Children of Men (Cuaron, 2006): Prince Charles Cinema, 3.10pm
This 35mm presentation is part of Bleak Week at the Prince Charles. Details here.Chicago Reader review:
Adapted from P.D. James's dystopian novel, this SF feature by Alfonso Cuaron (Y Tu Mama Tambien)
takes place in England in 2027, when the human race has mysteriously
become infertile and faces extinction. A onetime revolutionary (Clive
Owen) is asked by an old flame (Julianne Moore) to take part in her
underground movement defending illegal aliens, who are trucked off to
concentration camps; assisted by an older hippie pal (Michael Caine in
an Oscar-worthy performance), he agrees to smuggle a young woman
(Claire-Hope Ashitey) out of the country. The film gradually devolves
into action-adventure, then the equivalent of a war movie. But the
filmmaking is pungent throughout, and the first half hour is so
jaw-dropping in its fleshed-out extrapolation that Cuaron earns the
right to coast a bit.
Jonathan Rosenabaum
Here and above, Slavoj Zizek discusses the movie.
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