The Fountain (2006)
 

"I got chills when I first saw this picture. If this is a picture from the film, then this looks to be one of the most visually stunning films if all time."
~ some guy from sum blog

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yubkK...tain%20trailer

If anyone's got anymore info or clips/trailers. Post em, I'll update the first post.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/thefountain/

Links to Quicktime trailer.

I cannot wait for this movie. Aronofsky is an amazing visionary, and I'm eager to see what this film is all about.

Quicktime sucks and I'm too lazy to upadte my player. <3

That sounds like an interesting premise, and I really like Rachel Weisz. And this Darren guy is apparently responsible for Pi, which had an interesting feel and movement to it, so we might have a winner here.

The story has me snagged. I think I'm going to put this on my list of "must-see's" (which is quite short I must say). Kudos for pointing it out ;D Very intriguing...

I'll see it. Looks very interesting and different from many of the movies coming out recently.

Wow. The trailer is fantastic. Definitely a must see.

Was this shown at any of the film festivals?

It wasn't at Cannes, they wanted it in competition but Cannes didn't let it or something. It may be at Venice Film Festival. But yeah, put me on the list of people wanting to see it!

Looks cool. Although it's gonna be kinda hard not to imagine Jackman as Wolverine the whole time.

"Wtf are you using a spear for? You have claws! Oh wait..."

This is one I'll be seeing since there aren't any other movies I have my eye on at the moment. The story seems intriguing.

I've been looking forward to The Fountain since 2001 so for it to finally have a solid release makes me happy.

I loved the graphic novel too and Kent Williams artwork in the book is simply stunning and for those interested in the film I'd recommend picking up the book.

I just wish there was a clearer version of this banner to oogle at..
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/8788/10021557jl.jpg

I definitely have this on my list - Hugh Jackman, anyone? He's just amazingly gorgeous, I can't pass this up. Rachel Weisz is very pretty as well.

The story also seems very surreal. I was wondering if this was adapted from something else, but it seems like Simo had it covered.

Does this remind anyone of Xenogears, the whole rebirth and living the same "fate"?

Oh it's not adapted from anything but an original story and screenplay by Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem For A Dream). He tried to make The Fountain back in 2001-2002 with Brad Pitt (remember when he had that 'Grizzly Adams' beard? Well it was for The Fountain) and Cate Blanchett in the lead roles with a budget somewhere or over $100 million. The production fell through though because Brad Pitt walked as Aronosky wouldn't change the script according to Pitt's demands so with the picture without it's lead the studio shut the film down and built sets were destroyed.

I think it was a year or 2 later where Aronofsky gave the script rights for The Fountain to Vertigo/DC Comics to adapt his screenplay into a graphic novel. It was this time that Aronofsky decided to try and make the film again by revising the script for a lower budget and Warner Bros. agreed and that's how the film exists today. The graphic novel was released last year and pretty much represents the earlier script treatment when The Fountain was going to be $100 million picture.

Is there a trailer out or is this still the short teaser?

Short teaser. There's no word about when a second trailer will debut but maybe something will surface in the coming weeks with 'The Lady In The Water', another Warner Bros. picture.

I've been waiting for this movie for ages now. It's great to see that we're finally nearing some sort of release date.

I love it when something this awesome sounding falls under my radar and then hits me like a ton of bricks. And just when I thought that we'd have a dry spell with no good movies coming out, SHAZAM! Right under my nose it appears. Any word on a release date? I searched upcoming months over at imdb, but didn't find anything.

Looks pretty kickass.

Then again, I loved Pi and Requiem for a Dream, so I'm pretty optimistic.

I'm quite interested now...can't wait for it to be released.

Just curious, but is it the same guy in the 3 time periods, or are they related in any way (Other than their quest)

It's the same guy, just reincarnated.

Christ, you sound like a walking buzzword.

Interesting concept, but we'll see if third time's the charm. (Requiem was "great", Pi much less so.)

Requiem for me was pretty powerful, espically when we had an assembly at my highschool for anti-drugs and then they showed the clip with the arm being sawed off.

Devin over at CHUD.com has posted a rather positive review for The Fountain giving it a 9.8 out of 10.
The full review is here but beware of some minor spoilers:
http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=reviews&id=7133

JoBlo also scored an exclusive look at the movie's poster:
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/362...untain1xy5.jpg

Wow. That poster looks unintentionally hideous. The typesets don't look like they go with the imagery at all; the first banner we saw for it had a better-looking logo. The way the tree's depicted seems a bit off, too. Kinda hokey. Maybe if they didn't make it seem like Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz were Photoshopped into the poster, then it'd be okay.

You know, if the poster had a huge fade in with both Hugh Jackman's and Rachel Weisz's faces, it'd be sold. Their looks can sell. The poster to me is kind of cluttered.

I'm officially interested. I'll definitely be seeing this.

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That movie poster Simo posted is pretty fucking sweet imo.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/thefountain/trailer1/

Woo-hoo, a new trailer!

Wow, I didn't know Aronofsky (spelling) made this movie. I saw Pi and Req and loved both of them. Its cool how he did a sci fi movie now.

I know it's a rather large bump but I figured this was better than making a new thread altogether. Anyway... I went to see this film earlier today and I highly recommend that any fan of Aronofsky fan watch it.

First and foremost, you will be utterly surprised to know that there is only minimal (read: almost no trace of) CGI work in the whole film. Apparently the visuals, which anyone here would be hard-pressed to find better visuals in any film in the past decade, are actually mostly micro-photography of chemical reactions on petri dishes.

