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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Darren Aronofsky   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Darren Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer.
Darren Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American film director.
Darren Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969) is a film director.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Darren-Aronofsky   (2091 words)

  
 Darren - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Darren is a given name of uncertain etymological origins, almost always applied to males.
Darren is the most popular spelling of many variants of the name, but was virtually unheard of before the late 1950s.
Darren Gilford, Maltese athlete specializing in both the 100 metres and the 4x100 metre relay races
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 Reel.com: Darren Aronofsky
In 1998, Darren Aronofsky rocked the Sundance Film Festival with his edgy, unsettling, cyber-math thriller Pi.
Aronofsky appeared at the recent Mill Valley Film Festival, in Marin County, California, and followed a screening of his film with an engaging Q & A session with the audience.
Though one might expect the man behind such intense, bleak, and challenging works to be a potentially prickly interviewee, the director was jovial and communicative, with a sharp sense of humor and a friendly, upbeat manner.
www.reel.com /reel.asp?node=features/interviews/aronofsky   (2689 words)

  
 The Darren Aronofsky Picture Pages
Darren Aronofsky was born February 12, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York.
Aronofsky first began work on a feature film in [February] 1996, where he began creating the concept for Pi, a psychological scifi thriller.
(Darren had been a big fan of the comic book along with other Miller comics, such as Batman: Year One and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns--in fact the visual style for Pi had actually been influenced by a fl and white comic titled, Sin City, which was written and drawn by Frank Miller.
www.superiorpics.com /darren_aronofsky   (749 words)

  
 Darren Aronofsky Interview by Vito Carli -ArtInterviews.com
When he was a child, Aronofsky’s parents often took him to Broadway shows, and these formative experiences gave him a great appreciation for spectacle.
  When he spoke about his influences, Aronofsky showed he had was extremely knowledgeable about television, and classic films as well as new cinematic trends, “Rod Serling was one of my great patron saints of film.” He said that “Eye of the Beholder (1960)” was one of his favorite episodes.
Aronofsky is also a huge comic and graphic novel fan.
www.artinterviews.com /Darren.html   (905 words)

  
 Pi: Bios   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Darren Aronofsky leads his army (L. to R., Director of Photography Matthew Libatique, Sound Recorder Ken Ishii, and actor Ari Handel) to victory.
Darren Aronofsky was born and raised in Brooklyn and is a product of the public school system.
Aronofsky has studied filmmaking with director Stuart Rosenberg ("Cool Hand Luke," "The Pope of Greenwich Village"), producer Stuart Cornfeld ("The Fly," "The Elephant Man," "Kafka," "Mimic") and acclaimed Hungarian director Miklos Jancso ("Red and White").
www.pithemovie.com /biodsa.html   (138 words)

  
 IGN: Comic-Con 2005: IGN Interviews Darren Aronofsky
Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain –; which spans over 1,000 years and three parallel stories, dealing with the nature of existence, life, death, and the essence of humanity – is an epic on a human scale.
ARONOFSKY: Yeah, yeah, yeah...I think, you know, a big theme in the film is about how, in the West, you know, we have absolutely no tools to deal with death.
ARONOFSKY: And yet as kids, when we're in third grade, we're told to collect autumn leaves...which is basically death.
filmforce.ign.com /articles/634/634260p1.html   (620 words)

  
 "It's a punk movie" - Salon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Darren Aronofsky's "Requiem for a Dream" is so traumatic, so buzzingly difficult to watch, that it takes a few hours of restful silence after it ends before you realize that the movie, so preoccupied with festering sores and crusted spit and crushed spirits, is actually about love and hope.
"Requiem for a Dream" is Aronofsky's second feature after the jittery, paranoid "Pi." Like that film, "Requiem" is wickedly shot, heavily stylized and expertly edited, both visually and audibly.
Aronofsky and I met recently in a hotel room on Central Park West in New York.
dir.salon.com /ent/movies/int/2000/10/13/aronofsky/index.html   (842 words)

  
 SPLICEDwire | "Pi" review (1998) Darren Aronofsky, Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis
But Max is already an unstable dude who has to take a handful of pills every day just to keep his brain from overloading, and his obsession with this elusive number is driving him mad.
Aronofsky's inspired storytelling is ingenious in its infinitely complex concepts that are somehow still accessible and fascinating.
Aronofsky's command over the viewer in "Pi" is uncomfortable but irresistibly seductive.
www.splicedonline.com /98reviews/pi.html   (636 words)

  
 Darren Aronofsky News :: Hollywood.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Marlon Wayans wants to be here to celebrate his role in Darren Aronofsky's (his post-"Pi" flick) new movie, "Requiem for a Dream" at the same time he has to be in Los Angeles for the birth of his new baby.
Daily Variety is reporting today that Darren Aronofsky, director of the visually weird-ass movie "Pi" and the forthcoming flick "Requiem for a Dream," has been hired by Warner Bros. to resurrect the Dark Knight and direct the fifth installment in the franchise.
See, Aronofsky is not only talking to Warners about "Batman 5" but also about taking over the reins of the Barris biopic "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind," which has a screenplay written by Charlie Kaufman of "Being John Malkovich" fame.
www.hollywood.com /celebs/news/id/192699   (1160 words)

