True art is never appreciated
By CheapReveal | May 31, 2007
Darren Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American film director, screenwriter and film producer. He is engaged to actress Rachel Weisz, with whom he has a son, Henry Chance, born May 31, 2006.
For the most part this is all the wikipedia article will give you… pure data. Well, if I could write this wikipedia article over (which technically I guess I could) I would write that…
This man directs movies that will phuck (yes with a “p”, “h”) with your mind so hard that a part of your brain that you didn’t know existed will all of a sudden start firing off neurons faster than MTV can cancel another animated series
Well, now that that’s over and out of the way, lets get into the real reason I am writing this article. I saw an Aronofsky film six months ago, and that precious part of my brain that he so hastefully ripped from my skull and massaged ever so forcefully with his stunny visuals is still bleeding with questions. The film that I speak of is known simply as The Fountain. “What better way to solve these burning questions then to watch the movie?” you may ask of me. As for my rebuttal, it might go something like this “Well, young grasshopper, normally this is what I would do but, BUT (and that’s a HUGE but) WARNER BROS. HAS DECIDED TO RELEASE THE DVD WITHOUT ANY EXTRA FEATURES!!!”
as many of you can tell it is light on the extras as compared to my previous dvd releases.
everything at the studio was a struggle.
for instance: they didn’t want to do a commentary track cause they felt that it wouldn’t help sales.
i didn’t have it in me to fight anymore.
whatever.
This is a direct quote from Aronofsky’s MySpace blog.
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Crossing the finish line with head in hand
By CheapReveal | May 30, 2007
Well, it’s finished, after about two and a half weeks of hard work she’s finally ready to roll… and roll she will (I hope). If I look back at where I was two weeks ago I would see my two week younger self in a steakhouse on the side of route 1 with a fluorescent cactus sign as big as the steaks being served inside. I have come a long way since then, and much has changed in my life I no longer eat meat, nor do I dine at restaurants illuminated by the greenish hue of fluorescent cacti but the most notable change being that this project is completed.
Oh, wait, you have no idea what I’m talking about? You’re about to x out of this window because I’ve gone on a ridiculous rant in which your attention had almost been completely sucked out had it not been for that talk about the cactus sign? Silly me, I speak of the wondrous community building experiment site known simply as Last Tree Standing (.com). The buzz is going ’round the water coolers so quick, sign up for an account, and get your own blog hosted.
As for now I have to go, but I’m going to leave you with a fantastic video that you should watch over and over and over a million times.
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient’s dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it: Paprika
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