Questions tagged [never-let-me-go]

Never Let Me Go is a dystopian film directed by Mark Romanek and released in 2010. It was based on a book of the same name by Kazuo Ishiguro, published in 2005.

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What are the donations in Never Let Me Go?

I just read Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro Kazuo, and I've been trying to figure out what precisely the four donations are. I'm guessing it would go a kidney, a lung, perhaps part of the liver, and then ...
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Why didn't the *characters* rebel or run in Never Let Me Go?

I have just seen the film "Never Let Me Go". I couldn't understand why the clones didn't try to escape. Even if they were angry at their fate they didn't try to alter this. Were they genetically ...
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Originals vs Donors in Never Let Me Go

In Never Let Me Go (2010), I didn't completely understand the concept of 'Originals' and 'Donors'. In my opinion, 'Originals' would be the humans who are living 'normally' on Earth and 'Donors' would ...
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Why didn't everybody apply to become a carer in Never Let Me Go?

Every donor shown seemed to be aware of his or her fate. They also wanted to avoid or delay that fate and thus the desire for deferrals was present. There was also an option to apply for becoming a ...
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What was the point of the armbands in Never Let Me Go?

In the film Never Let Me Go, the camerawork made the scanning of the armbands that the donors wore quite obvious at several points (at school, at the cottages, and even at Kathy's apartment. What was ...