DISQUS

Film School Rejects: Children of Men

  • H. Stewart · 2 years ago
    Nice call on: "the exposition's in the background." Great explanation; a lot of detractors (i.e. madmen/women) have criticized the film for not having enough backstory, but you hit the nail on the head--it's in the mise-en-scene, if you want it. I don't understand why it got an Academy Award nomination for screenplay and not direction, cinematography, and/or art/production design. The whole film is in the images.
  • Chris Beaumont · 2 years ago
    I'm a little upset it wasn't nominated for Best Picture.....