"Children Of Men"
The thin veneer of society over human nature or let's get it o-ooon? I had a similar idea for a screenplay a few years ago based on the idea that some technology, pervasive in the developed world, suddenly causes infertility. As the realization of the finality of their civilization sets in, order deteriorates, and those in the developing world are faced for the first time with choices on how their society should move forward. Will the better part of human nature prevail in order to create a more-perfect future society, or will our most base instincts lead to the eventual destruction of the human race.
Alas, I never wrote the screenplay that could have been a terrific vehicle for any number of philosophical questions on the nature of humanity, and it's relationship with both the earth and technology. However, some clever writer did (for the record, a novel published in 1992, with a bit of a different slant. "Children of Men" is set in the not so distant future, where people for some inexplicable reason have lost the ability to procreate. In the absence of a an overarching purpose, the biological imperative, the fragile social contract of the citizenry relinquishing a certain amount of freedom in return for order, breaks down. The world's cities deteriorate into chaos, and only a small part of England maintains some semblance of order. An island of order amongst the ruin of society, the issue of immigration is primary, pitting a totalitarian government lead by the nose of Homeland Security is pitted against rebel groups fighting for the equal treatment of all people. What follows is a story set amongst a society whose devalued human life, because it's just a matter of time. The result is a thoroughly depressing movie, that is sure to shock, and produce angst in the audience. Does the human race have a hope? Of course it does, ,or else it wouldn't be a movie, it would be a Frontline documentary.
Michael Caine is downright funny as an ex-political cartoonist hippy living out in the woods, and Clive Owen is always good. The movie is captivating in the way it keeps you on the edge of your despairing seat, but the only question is, does the denouement makeup for all the damn angst this movie puts you through?
Technorati Tags: Children of Men, Infertility, Clive Owen, Michael Cane, Movies
Alas, I never wrote the screenplay that could have been a terrific vehicle for any number of philosophical questions on the nature of humanity, and it's relationship with both the earth and technology. However, some clever writer did (for the record, a novel published in 1992, with a bit of a different slant. "Children of Men" is set in the not so distant future, where people for some inexplicable reason have lost the ability to procreate. In the absence of a an overarching purpose, the biological imperative, the fragile social contract of the citizenry relinquishing a certain amount of freedom in return for order, breaks down. The world's cities deteriorate into chaos, and only a small part of England maintains some semblance of order. An island of order amongst the ruin of society, the issue of immigration is primary, pitting a totalitarian government lead by the nose of Homeland Security is pitted against rebel groups fighting for the equal treatment of all people. What follows is a story set amongst a society whose devalued human life, because it's just a matter of time. The result is a thoroughly depressing movie, that is sure to shock, and produce angst in the audience. Does the human race have a hope? Of course it does, ,or else it wouldn't be a movie, it would be a Frontline documentary.
Michael Caine is downright funny as an ex-political cartoonist hippy living out in the woods, and Clive Owen is always good. The movie is captivating in the way it keeps you on the edge of your despairing seat, but the only question is, does the denouement makeup for all the damn angst this movie puts you through?
Technorati Tags: Children of Men, Infertility, Clive Owen, Michael Cane, Movies
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