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...Darren Aronofsky must have known the risk he was taking as he prepared the ambitious movie romance called The Fountain. His previous films, the no-budget Pi (1998) and the low-budget Requiem for a Dream (2000), both quirky art-house hits, had been on the somber side, to put it mildly. To put it accurately, they were visual monologues that took place inside the deranged minds of their protagonists - respectively, a math whiz obsessed by the number 216 and a heroin addict with a possessive (and understandably perplexed) mom. Instantly, anybody could see that Aronofsky...
...Throughout, Aronofsky pursued his own epic, The Fountain, about a man who will do anything to save his critically ailing wife. The film was to cost near $100 million and to star Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. The original financiers dropped The Fountain when those two bowed out. (They later reunited to make Babel, in which they played virtually the same roles.) Aronofsky slimmed down the budget to $35 million, cast Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz in the main roles, and made the damn movie. The whole trip, with all its frustrating detours, took six years. Then the Cannes Film...
...might look to Darren S. Aronofsky ’91 for inspiration.In a one-on-one interview with The Crimson, the director of “Pi,” “Requiem for a Dream,” and most recently, “The Fountain,” discusses his latest film as well as his fond memories of Harvard: the annoying difficulty of Social Studies, his life-changing electives in the VES department, the Core, and even advice for any student’s future after graduation. The Harvard Crimson: This is your first film with...
...Fountain Warner Brothers Directed by Darren Aronofsky 4 Stars With its psychedelic special effects, 1000 year time span and complex, sometimes inscrutable, plot, the latest film from Darren S. Aronofsky ’91 is not your typical Hollywood Sci-fi thriller. Some will call it heavy-handed and over-the-top, or even out-right bizarre. But, those who become entranced by its completely stunning imagery, mesmerizing original score, and puzzling philosophical overtones will mark it as one of the most memorable films of the year. As Aronofsky’s first film since the 2000 indie classic...
Oenophiles rejoiced last week when headlines trumpeted a study suggesting that the fountain of youth flows with red wine. Scientists at Harvard Medical School and the National Institute on Aging found that mice fed a high-calorie diet along with large doses of resveratrol--a natural substance found in grape skins--lived longer than mice given no resveratrol. Many of the negative effects of gluttony, such as liver damage and diabetes, were mitigated. One big consequence was not: the mice still...