  
 Darren Aronofsky: Director
Indie director Darren Aronofsky won a special directing award this year at the Sundance Film Festival for his first film, (Pi), which he made on a budget of $60,000.
In the fl-and-white Pi, for instance, Aronofsky created "four or five minutes" worth of digital sequences in a film made for $60,000.
Aronofsky predicts that such developments, made possible by recent technological breakthroughs, will give indie directors a powerful, new weapon in the coming decades that will allow them to push new limits and try new things.
digitalcontentproducer.com /mag/video_darren_aronofsky_director   (307 words)

  
 Combustible Celluloid - Interview with Darren Aronofsky
The writer and director of the film, Darren Aronofsky, became fascinated by this world of logic, and decided to make a film along these lines.
Aronofsky was in town recently, and I had the chance to speak with him about Pi.
I was fascinated how Aronofsky managed to used real math formulas as plot elements, how they all seemed to fall into place in a natural progression.
www.combustiblecelluloid.com /daint.shtml   (1804 words)

  
 Darren Aronofsky @ Filmbug
Brooklyn-born filmmaker Darren Aronofsky followed up his directorial debut p, with the critically acclaimed film Requiem for a Dream.
Aronofsky is currently in production on his next project with Warner Brothers Studios, an original science fiction film The Fountain, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.
The AFI again honored Aronofsky in 2001 with the prestigious Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal.
www.filmbug.com /db/1191   (330 words)

  
 Darren Aronofsky: First Person Cinema
Welcome to "Darren Aronofsky: First Person Cinema," constructed as a compliment to CAMS 229: Outsider Cinema, a course at Carleton College, in Northfield Minnesota.
There is little question that Darren Aronofsky's first two (released) films are in fact works of "outsider" cinema.
Completely dedicated to his artistic vision, Aronofsky assembled teams for his movies that were as emotionally involved in the projects as himself.
www.people.carleton.edu /~tonksn/aronofsky   (453 words)

  
 Biography for Darren Aronofsky   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Aronofsky didn't make a feature film until five years later, in February 1996, where he began creating the concept for Pi (1998).
After Darren's script for Pi (1998) received great reactions from friends, he began production.
Darren's co-writer was, of course, Frank Miller, who had also written "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" and the "Sin City" graphic novels.
www.imdb.com /name/nm0004716/bio   (570 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Pi: DVD: Darren Aronofsky,Sean Gullette,Mark Margolis,Ben Shenkman (II),Pamela Hart (II),Stephen ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This super-low-budget début by Darren Aronofsky is a noir-like metaphysical sci-fi flick, shot in grainy fl-and-white, about a mathematical genius who believes he's found a formula that describes the chaos of the stock market.
Darren Aronofsky, writer and director of 'PI', has created a film that is every bit as engaging as its 'big' brothers - in reality, even more so.
Aronofsky and Gullette, by some strange archaic alchemy have managed to create the seeming of layer after layer of possible meaning.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/078401213X?v=glance   (2836 words)

  
 Darren Aronofsky will do anything to keep from finishing The Fountain - Cinematical
A couple of days ago, word hit the internets that Darren Aronofsky and his lovely fiance, actress Rachel Weisz, are expecting their first child.
Aronofsky got the ball rolling again two years later, with a new script, a new cast (Hugh Jackman took over for Pitt, Cate Blanchett was replaced by Weisz) and a drastically reduced budget (from $75 to $40 million).
As the only bloke on AICN (at the time of Aronofsky's involvement) disagreeing with the property and instead suggesting that Ra's Al Ghul be used as the villain, I was more than tickled pink when it was announced that Nolan & Goyer were indeed using Al Ghul as the central villain in their project.
www.cinematical.com /2005/12/08/darren-aronofsky-will-do-anything-to-keep-from-finishing-the-fou   (1168 words)

  
 requiem for a dream/ darren aronofsky interview -- movies -- rob larsen's drunkenfist.com
Requiem for a Dream, the second feature from director Darren Aronofsky, provides a rare synthesis of cinematic experimentation and emotionally compelling storytelling.
Aronofsky, Director of Photography Matthew Libatique, Editor Jay Rabinowitz, Production Designer James Chinlund and composer Clint Mansell here combine to produce a wonderful marriage of high style and bare-bones substance.
Their mixture of bleeding edge cinematic language and beautiful, forceful imagery with the pure, honest-to-goodness human emotions of the story make for a singular experience.
www.drunkenfist.com /movies/Hollywood/requiem.shtm   (1440 words)

  
 Darren Aronofsky is Lost - Cinematical
Darren Aronofsky, the man who somehow managed make a migraine aural in Pi, will take his first stab at directing for TV with an episode of ABC's smash hit Lost.
Aronofsky, who will probably helm an episode during the May sweeps period, is reportedly a huge fan of the show.
I think the obvious choice would be for Aronofsky to direct a Locke backstory, or more cliched would be a Charlie backstory with the heroin abuse.
www.cinematical.com /2005/10/28/darren-aronofsky-is-lost   (642 words)

