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.

mdhunter99 on April 18th, 2021 at 02:08 UTC »

One thing this movie did greatly were the long-takes. The final minutes (pictured here) were glorious and the car ambush scene was super suspenseful thanks to the long-take.