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Living Once with Hope
Æon Flux
To live once…But with hope.
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Reflections on Æon Flux's Character Quotes
Quotes about the film
*], "," Entertainment Weekly (2005).
[[Owen Gleiberman; http://www.ew.com/article/2005/11/30/aeon-flux Aeon Flux]
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The Harsh Reality of War
Trevor Goodchild
This is a war, and people on all sides die.
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Conflict Over Control and Responsibility
Trevor Goodchild
I'm getting worried about you, Oren. This edge you've taken. Displays like that aren't helpful to us.
Oren Goodchild
I believe in protecting what we've created. I don't apologize for that.
[shrugs]
Trevor Goodchild
This was created to allow me to do my work. I can't do that if you can't control yourself. Understood?
Oren Goodchild
Yes, it is.
Trevor Goodchild
And what of the test results?
Oren Goodchild
All negative…sorry.
[lying]
Trevor Goodchild
Find me a new test group by morning.
Oren Goodchild
Maybe it's time to give up on the tests, Trevor. We're living the solution already. This is perfection. Why can't you just embrace it?
Trevor Goodchild
You see what's happening to people. You know how desperate this has become.
Oren Goodchild
It can be controlled. Contained.
Trevor Goodchild
I think your forgetting that this was all meant to be temporary.
Oren Goodchild
You've always said that, but why should it be?
Trevor Goodchild
Because it's wrong.
Oren Goodchild
Things change…but I know you won't.
Trevor Goodchild
You know me.
[smiling]
Oren Goodchild
Been your brother a long time.
Oren Goodchild
You're right about that.
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Exploring Action Sequences in Æon Flux
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Based on the animated ] series, Aeon Flux has several ] ] sequences, like one in which ], crawling like a ], dodges ] blades that pop out of the ].
[[MTV; [entertaining; [action; [Theron (film)|Theron; [spider; [metal; [grass]
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The Concept of Flux Explained
Taglines
The ] is flux.
[[future]
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Aeon Flux: A Surprisingly Good Film
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There's no way to ] it but to come right out with it: "Aeon Flux" is a ] ]. Actually, it's a really good movie.
[[say; [good; [movie]
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A Cautionary Message from Trevor Goodchild
Trevor Goodchild
Aeon. I'm sorry for the pain. It's not safe to talk in the open. Nothing's as it seems…You had your chance, why did you hesitate?…You know where to find me.
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Confrontation Over a Past Tragedy
Æon Flux
Why am I here?
Trevor Goodchild
I needed to see you again.
Æon Flux
You killed my sister!
Trevor Goodchild
I didn't know anything about it…I'm sorry.
Æon Flux
And the excuses you?
Trevor Goodchild
No. But this is a war. People on all sides die.
Æon Flux
She shouldn't have. She had nothing to do with this.
Trevor Goodchild
Everyone's involved in this.
Æon Flux
She wasn't. I don't need that to kill you.
[furious; looks down at her gun as Trevor hands it to her]
Trevor Goodchild
But it would be easier, wouldn't it? Everything changed when I saw you…I know you and you know me.
[smiles]
Æon Flux
Why do I know you? Why?
[grabs her weapon, walks backwards]
Trevor Goodchild
Why did you come back? What do you want from me?
[lowers her arm, advancing slowly]
Æon Flux
What do I want? I want my sister back! I want to remember what it feels like to be a person.
[grabs his jacket, forcing him to the wall; kisses Trevor]
Trevor Goodchild
Aeon.
[breathless]
Æon Flux
Why do I feel this way around you?
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The Significance of Mortality in Life
Æon Flux
We're meant to die. Its what makes everything about us matter.
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Loss of Family and Purpose
Æon Flux
I had a family once, I had a life. Now all I have is a mission.
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A Message of Uncertainty and Trust
Claudius
We're sick. And Trevor's trying to cure us. That's all I know.
Æon Flux
Trevor tried to dope me. Tell me what's in this.
[hands over a vial]
Claudius
It's a message.
[examines vial]
Æon Flux
Well, what does it say?
Claudius
You have to drink it. That's how it works.
