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April 17, 2017

Episode 14: Children of Men

April 17, 2017/ Aaron Pinkston

This week on the podcast, John and Sarah welcome former guest Alex Moore to talk about our film-of-the-week, Alfonso Cuarón's Children of Men. Topics include: the real world parallels, long take magic, and clever costuming. Also, the crew wonders what ever happened to Clive Owen.

April 17, 2017/ Aaron Pinkston/

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