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PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: ARONOFSKY, DARREN

Call No: 81 ARO SKO
Author: Skorin-Kapov, Jadranka
Edition: 2016
Place: London; New York
Publisher: Bloomsbury
PubDate: 2016
PhysDes: xxxii, 184 p. : illus. ; 24 cm
Subject: ARONOFSKY, DARREN; PI (US, Darren Aronosky, 1998); REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (US, Darren Aronofsky, 2000); FOUNTAIN, THE (US, Darren Aronofsky, 2006); WRESTLER, THE (US, Darren Aronofsky, 2008); BLACK SWAN (US, Darren Aronofsky, 2010); NOAH (US, Darren Aronofsky, 2014)
Summary: Darren Aronofsky's Films and the Fragility of Hope offers the first sustained analysis of the current oeuvre of the film director, screenwriter, and producer Darren Aronofsky. Including Pi (1998), Requiem for a Dream (2000), The Fountain (2006), The Wrestler (2008), Black Swan (2010), and Noah (2014), Aronofsky's filmography is discussed with respect to his style and the themes of his films, making astute connections with the work of other directors, other movies and works of art, and connecting his films with other disciplines such as math, philosophy, psychology, and art history. Jadranka Skorin-Kapov deploys her background in philosophy and math to analyze an American filmmaker with an individual voice, working on both independent productions and big-budget Hollywood films. Aronofsky is revealed to be a philosopher's director, considering the themes of life and death, addiction and obsession, sacrifice, and the fragility of hope. Skorin-Kapov discusses his ability to visually present challenging intersections between art and philosophy. Concluding with a transcript of a conversation between the author and Aronofsky himself, Darren Aronofsky's Films and the Fragility of Hope is a much-needed study on this American auteur.
ISBN: 9781501306976
Contents: Introduction 1. Pi: Is Mathematics “the Language of Nature”? 2. Requiem for a Dream: Addiction and Broken Dreams 3. The Fountain: Death and the Authenticity of Existence 4. The Wrestler: Melodrama and the Gift of Death 5. Black Swan: Limit Experience and Artistic Perfection 6. Noah: Responsibility, Love, and the Moment of Choice 7. Aronofsky's Themes and Auteur's Signature Appendix: Conversation with Aronofsky Notes Bibliography Index Reviews
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Call No: 721.3(73) BIS
Author: Biskind, Peter
Place: London
Publisher: Bloomsbury
PubDate: 2004
PhysDes: 24 cm ; 545 p
Subject: DIRECTORS. USA; USA; AWARDS. ACADEMY; INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTION; INDEPENDENT FILMS. USA; INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION; INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION. USA; DISTRIBUTION. USA; FESTIVALS. PARK CITY. SUNDANCE; MIRAMAX FILMS; AFFLECK, BEN; ALTMAN, ROBERT; ANDERS, ALLISON; ANDERSON, PAUL THOMAS; ANDERSON, WES; ARAKI, GREGG; ARONOFSKY, DARREN; ARTETA, MIGUEL; WEINSTEIN, BOB; WEINSTEIN, HARVEY; ALLEN, WOODY; ALL THE PRETTY HORSES (US, Billy Bob Thornton, 2000); FABULEUX DESTIN D'AMELIE POULAIN, LE (FR/GG, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001); APOSTLE, THE (US, Robert Duvall, 1997); AMERICAN BEAUTY (US, Sam Mendes, 1999); RESERVOIR DOGS (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1992)
Summary: In Down and Dirty Pictures, Peter Biskind tells the story of the filmmakers and the independent distributors who revitalised Hollywood in the 1990s. He follows the growth of Sundance from a regional film festival to the premier showcase of independent film that it became, showing how it succeeded almost despite Robert Redford, whose visionary plans were often thwarted by his quixotic personality. He charts the meteoric rise of the controversial Harvey Weinstein, often described as the last mogul who, with his brother Bob, left a trail of carnage in his wake, yet created an Oscar factory that is the envy of the studios. [Taken from inner jacket sleeve].
ISBN: 0747565708
ID2: 341