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Darren Aronofsky
Director Darren Aronofsky continues to expand his venue after the release of last year's The Fountain. He has already begun to work on a ballet thriller (no joke) and, with a little motivation from Evan Almighty, he plans to next take a shot at Noah.
Darren Aronofsky's Darker Look at Noah
It is amazing what people overlook in the bible. Though some facts are right there, we never seem to hear about them. Take Noah for instance, the guy celebrated survival by partying himself into oblivion. Given the duty of saving himself along with tons of other creatures, Noah could easily become one complicated character. Can we say that he had somewhat of a God complex?
As it turns out, 'complicated character' is Aronfksy's favorite foray. The Guardian recently caught up with the director and discussed his longtime obsession with Noah.
Aronofsky and Noah go way back. When the writer-director was 13, he won a United Nations competition at his school in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn; it was for his first poem, a little effort about the end of the world as seen through Noah's eyes. "That story has interested me ever since," he says.
The script, Aronofsky tells me, is no conventional biblical epic. "Noah was the first person to plant vineyards and drink wine and get drunk," he says admiringly. "It's there in the Bible - it was one of the first things he did when he reached land. There was some real survivor's guilt going on there. He's a dark, complicated character."
Check out the entire report on Aronofsky and Noah at Guardian.
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