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Anticipation of a Family Gathering
Æon Flux
Shopping for me, Una?
Una Flux
Haven't you heard? Special occasion! My sister's finally coming to dinner. Claudius and I are looking forward to tonight. For once you'll be in the house long enough to sit down.
[laughs]
Æon Flux
That's why I wanted to meet with you here.
Una Flux
Æon?
[slightly annoyed]
Æon Flux
I may not make it tonight. I'm sorry. Don't be upset.
[sees Una's face drop]
Una Flux
It's not that you can't come to dinner. It's why!
Æon Flux
You know, I use to imagine you'd come with me.
Una Flux
We have different ways of solving problems.
Æon Flux
Yes. You ignore them.
Una Flux
How could I possible ignore them? I see the problems. I feel them and I'm trying to make something good out of it…a life.
[looking around]
Æon Flux
What kind of life is it?
[almost seething]
Una Flux
There are good things here.
Æon Flux
There's one.
[smiling at Una]
Una Flux
So, I have a surprise for you tonight.
Æon Flux
Tell me!
[excited]
Una Flux
Tonight. So be careful…come back.
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Defiance Against Orders in Æon Flux
Sithandra
You're certainly killing him kindly.
Æon Flux
Situation has changed.
Sithandra
Our orders haven't.
Æon Flux
I'm not following orders anymore.
Sithandra
Why are you doing this, Aeon?
Æon Flux
Everything has become more complicated!
Sithandra
No. It's simple.
Æon Flux
Trevor may not be responsible for the mistake.
Sithandra
Trevor?
Æon Flux
I'm trying to find out who is.
Sithandra
Your mission was to kill Goodchild. And you can't or won't do that, so…give me your weapon and return to the frontier.
Æon Flux
Didn't I teach you to think for yourself?
Sithandra
You taught me alot more than that.
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The Intersection of Dualities
Taglines
The ] ] Meets The Perfect ]
[[Perfect; [World; [Assassin]
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Philosophical Reflections from Æon Flux
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*], "," PostStar.com (2005)
[[Tom Maurstad; http://poststar.com/news/aeon-flux-pleasantly-provocative/article_afe0b91c-bf16-5797-9770-0e5ac6a82ac9.html 'Aeon Flux' pleasantly provocative]
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Unexpected Revelation in the Library
Freya
She escaped.
[on Aeon]
Trevor Goodchild
Why am I not surprised.
Freya
I found her in the library. I think I wounded her.
Trevor Goodchild
You attacked her?
Freya
She's a Monican agent, who tried to kill you. I assumed it was obvious what I should do.
Trevor Goodchild
Freya, I want her alive. Do you understand? Is Oren aware of this?
Freya
I can't find him.
Trevor Goodchild
Stay close.
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A Warm Welcome Returns
Keeper
Welcome back.
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Exploring Aeon Flux's Unique Creative Vision
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The ideas underlying Aeon Fluxs plot are the ]'s ], and the filmmakers deserve some credit for doing more than paying lip service to them. Director ] (]) has a sense of ] flair. Many aspects of Aeon Fluxs look could have been derivative, but are not.
[[film; [strength; [Karyn Kusama; [Girlfight; [visual]
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A Call for Assistance
Keeper
You are needed.
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Exploring the Complexity of Æon Flux
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This ] makes sense of "Aeon Flux's" senselessness in a way that makes it more ], not less.Befitting a movie that is based on being that sort of "]"-"]" sort of ], near-] sheen, "Aeon Flux" is full of provocative ] and wild ].
[[movie; [fun; [Blade Runner|Bladerunner; [The Matrix (franchise)|Matrix; [smart; [future; [ideas; [technology]
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The Illusion of a Perfect Society
Æon Flux
Some called Bregna the perfect society. Some call it the height of human civilization. But others know better. The Goodchilds built Bregna to ensure us a future. They built the Relico, a memorial to remind us of what we've survived. They built walls to protect us. They tell us that outside, nature has retaken the world. But the real problems lie within. We are haunted by sorrows we cannot name. People disappear and our government denies these crimes. The Goodchild regime provides for us, as long as we stay quiet. So we trade freedom for a gilded cage. But there are rebels whoe refuse to make that trade, who fight to overthrow a government that silences us, who fight in the name of the disappeared. They call themselves the Monicans. I am one of them.
