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Darren Aronofsky

American filmmaker whose films, from Pi to The Whale, push bodies and minds past their limits. One essay so far.

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Death as the way life continues in The Fountain

Three men chase the same tree across the centuries. Aronofsky’s answer to the oldest story we tell is that death is how life continues.
Jan 2023