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Why I Love ... Chiwetel Ejiofor
While on the topic of Children of Men, which comes out on DVD today, I thought I'd pay homage to an actor I love: Chiwetel Ejiofor, who plays Luke. Though his character is technically a bad guy, Ejiofor's speech toward the end — delivered between rounds of bullets he aimlessly sprays out a window — makes me soften toward Luke, thinking maybe he's just trying to survive like everyone else.
There is something friendly and trustworthy about the British actor, who I first noticed in Love Actually as Peter, the husband of Keira Knightley's character.
What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday
All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. This week brings us an exciting list of big titles, many of which got Oscar attention this year.
What Movie Deserves the Oscar for Best Cinematography?
All this week, we've been featuring the Oscar nominees for Best Cinematography, including The Black Dahlia, The Illusionist, Children of Men, Pan's Labyrinth, and The Prestige. Now that you've seen the galleries, what movie do you think deserves to win?
What Movie Deserves the Oscar for Best Cinematography?
Oscar Nominee: Children of Men for Cinematography
Every week up until the Oscars, I'll be featuring the nominees in the various visual categories, starting this week with cinematography. Yesterday, I had a gallery of stills from Pan's Labyrinth, and today's nominee is Children of Men.
In this movie, director Alfonso Cuaron strove to capture a grim futuristic world in which the continuation of the human race is threatened.
Behind the Scenes: Children of Men
Yesterday Children of Men received a number of Oscar nominations, including Achievements in Cinematography and Film Editing, both of which I think are fully deserved. Director Alfonso Cuaron has been lauded for the complicated, highly-choreographed scenes in the film that were shot without interruption — particularly a battle scene in which Clive Owen and four others are riding in a car and an angry mob descends upon them.
So I was excited to find a very cool behind-the-scenes clip that explains how they pulled off the remarkable sequence.
Children of Men: Shattering the Sci-Fi Mold
Children of Men is a well-formed, visceral experience of a depressing futuristic world. As a work of science fiction, the film is impressive, because the genre often gives filmmakers license to create storylines and characters that are far-fetched to the point of eye-rolling ridiculousness. The creators of Children of Men, however, seem to understand that to make an engrossing film about imaginary circumstances, you need not make the world outrageously different from today’s reality.
Fans Rally Behind "Children of Men"
Children of Men is getting rave reviews from critics, but it's not getting much love from its studio, Universal, which initially released the movie in just 16 theaters on Christmas Day. Now, one devoted fan has made a video promoting the movie, interspersing footage of the film with quotes from critics set to a soundtrack from Jarvis Cocker. I'm already dying to see this movie, but the video makes me want to see it even more.
Movie Preview: Children of Men
I am deeply intrigued by the trailer for this new movie Children of Men, which stars Clive Owen and Julianne Moore. I'm not usually the biggest science-fiction fan, but the premise is interesting: In a not-too-distant future (20 years from now), women are infertile and the human race looks doomed... until one miraculously pregnant woman is discovered.
Link Time! 12/26
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