The plot itself is pretty straightforward; three parallel storylines spanning over 1000 years about a couple who is on a neverending quest to live forever. I know that it sounds kind of silly at best since it does seem kind of cliché that the core of the film is about a premise as utterly unreachable as eternal life. Needless to say: The whole scope is way out there.

Still, it's a VERY beautiful movie and while all concepts in this film are aimed towards the stars it's rather refreshing to see a director who falls just short of that aim and creates a phenomenal film as opposed to seeing yet another regurgitation of the same immortality feud by a far less skilled director. You should all see this film.

And what Encephy-chan failed to mention was the fucking phenomenal score by Clint Mansell, performed by the Kronos Quartet and Mogwai (MOTHERFUCKING MOGWAI). It's amazing.

But yes, the film is great too. Go see it—support great cinema!

Seconding the score. The music oozes into every corner of the film creating a pretty surreal movie experience.

Watched it on Wednesday and absolutely loved it; the visuals were fantastic, the plot was amazing and the score was mindblowing. But personally I think it's a love it or hate it movie, there's little middle ground. I saw it with my family and out of us 4, only I really liked it and they all hated it.



Did anyone cry? I was pathetic, the music did it to me.

Yes, the soundtrack adds a definite degree of surrealism. I've been looping it since I got it on Friday night. For those who are interested in getting it, here it is. :D

Kronos Quartet in anything = Love.

If I conjure up free time whilst floundering and dying during the weeks leading up to finals, I'll try to go see this. It sounds very interesting, as I haven't really watched any movies at the theatre in the last year or so (with very few exceptions).

It gives me an impression akin to "What Dreams May Come", especially since kat said it's something of a 'love-or-hate it' film.

EDIT::
Getting the OST, just because ;).

I got choked up when

I was part of the rather cultic "Anticipating-The-Fountain" bunch, having followed the project for six years in anticipation, reading every shred of news that surfaced regarding the movie.

Now that it's completed, and I have seen it twice (to confirm my suspicion), I have the say The Fountain dazzles the eye but not the mind.

The perceived response groups are you either love, or hate The Fountain. Whereas the haters hate because they're unwilling to accept something slightly uncoventional (there are far more abstract films), the lovers are tossing around hyperbolic mantras like "The 2001 of our generation!", "...reinvents the sci-fi genre!", or "way ahead of its time!"

2001, and currently (I believe), The New World are ahead of their time. But comparisons between 2001 and The Fountain seems apt, since whereas Kubrick probes the unknown, Aronofsky delivers the answers outright. There's also a severe lack of irony in the film, one that the climax of the Conquistador segment gets major points for, but the rest of the movie lacks. Also, some of the devices seem to come straight out of Screenwriting 101.

This is one of the best looking films of the year - the space sequences continually give me pause, and Clint Mansell's score is, well, a great piece of work. Aronofsky demonstrates full control of the project, from score to set pieces, to acting and is a greater director than he is a writer.

I think I'll stop here. Judging from my last film related post, people don't really like to read. Ambitious as the film is, I'm dismayed the film (and Izzi's novel to counter Tom's single-mindedness view of death) spends all that time developing what kids are trusted to pick up upon the first five minutes of The Lion King.

I look at this movie as an amazing, sort of abstract, love story, and thats about it.

I felt like I was one of the few people walking out of the movie theatre not trying to reach for a deeper meaning.

I just thought the movie was beautiful and at times peaceful. An easy movie to let your brain go on auto, and let the visuals and music take you for a ride.

Yeah, that was kind of my feeling about it too. But the way I saw it, was that Aronofsky shot toward the farthest cosmos and delivered a star; I'd much rather have that than another version of the same "what does it all mean?" theme.

I went to go see this film earlier today after my classes let out.
Strangely, I was the only one in the theatre. The weather's been bad all day so I suppose that is partly to blame (even at 6:25 when I left there was no one in there except two workers).

Anyway, on to the film.

Adding to what Akira, Encephalon, kat and killmoms have all said, the music was wonderful. But I expected no less from an Aronofsky flick. The scores in Requiem for a Dream and Pi have not only defined perfect ambiance, but in RfaD's case, been used for other things.

As far as the story goes...

At least, that's what I think.

Well this is what I thought about the whole movie



That's how I saw it anyways, for me the movie is more fantastical than science fiction.

Kats view makes alot of sense. The only other thing Id like to add is:


I cant remember what he said at the end of the movie though.

Curious, has anyone seen it and not liked it?

Just about everyone, other then people who post on GFF, dont like it. This is the reason we dont see more movies like this being made.

Hm yeah, that makes a lot of sense.

Must agree to that scene. I had emotions filling, no tears, up until that part. Even throughout I was trying really hard not to.

My point of view can be taken a few ways.



I've got to get my hands on the soundtrack now. I really enjoyed the movie. A lot of people who came to see it with me didn't enjoy it as much and didn't even want to bother to talk about it. I'm just glad I went to see it when I could. I think this is Hugh Jackman's best work.

I believe the soundtracks floating around the music exposure thread. I think Encephalon loaded it up. I got mine off of mininova, so I dont know exactly where it would be in that thread.

The soundtrack is absolutely amazing by the way.

As far as the OST goes, look a few posts up. Enceph links it.

As far as your ideas go...


One thing that took me by surprise and I forgot to mention before:

I saw this movie last night. I loved it, the score, the visuals, story, everything. I just loved the feel to this movie. I want to see it again, but it's not going to play anymore in my area.

This topic, I just clicked on it because there was a lot of posts, I had never heard of this movie before. So I thank you all for motivating me to see it.

Its a shame its out of theatres so quickly. I wanted to go again with a friend, but it only had two showings left, and we had missed both of them.