{"id":511,"date":"2007-03-18T20:30:38","date_gmt":"2007-03-18T20:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/archives\/2007\/03\/18\/alfonso-cuaron-talks-about-children-of-men\/"},"modified":"2012-02-29T14:55:56","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T14:55:56","slug":"alfonso-cuaron-interview-about-children-of-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2007\/03\/18\/alfonso-cuaron-interview-about-children-of-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Alfonso Cuaron on Children of Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Alfonso-Cuaron-shooting-Children-of-Men-with-DP-Emmanuel-Lubezki.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14609\" title=\"Alfonso Cuaron shooting Children of Men with DP Emmanuel Lubezki\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Alfonso-Cuaron-shooting-Children-of-Men-with-DP-Emmanuel-Lubezki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since coming to prominence in his native Mexico with <a href=\"http:\/\/allmovie.com\/cg\/avg.dll?p=avg&amp;sql=FS\u00f3lo|Con|Tu|Pareja\">S\u00f3lo Con Tu Pareja<\/a> (1991) <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0190859\/\">Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n<\/a><\/strong> has shown himself to be a remarkably versatile director.<\/p>\n<p>His films have ranged from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0113670\/\">The Little Princess<\/a> (1995), a beautifully crafted adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett&#8217;s children&#8217;s novel to the exuberant road movie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0245574\/\">Y Tu Mama Tambien<\/a> (2002).<\/p>\n<p>After the international and critical success of that film he made <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0304141\/\">Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban<\/a> (2004), the third &#8211; and so far, best &#8211; instalment of the series.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"right\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image510\" style=\"width: 260px; height: 333px;\" title=\"Film &amp; Artwork \u00a9 2006 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Copy%20of%20Children_of_Men_DVD_Packshot.jpg\" alt=\"Film &amp; Artwork \u00a9 2006 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Children of Men <\/strong>was another shift in subject matter and tone, as he adapted P.D. James&#8217; dystopian novel about infertility in a futuristic England.<\/p>\n<p>Released in the UK last September (and the US in December) it garnered <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/film\/titles\/childrenofmen\">lavish critical praise<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0206634\/awards\">award recognition<\/a>, winning 2 BAFTAs and 3 Oscar nominations.<\/p>\n<p>It was richly deserved, as it remains one of the best films of last year.<\/p>\n<p>It functions as a riveting thriller, but also explores contemporary issues with an intelligence that is rare in mainstream movies.<\/p>\n<p>It also features some truly stunning cinematography from <a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/name\/nm0523881\/\">Emmanuel Lubezki<\/a>, who has helped create images and sequences that will live long in the memory.<\/p>\n<p>I recently spoke to Alfonso about the forthcoming release on DVD.<\/p>\n<p>He was articulate, passionate and keen to discuss many aspects of the film, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>His approach to the original novel<\/li>\n<li>The documentary on the second disc called &#8216;The Possibility of Hope&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Filming during the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/7_July_2005_London_bombings\">London bombings<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The narrative style of the film<\/li>\n<li>Why he wanted it to be the &#8216;anti-<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blade_Runner\">Blade Runner<\/a>&#8216;<\/li>\n<li>The visuals<\/li>\n<li>How they shot some of the long takes<\/li>\n<li>The importance of Clive Owen as a collaborator<\/li>\n<li>What he thinks the film is ultimately about.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F38225249&amp;show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/audio\/Alfonso_Cuaron_on_Children_of_Men_March_2007.mp3\">download here it as an MP3<\/a> (just right click on the link and save it to your computer)<\/p>\n<p><em>The <strong>Children of Men <\/strong>2-disc Special Edition is available on DVD from 19th March, courtesy of Universal Pictures<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Film &amp; Artwork \u00a9 2006 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B000NJM27M\/202-1320191-5846200?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=filmdetail-21&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creativeASIN=B000NJM27M\">Buy Children of Men on DVD<\/a>\u00a0or <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/rHFRrX\">the Blu-ray<\/a> from Amazon UK<br \/>\n&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/name\/nm0190859\/\">IMDb entry for Alfonso Cuaron<\/a><br \/>\n&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/film\/titles\/childrenofmen\">Reviews for Children of Men at Metacritic<\/a><br \/>\n&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/arts\/movies\/2006\/12\/the_movie_of_the_millennium.html\">Dana Stevens of Slate on why Children of Men is the &#8216;movie of the millenium&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interview with Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n about Children of Men (2006)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,19],"tags":[432,177],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}