This exchange between the uncredited\unseen "making of" interviewer and little Eva Sayer (who plays Miranda) exemplifies the light-hearted approach apparently taken by even the youngest cast members toward filming Tom Shankland's allegorical preview of the coming inter-generational warfare now looming around the corner in real life, THE CHILDREN. In a literal sense, Eva could be referring to how a scene was about to be filmed in which her screen mom, Eva Birthistle (who plays Elaine) was about to plow into her Miranda character with the family Volvo station wagon, violently pinning her against a nearby SUV. But in the more important, predictive sense, Eva no doubt was referring to the burgeoning national debt about to smother herself and other members of her cohort Millenial Generation throughout the industrialized world, caused by the borrow and spend habits of her real-life parents' generation.
Director Shankland describes the foregoing scene as a "horrible SOPHIE'S CHOICE moment for Elaine." Production designer Suzie Davies perhaps hits the nail on the head more accurately, stating "We can't really kill someone from real life, unfortunately." If today's children could just off the oppressing generations weighing them down with the ease shown by the kids in this horror flick, such inter-generational mayhem might be the ho-hum norm, rather than the rare headline.
Director Shankland describes the foregoing scene as a "horrible SOPHIE'S CHOICE moment for Elaine." Production designer Suzie Davies perhaps hits the nail on the head more accurately, stating "We can't really kill someone from real life, unfortunately." If today's children could just off the oppressing generations weighing them down with the ease shown by the kids in this horror flick, such inter-generational mayhem might be the ho-hum norm, rather than the rare headline.