in life that I enjoy. For many obvious reasons, morality being one, this cannot continue.
Brilliant!!! Please keep posting.
Thank you so much for this
This channel is gold
is great to hear it from him excelent work with the recopilation
These are so great. Thanks again for doing these.
Thanks for watching them! They're a joy to make
Going back and checking all the videos on this channel. This is really great, the way you put things together, awesome.
Thanks so much!
One of the best and underrated Sci-fi flms ever made
I really enjoyed this thank you for making it.
One of the biggest embarrassments at the oscars was not recognizing this films masterful technique. That was the year of Dreamsgirls though and Babel's loss, so they already screwed up.
Absolutely amazing video, thank you very much!
Thanks for watching them :)
One of my favorite films and one of my favorite directors. Terrific video.
Thank you! Glad I could feature someone you love
3:26: "Harry Potter"-style newspaper. Cuaron took this from "Prisoners of Azkaban" ;-)
Consistent and different directors, great job man. Love this movie.
Thanks, Alec. Let me know if you have a director/film you'd like to see!
Keep making these vids. I love them!
So good to hear! I plan to keep making them for a while
This movie gave me goosebumps like no other film
Superb video! One of the most powerful films I've ever seen... and one of the few cases where the film is more relevant today than when it was released.
Thanks, Vitoria!
Many thanks for this! you've won a new follower!
There is so much detail in every scene! We can clearly understand what he means by film should have it's own language.
This was such a great movie. You've inspired me to rewatch! Love your vids, keep them coming!
I'd love to see The Director's Cut take on a Spike Jonze film.
Yay! So glad you're re-watching it. It's really enjoyable to have these films fresh on your mind while listening to the director speak about it
This is incredible crazy that it doesn't have millions of likes
Thank you!
Love this series!
Thank you so much for this channel, these videos are amazing and I've loved every movie you've covered so far
Also, First
Thanks! I'm glad to hear you've been enjoying them.
Also, I think you may be the first person to comment first on this entire channel
The Director's Cut haha I don't know whether to be flattered or ashamed
one of my favorite films of all time.... i watch this films once a year sine it release.
Really great job...One of my favourite films...
Thank you!
Absolutely love this series! Keep them coming! Notifications are on for this channel :)
Yay! Thanks so much. I'm glad you're enjoying it
@@Jilloms Wish these videos were around when I was making a short film a month last year. But they've been incredibly helpful for preparing for filming my debut feature film this month!
@@Jilloms Please do a Christopher Nolan video!
Love this guy, one of my top 20 films
Fantastic video. Superb channel.
Thank you!
I loved this channel! Im a film student and CZcams is beem the best place do learn about filmmaking and learn from the directos itselfs is underful! Please keep doing these videos, if you do it any Spielberg video i will love it
Glad to hear you're enjoying and learning from the channel!! I will definitely be doing a Spielberg video in the future.
This is great. For the next one could you consider doing "In Bruges"? I think it would be interesting to hear Martin McDonagh's take on directing a film after only working on stage plays.
Thanks! Yes, I already have it written down!
I actually thought the blood in the lense was CGI. That is mind blowing
The blood on the lens was not intended, but brings you into the reality of the scene even more.
Almost unnoticed except as another sign of the degradation of hope.
Very good video. I loved "Children of Men". I subscribed.
Thanks for subscribing. I really appreciate it! And I'm glad you like the channel
I feel privileged and humbled each time I watch Children of Men as I find it like a nice bottle of red that gets better with age. Thank you Alfonso.
Love this series, just please add subtitles!
Thanks! I understand it being difficult to understand directors who are not native English speakers. I'm planning on developing subtitles and a written transcript going forwards and will add them to each video when I get the chance!
Children of Men is still one of the best scifi I've watched. I'm surprised that he didn't read the book.
That allows him to give a completely fresh take on the premise.
I'm definitely not complaining! :)
@@jazzx251 Yeah, I'm not either. It's just that, he generally got the feel of the world and he didn't even read the book. The novel did things better on some stuffs and the movies did things better on some other stuffs. I love both.
@@hkmrsrg1367 I love the train ride scene.
The train he takes is an old-school "British Rail" carriage from when it was a nationalised rail system.
Alfonso Cuaron got the tone of a broken United Kingdom still standing spot on.
It's not so much Sci-fi as it is an allegory for our modern world.
The loss of children representing the loss of hope.
And unfortunately it is right on schedule...
This is my favorite film ever. Since the bootleg my Hollywood friend showed me in like 2007 or something. So brilliant.
Absolutely love your content, keep going! Would you mind sharing what is the music at the opening of the video?
Thanks so much! The opening clip with the title of the film is music pulled straight from the end of the film and the first song played in the video is: Breathing Planet by Doug Maxwell
This is a great video. Thank you. But I have one small request. Add subtitles to it please.
Thank you! I definitely understand the need for subtitles and will work on adding them!
@@Jilloms Very good! I will definitely be waiting for this! Good luck!
Not a single dislike! Gives me hope for humanity.
Children of Men was on TV at 03.00 here in Japan. For an image of Police State UK, look no further.
