In one of the minutes-long takes in Children of Men (2006), the camera got splattered with fake blood. Director Alfonso Cuarón almost ruined days of work by shouting "cut!", but it got lost in a background explosion by chance. Cuarón called it a "happy accident", the scene was praised by critics.

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image showing In one of the minutes-long takes in Children of Men (2006), the camera got splattered with fake blood. Director Alfonso Cuarón almost ruined days of work by shouting "cut!", but it got lost in a background explosion by chance. Cuarón called it a "happy accident", the scene was praised by critics.

ethanwc on April 18th, 2021 at 00:59 UTC »

I remember seeing it thinking “whoa this scene didn’t have a cut”. I think it’s 15 mins or so? Excellent movie.

SelectAll_Delete on April 18th, 2021 at 01:41 UTC »

They also had to digitally erase the blood that splashed on the lens, but slowly, like it was evaporating over the rest of the shot.

Loose_Goose on April 18th, 2021 at 03:20 UTC »

Fun fact about this movie - Clive Owen (main character) appears in every single scene.

This combined with the lengthy/winding shots creates almost a computer game like third person POV.

Imo, Children of Men is a classic of modern cinema.