  
 @sk Hollywood: Darren Aronofsky (Part 1)
To fund the film, Aronofsky and his crew members constructed a plan in which they would ask their friends and family members each for $100.
During Pi's premiere at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, Aronofsky won the Director's Award and the film was sold to Artisan Entertainment for $1 million.
Needless to say, Darren and his cohorts' acquaintances have all received their $150.
www.myvideostore.com /content/askhollywood/interviews/darren_aronofsky/?client=myvideostore   (656 words)

  
 Greengrass, Par on 'Watchmen'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The project is based on the seminal DC Comics limited series of the same name, created by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbon and originally released in 1986 as a 12-issue comic book.
Darren Aronofsky had been attached to direct but bowed out because of scheduling conflicts.
Aronofsky is shooting "The Fountain," starring Hugh Jackson.
www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000724534   (169 words)

  
 IGN: Aronofsky Still Watching Watchmen
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream) is developing the project and will direct.
Aronofsky first became attached when it was based at Revolution.
Screenwriter David Hayter, who has adapted the Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons graphic novel, had originally hoped to make his directing debut with the project, but he was unable to win the creative support of the studio.
filmforce.ign.com /articles/532/532914p1.html   (252 words)

  
 Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain - ComingSoon.net
It's been over five years since Darren Aronofsky's adaptation of Hubert Selby Jr.'s drug abuse novel Requiem for a Dream was showered with controversy and critical praise.
When we arrived in Montreal, Aronofsky was just starting to shoot the film's challenging outer space sequences on the film's largest set, an enormous recreation of the Tree of Life as it floats through space inside a giant bubble.
Instead of using the typical computer generated graphics, Aronofsky chose to take a chance by using the experimental microphotography of technical Oscar recipient Peter Parks, something that is sure add to the film's distinctive look and Aronofsky's unique vision for the film.
comingsoon.net /news/topnews.php?id=8868   (533 words)

  
 Darren Aronofsky Interviews-(Aronofsky.Net)
Interview about Aronofsky's "Batman: Year One", Darren's Scifi Film ("Fountain"), the MPAA, and filmmaking.
Darren Aronofsky - The writer/director of Pi discusses the limits of filmmaking and human knowledge
An Interview with Darren Aronofsky and Sean Gullette of "Pi"
aronofksy.tripod.com /interviews.html   (277 words)

  
 Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain Revealed at Comic-Con
Attending the roundtable was Aronofsky and one of the film’s stars, Rachel Weisz.
Aronofsky says that for how it looks, The Fountain “should be a $90 million” dollar movie.
Due to the elongated preproduction of the film they were able to work out a lot of logistical problems and bring the film in for a much lesser amount.
www.movieweb.com /news/64/8564.php   (1185 words)

  
 Darren Aronofsky: Back in the Saddle!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
I make no secret at all of the fact that I'm a HUGE admirer of Darren Aronofsky and I've been watching in agony as project after project has fallen apart on him...
Aint it Cool is reporting that once Aronofsky finishes work on The Fountain he'll be moving on to make The Watchmen, a film based on the classic, Hugo Award winning, graphic novel.
It seems like everytime Aronofsky is attached to a project, it dies untill he leaves.
www.themovieblog.com /archives/2004/04/darren_aronofsky_back_in_the_saddle.html   (638 words)

  
 MovieIndep   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
When "Saving Private Ryan" hit theaters, veterans of WWII said, "Now everybody can know what the carnage of D-Day was like." A similar service to an even more disregarded segment of the population is performed by "?" which does justice to the torment of migraine sufferers.
Understanding the patterns of the universe is at the riveting core of Aronofsky's debut feature, an authentic low-budget gem starring Sean Gullette as very intense mathematician Max Cohen, a brilliant guy who's long on obsessive behavior and short on social skills.
We met with Aronofsky (who won the directing prize at Sundance in 1998) and his star (the two have been friends since high school) at Deauville.
parisvoice.com /99/feb/html/movieindep.cfm   (948 words)

  
 VERTIGO
Darren Aronofsky proved himself a filmmaker to watch with his provocative debut, Pi.
A story so grand, one medium couldn't contain it, Aronofsky's feature film version of THE FOUNTAIN will be released by Warner Bros. Pictures and Regency Enterprises, starring Tony-award winning actor Hugh Jackman (X-Men, Van Helsing, The Boy from Oz) and acclaimed actress Rachel Weisz (Constantine, The Mummy, the upcoming The Constant Gardener).
Together, Aronofsky and Williams deliver what might be considered the ultimate director's cut.
www.dccomics.com /graphic_novels/?gn=4287   (262 words)

  
 Darren Aronofsky-(Aronofsky.Net)
Here we have a collection of Darren Aronofsky news, rumors, and info.
This website is owned and © by Nick M. & Eric G. The site is a fansite not affiliated or endorsed by Darren Aronofsky, his agents, or any film studio.
All film-related material are property of Darren Aronofsky or their respective studio.
aronofksy.tripod.com   (236 words)

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