{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Fruitless","title":"Children of Men, or The Fruitless Christmas Special","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/4c1923a3\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":7208,"description":"It's the Fruitless Christmas special. Chris Barker and Alien (aka Stewie Griffin DJ) join Josiah to discuss Children of Men (2006), the incredible craft behind the film, and the politics of hope and futurity.\nBecome a Fruitless Patron here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141\nCheck out Fruitless on YouTube\nFind more of Josiah’s work here: https://linktr.ee/josiahwsutton\nFollow Josiah on Twitter & Bluesky @josiahwsutton\n\nReferences\nChildren of Men (2006), directed by Alfonso Cuarón.\nCapitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? by Mark Fisher\nThe Possibility of Hope, an archival documentary about Children of Men on the Arrow Blu-Ray release.\nThere Is No Future, video appreciation about Children of Men by Philip Kemp on the Arrow Blu-Ray release.\n\"Count-Down to Dystopia,\" Armond White https://www.nypress.com/news/count-down-to-dystopia-DGNP1020080109301099976.\nO-Bi O-Ba, The End of Civilization (1985). I (Josiah) kind of mischaracterized the ending of this movie. It's a lot more ambiguous than that, and I kind of projected a hopeful ending on a dreamy, weird final scene. Watch it for yourself and decide what the ending means: http://exmilitai.re/film.html.\n\"Why Children of Men haunts the present,\" Gavin Jacobson, https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/film/2020/07/children-of-men-alfonso-cuaron-2006-apocalypse-coronavirus.\nNo Future: Queer Theory and the Death Drive by Lee Edelman\nOut of the Red Closet, https://files.libcom.org/files/out-of-the-red-closet-kasama-pamphlet_0_0.pdf.\nMusic & Audio credits\nChildren of Men (2006)\nInterviews with James Lovelock, Slavoj Zizek, and Naomi Klein from The Possibility of Hope, an archival documentary about Children of Men on the Arrow Blu-Ray release.\nO Come, O Come Emmanuel, played by Kaleb Brasee, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLnlhpXV5IM.\nYesterday – bloom.\nIn My Dreams – bloom.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/dN-kG_v-OgA77Q1zGM7Ab15976-Ufg5LkB6Mc_iSVRo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI1NTE0LzE3MDU1/MDcxMzMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}