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After six years of turbulent production disasters that eventually saw the departure of original stars Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, followed by a bargain-basement rebirth via [Hugh Jackman] and [Rachel Weisz], writer/director [Darren Aronofsky]'s cosmic, confounding labor of love The Fountain was at last unveiled at this year's Venice Film Festival-where it was promptly booed off the screen.
We keep cutting back and forth to bald Jackman in outer space, journeying through the cosmos inside a gigantic soap bubble containing the only tree I've ever seen that has pubic hair and makes sex noises. It's some sort of spirit oak that seems to have Weisz's life force trapped inside the bark, which Jackman has to eat to stay alive. They're headed for Xibalba, a dying star the Mayans believed held the secrets of eternal life ... and are any of you still following this nonsense?Humorless pseudo-profundity abounds, and in lieu of actual characterization, these sad ciphers stare directly into the lens and utter blanket statements like, "Death is the path to awe," or "Death as an act of creation." Aronofsky repeats the same camera moves and trick shots throughout the generations, cutting between the same actors in the same space in the frame saying exactly the same things at different time periods-and eventually you have to wonder what, exactly, he's driving at.See the full content of this document
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Fantasy Camp
Fantasy Camp
It's a miracle Darren Aronofsky's absurd, bewildering epic ever got made.The FountainC-Director: Darren AronofskyStarring: Hugh Jackman, Rachel WeiszOpens Wed., Nov. 22After six years of turbulent product...See the full content of this document
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