Snapshots of Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain
image taken from: http://mithrasblog.wordpress.com/2008/12/28/the-fountain/
Darren Aronofsky is an truly visual storyteller and director. Each of his films has a stunning and well developed look and feel. The film of his that I found the most aesthetically pleasing was The Fountain. A story of life. love, loss, and rebirth, The Fountain is nothing if not beautiful and each moment in the movie is filled with this golden unearthly light. In some scenes, such as the astronauts journey through the stars, this light is purely abstract and symbolic. The scene is meant to be dreamlike and almost surreal so the light while beautiful isn't something we would ever really get a chance to experience. However, this golden glow appears in more realistic scenes as well such as in the second picture where a scientist and his wife visit a museum. The light scheme reflects the principles of magical realism, an artistic movement bent on revealing the magical beauty in the mundane and ordinary. The lights in this scene have the same golden unearthly vibe as the lights in the top picture, but they're grounded far more in reality. These simple museum lights have been enhanced to really stress just how heavenly the love between these two people is and just how special the bond they share has become.
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