Darren Aronofsky.s Noah was one of 2014.s most polarizing movies. Some embraced it as an art-house, biblical blockbuster that managed to tell one of the most famous stories ever told in a fresh and surprising manner. Others were simply offended that it ever got made. So much so in fact that Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and Indonesia all banned it from being released because it violated Islamic law by depicting a prophet. But obviously Isis saw something they liked in the film, because they.re using images from it in their newsletter. Aronofksy made this revelation himself during a chat at New York City.s New Museum on Tuesday night, where he was being honored with the institution.s 2014 Stuart Regen Visionary award. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the director explained: "I don.t think anyone.s gonna use [Noah] to recruit people to become true ...
- 10/2/2014
- cinemablend.com
Last evening, The New Museum held a conversation between Lynne Tillman and Darren Aronofsky as part of their annual Stuart Regen Visionaries Series. Tillman began with an excerpt from Genesis, a winking reference to Aronofsky’s Noah as well as the frequent depiction of beginnings — of identities and obsession — in his work. Over the next hour and a half, the two parsed through his filmography in chronological order, weighing in on themes and construction. Below are a few major takeaways from the discussion, and if time is not of the essence, the full version can be viewed above. Using Format to Create Cohesion Per […]...
- 10/1/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Last evening, The New Museum held a conversation between Lynne Tillman and Darren Aronofsky as part of their annual Stuart Regen Visionaries Series. Tillman began with an excerpt from Genesis, a winking reference to Aronofsky’s Noah as well as the frequent depiction of beginnings — of identities and obsession — in his work. Over the next hour and a half, the two parsed through his filmography in chronological order, weighing in on themes and construction. Below are a few major takeaways from the discussion, and if time is not of the essence, the full version can be viewed above. Using Format to Create Cohesion Per […]...
- 10/1/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
On Friday evening at New York's New Museum, "Mad Men" creator and executive producer Matthew Weiner was featured as this year's Visionary in the fifth annual installment of The Stuart Regen Visionaries Series. (The award, designed to honor leading contributors to the international cultural community, has previously honored artists like choreographer Bill T. Jones, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, chef and author Alice Waters, and artist and architect Maya Lin.) The event featured Weiner in conversation with author A.M. Homes in front of a full house at the New Museum's downstairs theater. Their exchange was friendly and informal as Homes moderated the conversation before opening it up to questions. Weiner deliberately refrained from saying anything about the upcoming seventh and final season of "Mad Men," which AMC recently announced would be split into two seven-episodes segments to premiere in 2014 and 2015. Regardless of the final episodes' airdates, he'll have completed his work.
- 9/30/2013
- by Aaron Dobbs
- Indiewire
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