He talks about the blood on the lens being a miracle, but throughout the scene/shot, the blood is digitally erased. You can even see it in the clip shown here - when the camera tilts up the staircase, they use the movement of the camera to mask the moment its erased. They also do it little by little, I think, fading out different parts of the blood splatter so you don't notice it suddenly disappearing. Maybe since the blood spots are static it would be possible to erase them in post and thus they are real, but I always thought the blood spots were digital in the first place and that's how they were able to erase them.
Would it be possible that the blood slowly dripped off the lens naturally rather than be removed digitally?
@@nathanielregier No, it would have left obvious streaks. And if you look at the blood splatter, it's definitely not thick enough to drip. I think Cuaron is trying to tell a white lie to encourage the magic of cinema, or he somehow forgot this was a digital effect.
The blood was 100% removed digitally. I included the shot where the last spot is faded out on purpose to show how the effect changed, but didn't notice that happening while watching the film the first time. Only the crew on set knows what is real and what is not. I believe the initial splatter was real, but anything after that was probably enhanced in the edit. At the end of the day, it looks great
no slide on theo's feet? he put rubber feet on his feet to protect his feet from the glass and scrapes when he loses one of his flip-flops when he fights with syd. as it is the flagship thing of the movie I would have liked to see if it's easy to walk with false feet in flip flops ^^
Great video. I haven't seen a lot of this bts footage. Where is the music in this video from?
One of the best movies in my opinion 🙌🏾
I loved your videos and just subcribed. Can you please do one piece on Wildlife (2018)?
Yes!!!! I'm so glad you asked for that!! You're the first person to. I loved Wildlife and am 100% doing a video on it. It's unfortunate it had such a small release, but still a fantastic film
Beautiful movie
Terrance Malik is an interesting guy. Incredible films but rarely does interviews or press. I've researched him a few times on his work but its mostly through professors and them breaking down is process. If you want a good challenge I think Terrance Malik talking about "Days of Heaven", "The Thin Red Line" or "Tree of Life" would be an awesome topic. I could pick apart his brain forever.
Yeah, I'd love to do a video on him. Even if there's minimal content, I'll try my best to find all that's out there. Thanks for the suggestions
Can you do one on Raging bull please...
Yep! Already have that on the list
What. A. Movie.
The longest shot, 9 minutes, isn't a one take. There are hidden cuts.
Just wanted to mention that. Great video. Good job.
Thanks for sharing! I am aware of the cuts. 9 minutes is what Alfonso Cuaron has credited being his longest seeming shot
0 dislikes, thats crazy hadnt saw that yet
It's so heartbreaking that this movie didn't make money. Imagine what movie Alfonso would've made next if he had the chance. Oh well
Can you do Damien Chazelle Explains how he directed Lalaland?
of course more relevant than ever
Likely my favorite movie...whatta beauts.
Infertility of beliefs. I realized Theo changed in the movie but to word it that way is a nice parallel to the physical infertility.
I personally think Children of Men is not a "well directed" movie. It's a beautiful, fantastically shot one, but Cuarón is more of a photographer than he is a storyteller. Anyway, the video is great. Thank you so much for the quality work.
This is interesting! In what ways do you feel like Children of Men is poorly directed because the visuals take priority? Obviously this is a very visually focused video, but I also felt like the film worked.
I disagree. It’s a wonderfully modernized hero’s journey. Structure is classic but beautifully executed.
Cuarón is a great storyteller on how he conveys visual and dialog narrative. He tells two stories in one movie: one in the foreground and other in the background. A clear example is Y tu mamá, también, Children of Men and Roma. Directing a film is about so many things not just focusing on the actors, it's about taking control of the creative procces; how you want to tell the story, you want this to be explained visually or through dialog, how you want the cinematography to be driven, how the montage would be, etc. If all the latter works then it's a well directed movie.
Subtitles pls😭
"Queríamos que se pareciera a Ciudad de México".
Dios mío.
the director of Children should contact me, have I got a story to tell about this movie...
Animation movies don't use camera....
Viva mexico y todos los cineastas Mexicanos
I really don’t think there is room for any kind of hope
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Denis Villeneuve can fuck up Dune however he want, its shit anyway, but let Alfonso Cuaron direct The Metabarons movie series.
This isn’t sexist at all!
I’m willing to bet more people watched the movie than read the book.
If so they’d be missing out on some key story details.
1. Theo is a teacher in a crumbling marriage,who has affairs with his students.
2. With no children people pursue multiple post graduate programs to fill a void, but despite all the “education”, peace is unattainable. So it begs the question, what are people fighting for?
I've heard that it was only loosely inspired by the book; not intended to be the exact plot which makes sense since we see Theo work in a bureaucracy type position. And in case you didn't know, P.D. James was one of the actors in first scene in the coffee shop!
The lenses aren’t sharp enough, the camera has only 13 stops of dynamic range, if you zoom in to 5000% there’s color aberration and green color cast tent and the worst of all the camera was 10bit!
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unbeleivable film making ....unfortunately isnt this exactly how london is becoming
maybe wrong but .....
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Book is better.
yer if you like reading
Alfonso always seems like it wants to impress people more than he wants to create a good movie
I really believe he thoroughly works on his concepts to convey the story he wants to tell, which incidentally makes for great movies. Also, if he does want to impress people and just happens to make one of the best sci-fi movies of the century in the process, just let him be.