Truby Breakdowns

 Children of Men
 AI
 Brazil

- Basic line: boy meets girl, loses girl, goes after girl and loses
Need: stagnant, scared of life

Desire: girl

Opponent: general bureaucratic forces - but not specific

Plan: none

Battle: generalized

Self-revelation: none

New Equilibrium: character ends at a lower level


Advanced Elements

- perspective: only a device; no story point made

- outside forces: unclear

- limited knowledge; but characters' knowledge is never increased

- work as creation, creative character: partly but could have been much better

- excellent use of different worlds

- some suggestion of history of forces extended to the future, but there is no way shown for the characters to escape the negative cycle

- moves toward public solution but only in being chased by bosses

- key element for success: DeNiro's is the best character

- he is key to the plan, battle, and self revelation but is not used properly

- magnificent visual possibilities not used