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I saw The Fountain as a double feature -- can't remember if the film that preceded it was Rocky Balboa or Casino Royale...) -- after the quarter ended at college. I just happened to have been in a class that covered latin american literature, so the mythmaking about Xibalba and First Father and all that was somewhat fresh in my mind (if, not very clear to be honest). So watching a film that had a good amount of its plot intertwined with a latin american cosmology was really, really moving to me. I've had an unnatural fear of death since I was like loving 18 and loss since I was 11 so every loving point hit like a hammer and I was just agog at the craft I saw, like the echoing scenes where Tom approaches the camera and then the POV is upside down to show his movement away, or the fluid dynamic FX. I will forever curse the Academy for not nominating Mansell's work here for best score. Like holy gently caress, what a snub. There's no replicating that amazing bass drop at the end of Death is the Road to Awe which coincides with the film's climax. Part of what sticks with me is how we juggle the various representations. How the conquistadors are the brunt of the action, how Tommy is where all the interpersonal and common day real poo poo goes down, and how Tom deals with the metaphysical and philosophical and is just as magical real as the conquistador timeline. The Tom scenes have this sense of longing and loss that's just heavy and moving and contemplative. Narzack posted:Haha, the spoiler bits at the end of your post didn't make any more sense to me than the first time I watched the movie, but it is definitely my favorite Aronofsky film. It's probably why a lot of people bounce off of it. You either buy into the space tai-chi as meditative and melding with the soundtrack, or it doesn't work and you have a mishmash that doesn't resolve for you.
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feedmyleg posted:What I'm curious about is if anyone has any insight into the lighting. Aronofsky has gone on record saying that yellow light and white light are the key to understanding the film, but I don't really see it in anyone's thoughts on the film and it never quite adds up to me on rewatch. Does anyone feel like they have additional insight into this? I'd have to rewatch and pay attention, but Iz is wearing white in a lot of scenes, Isabella is clad in gold, and the ending with Xibalba has bits of yellow and white leading to Tommy standing next to Izzy's grave amidst a field of white snow.
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