I kind of thought that based on what we know of Jasper's character, he would have loved to go out the way he did. He was an infamous political cartoonist, former activist, radical idealist, and a revolutionist sympathizer. He has been hiding out in the woods smoking pot and cracking jokes while taking care of his invalid wife and living a peaceful, yet probably rather unrewarding life. Then, out of nowhere, Theo, who has also turned his back on his former political quests with the debilitating death of his son, brings the revolution right back through Jasper's front door. I would dare suggest that Jasper's eyes light up just a little at the idea that he has once again become an important factor in the fight for positive reform in the world. He's a consummate rebel that had been pacified and lulled into a sense of comfort, but all the while the human race was slowly dying around him and he had lost the will to fight… until this pregnant woman walks through his door. This is the death for the cause he had always dreamed he was destined for…colinr0380 wrote:I suppose little did Jasper know that Theo would be the chink in his hideaway's armour.
Children of Men
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- colinr0380
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True, and it probably beats the suicide plan he was considering, letting him die a hero. It is interesting though to wonder whether he let Theo into his life hoping that one day that kind of situation would occur or whether it caught him unawares and allowed him to capitalise on it to have a final heroic moment.
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The novel is now being adapted into a TV series.
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Re: Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)
Just watched this again tonight. Jasper's monologue about faith and chance has been swirling around in my brain since seeing it again, for the first time in awhile. I'm no good at waxing philosophic about things like that here, but I must say it's put my own life in perspective, where things have come my way and I either let them slide or hung onto it. I could appear to be talking out my ass on this one, but I felt it was worth sharing here.
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Re: Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)
I wonder if Cuaron had seen Possession.
- domino harvey
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Children of Men
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Original 5.1 DTS-HD master audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• New audio commentary by author and critic Bryan Reesman
• There is No Future, a new video appreciation by film historian Philip Kemp
• Fertility & Progeny, a new video essay by author and critic Kat Ellinger
• The Possibility of Hope, an archival documentary featuring interviews with activist Naomi Klein, philosopher Slavoj Žižek and others, exploring the film’s resonance with contemporary current affairs
• Comments by Slavoj Žižek, an archival featurette on the film’s themes
• Creating the Baby, an archival featurette on the film’s visual effects
• Futuristic Design, an archival featurette on the film’s sets
• Theo & Julian, an archival featurette on Clive Owen, Julianne Moore and their characters
• Under Attack, an archival featurette on the film’s ground-breaking camerawork
• Deleted scenes
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Corey Brickley
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Mark Cunliffe and Amy Simmons
- Ribs
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Re: Children of Men
This is a pretty big-deal release for Arrow, and to be honest I’m surprised they didn’t put it as a Video title because it could pretty cozily fit in.
- domino harvey
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Re: Children of Men
The best part is that Zizek is all over the extras
- knives
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Re: Children of Men
Gross.
- Morbii
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Re: Children of Men
I held off on buying the studio Blu-ray in hopes Criterion would get this. Is this UK only?
- Ribs
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Re: Children of Men
We’ll find out in 20 minutes, but I think it’s fairly likely Arrow picked up both this and Gosford from Uni for US/UK.
- Morbii
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Re: Children of Men
That'd be fine by me. I was hoping for a Criterion, but Arrow will do just as good (or better) of a job.
- tenia
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Re: Children of Men
It's actually just the older extras already on the Universal disc. He did an audio commentary and participated in a philosphical 30 min featurette for this release, and both are ported to the Arrow release. He doesn't appear more than this here.
- domino harvey
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Re: Children of Men
Oh cool, I guess I never bothered to look at the extras on the old disc
- tenia
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Re: Children of Men
If you're interested in that, the 3 technical ones are quite good. I also recall one (or maybe it's part of these 3 ?) about how part of the movie's scientific background actually already is visible IRL (especially the loss of fecondity at a worldwide level).
- colinr0380
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Re: Children of Men
That reminds me that Cornel Wilde's No Blade of Grass would make for a good Blu-ray rescue at some point.
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Re: Children of Men
I’m very excited for this. This sits nicely somewhere in my top 20 in this century. I thought Criterion had a chance to release this and still may. If the pq is on point I’ll pick up the Arrow.
- dda1996a
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Re: Children of Men
This might be one of Arrow's best surprises in a, while. What an amazing film this is.
It always amuses me how Lubezki didn't win either for this or Tree of Life...
It always amuses me how Lubezki didn't win either for this or Tree of Life...
- Big Ben
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Re: Children of Men
Half of the interview will consist of snorting I'm told.
Anyway I recall seeing this in High School and sort of being okay with it. At the time I don't really think I appreciated craft though. Time for a rewatch. Perhaps age and wisdom will do me better this time.
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Re: Children of Men
The problem is the craft has aged well but the dialogue hasn't
- Adam X
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Re: Children of Men
How is “pull my finger” not classic, award-worthy dialogue?
- swo17
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- knives
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Re: Children of Men
That's nothing new and as far as I understand a case of people in industrialized nations opting out of having multiple children or children at all rather than some biological problem.
- Big Ben
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Re: Children of Men
Correct. Millenials are not having children for a variety of reasons now. A know more than a few people who wouldn't care one bit if they became infertile and I type that entirely with a straight face. It's just not a thing anymore.