CHILDREN OF MEN

12/10/20 • 43 min

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Cinematographer and director David A. Armstrong (the SAW franchise) joins the show to talk about maybe the Hall of Fame cinematography movie of all time, CHILDREN OF MEN. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron (GRAVITY, ROMA), starring Clive Owen in maybe his best performance, with great supporting turns by Michael Caine, Julianne Moore, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. This stunning movie, incredibly, was not nominated for Best Picture or Best Director, and made only 35M in the United States. David helps me understand the sheer difficulty of achieving what Alfonso and his team did with this staggering film and drops some cool behind the scenes knowledge about shooting SAW.

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