The Fountain (2006)

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.

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Originally Posted by Dee

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.

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Originally Posted by SenorKaffee

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.

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Devin over at CHUD.com has posted a rather positive review for The Fountain giving it a 9.8 out of 10.

Quote:

"Brilliant is really the only word I can use to describe the film. It took Darren Aronofsky years to get his movie made, but every day was worth it. The finished work is wonderful, is moving, is stunning. I may have walked out of the movie dumbstruck but I spent the next few days wishing I could talk to someone about it. The movie stayed in my mind; not just images (and there are so many gorgeous images), but ideas and themes. The narrative is complex but not overly complicated, and that complexity gives you the opportunity to keep turning aspects over in your mind, making the small connections and getting the satisfaction of taking it apart and putting it back together again. What’s most appealing about the narrative is how it treats the audience as adults – we’re not led step by step through everything, but at the same time things aren’t needlessly obscured just to preserve a sense of mystery or to give a cheap twist."

Quote:

"The Fountain’s not a mainstream movie – it’s really fucking smart, for one thing – but the director who made this movie is a man coming into his own. The Fountain is beautiful, gripping and utterly transcendent. It’s the best film of 2006."

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:


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