Children of Men Resources

 

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Overviews and Summaries

• Children of Men Characters, Summary, Analysis
• Children of Men Character Glossary

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Movie Reviews

• Rowin, ‘Children of Men (Review)’, Cineaste
• Dargis, ‘Apocalypse Now, but in the Wasteland a Child Is Given’, NY Times
• Orr, ‘The Movie Review – Children of Men’, The Atlantic
• ‘At the Movies’ Review: http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s1756228.htm

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Interviews

• At the Movies Children of Men Interview
• Cast Interviews: http://youtu.be/j1gTwVVCrb8

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Journal Articles and Other Analysis

• Amago, ‘Ethics, Aesthetics, and the Future in Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Men’
• Bayly, ‘Reflections on the Overlooked Children of Men’
• Wikipedia, ‘Children of Men Themes’

Analysis of the ‘Ark of the Arts’ scene:

• Martin, ‘In the Court of the Crimson King’
• Dragis, ‘Beauty and Beasts of England, in a World on Its Last Legs’

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Quotes

• Wikiquote – Children of Men

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Video Resources

Collection of key scenes, arranged by themes:

 

 

Five-minute analysis of a couple of key ideas (the final section on ‘History’ raises some good evidence on why we draw on the present and past when constructing worlds of the future):

 

 

Scene Analysis Videocasts:

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