Episode 292: CHILDREN OF MEN (2006)

Trylove

20 years after the world’s last baby was born, revolutionary-turned-working stiff Theo Faron (Clive Owen) is content to coast until the end catches up to the world — until his former lover and the mother of his dead son Julian (Julianne Moore) wrangles him into a plan to escort expecting mother Kee (Clare-Hope Ashitey) to safety.

Remembered (and heavily cribbed) for its effective worldbuilding and the immediacy of its handheld long takes, Alfonso Cuarón’s post-apocalyptic tale feels purpose-built to reawaken dormant empathy. This podcast also features the last white man who hadn’t seen CHILDREN OF MEN until 2024.

References:

• “Humanity and Stolen Choice in Children of Men” by Matt Lambert for Perisphere, the Trylon blog
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Timestamps

0:00 - Episode 292: CHILDREN OF MEN (2006)

3:52 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary

5:54 - The relationship of CHILDREN OF MEN to the things it inspired later

17:15 - The spirit of the long take and “democratizing the frame”

32:39 - How the world is built to shape Theo

44:33 - Luke, Julian, and the politics of radicalization

1:08:32 - The Junk Drawer

1:19:35 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 2006