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The Dilemma of Existence and Cloning
Trevor Goodchild
This isn't the answer, Æon! There's no guarantee I can find the cure again! Cloning is all we have!
Æon Flux
It's not enough! Our minds are unravelling and every time you bring us back it gets worse!
Trevor Goodchild
If you do this, we end!
Æon Flux
We're meant to die—that's what makes anything about us matter. Living like this is torture—we're just ghosts…
Trevor Goodchild
That's not how I feel…not now…
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A Name and a Second Chance
Trevor Goodchild
Catherine? Aeon?
Æon Flux
You called me by another name earlier.
Trevor Goodchild
I did and you let me live.
Æon Flux
Give me my gun. We'll try it again.
Trevor Goodchild
Maybe later.
[smirks]
Æon Flux
What was that name?
Trevor Goodchild
You know me, don't you?
Æon Flux
No!
[raged]
Trevor Goodchild
Do you know who you are?
Æon Flux
I know I came here to kill you.
Trevor Goodchild
That's why you're in a cell. But we're both still alive for a reason. I don't know what this is…but it's good to see you.
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Rediscovering Lost Identities and Relationships
Æon Flux
Trevor…the name you called me?
Trevor Goodchild
…Catherine.
Æon Flux
That was my name…
Trevor Goodchild
You were my wife. We had a life together just like anybody else…
Æon Flux
Wait! You need to tell me!
[grabbing his hand]
Trevor Goodchild
I lost you during the disease and you couldn't be brought back. I've lived and died seven times since then, and each time I taught myself about you. You were an idea I kept alive, something I had to imagine. But when I saw you, what I felt was real, and I knew you, I remembered you. What we had together has survived all that time…
Æon Flux
…and I was looking for you.
Trevor Goodchild
…and I've been waiting.
Æon Flux
We were different people.
Trevor Goodchild
We were.
Æon Flux
Those people are gone…
Trevor Goodchild
…but something in them came back.
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The Ethics of Cloning and Rebirth
Trevor Goodchild
There was a complication when we cured the industrial disease. The vaccine had an unintended side effect: sterility. Only one more generation of our species could survive. It was a desperate time. Cloning had never been used on humans, successfully. Now when a person dies, their DNA is recycled. Oren and I built the Relico to store DNA and to conceal the cloning process. The Keeper finds a suitable couple and using food additives, we induce a chemical pregnancy. When a woman comes in for an exam, we implant a cloned embryo. From there things happen naturally. In nine months, a citizen who died is reborn. For seven generations, Oren and I have cloned ourselves, taught ourselves, so that I could keep trying to find a cure…while we all live on.
Æon Flux
That's what we are? Copies?
Trevor Goodchild
We're more than that! It wasn't supposed to be permanent—I've been trying to cure the infertility. Una was part of my test groups. Oren lied to me—he told me her test had failed, like the others. But she had become pregnant. He killed all my subjects, your sister included.
Æon Flux
He killed her because he was pregnant…
Trevor Goodchild
Una didn't know it, but her baby would have been one of the first new children in 400 years. Oren's changed–he doesn't want to go back, he doesn't want a cure…
Æon Flux
He wants to live forever.
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Reflections on Æon Flux's Philosophical Themes
Quotes about the film
*], "," ReelViews.net (2005).
[[James Berardinelli; Aeon Flux (United States, 2005) Aeon Flux (United States, 2005)]
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Rebellion Against a Gilded Cage
Quotes about the film
As is the case with any ] ], there are ]. Viewing their predicament as "having traded ] for a gilded cage," their ] are to disrupt the accepted order and ] the ], Trevor Goodchild (Marton Csokas), and/or his second-in-command ], Oren (Jonny Lee Miller). The most dangerous of the rebels (who call themselves "Monicans") is Aeon Flux (]).
[[totalitarian; [government; [rebels; [freedom; [goals; [kill; [ruler; [brother; [Charlize Theron]
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