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intense, disturbing and confusing (film: The Whale – Darren Aronofsky, 2022)

I was looking forward to watching ‘The Whale‘, the last of 2022’s major Oscar-winning films that I hadn’t seen. Darren Aronofsky is a director who never ceases to amaze me. His feature debut with ‘Pi’ and films like ‘Black Swan’ … Continue reading

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ecological and moral dillemas before history begun (Film: Noah – Darren Aronofsky, 2014)

I have a hard time placing this film. On one side it’s so typically hollywoodish – it’s a super-production with Bible-related content that would make it probably to many Christian films festivals. It’s very conventional in its ecological message and … Continue reading

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Film: Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky – 2010)

‘Black Swan’ is about art and obsession, is about sanity and madness, it’s about perfection and genius, all this described in the world which can be so mistakenly perceived of classical ballet. A world in which the spectator is supposed … Continue reading

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