The horror of being an Aronofsky character

With The Whale about to release, this video explains the directing style of Darren Aronofsky, through six movies: Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, The Wrestler, Black Swan, and Mother. His movies, are uncomfortable, surreal, and raw, but if you can stomach them, they're well worth the trouble.

00:00 Intro
00:20 The one scene
00:29 Mother recap
01:10 What a scene can reveal
02:05 Aronofsky's Characters
02:36 Pi
02:55 Requiem for a Dream
03:17 The Fountain
03:55 The Wrestler // Black Swan
05:20 Characters
06:00 Production Design
08:07 Shot Patterns - Center Frames and Close-Ups
09:59 Editing
11:57 Sound
13:02 How that scene from Mother ties it all together
14:47 What it means for us
15:30 Outro and what's next

Music:
Hannon - Jeremy Black
Cover Charge - TrackTribe
Down with your Getup - Mini Vandals
Busy City - TrackTribe
Scott Buckley - Solecism
Finding Light - Dan Lebowitz
State Driven - YVEN
Danse Macabre - Kevin MacLeod
Hymn to the Dawn - Scott Buckley
Secret Job - Godmode
Ringside - Dyalla

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