The Fountain
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According to Imdb, it took Darren Aronofsky 6 years to finish The Fountain and his work paid off. You might remember him from other masterpieces like Requiem for a Dream and Pi.
I won’t give away too much of the story, but the movie revolves around 3 different stories set in 3 different time zones, each having something to do with life or death.
The first one takes place in the past, around the Maya or Inca time zone, where a man and his crew are desperately in search for the tree of life to free their captive queen. That’s right Adam and Eve’s tree.
The second story takes place in present time, where doctor/scientist is also desperately in search for a cure against his dying wife’s sickness.
The last story, off course, takes place in the future where a man, living in harmony with what I can only assume is the tree of life, where he awaits the beautiful relief of death in a very spectacular manner.
When I speak of a very spectacular manner, I mean visually and musically a very artistic way of displaying this particular event.
I also read at the Imdb Trivia that Aronofsky hardly used CGI for those scenes, but a micro-photography of chemical reactions on tiny petri dishes, whatever that means.
What I read in a great review at A Medium of Images and I have to agree is this: “Its primary flaw, and it is quite a big one, is that Aronofsky’s dialogue often feels leaden, contrived and unnecessarily portentous, with the result that Izzy and Tom never leave an impression on us as living, breathing human beings.”
Why I actually wanted to post about The Foutain is for the fantastic score.
I don’t usually listen to or recommend film scores or soundtracks, but this is a totally different case.
Clint Mansell, The Kronos Quartet and one of my favorites, Mogwai teamed up to create this symphonic, post-rock masterpiece.
Six Feet Under
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So, a few months ago I decided to watch all seasons of this HBO TV series, Six Feet Under, after reading some good reviews and a recommendation by a friend.
What I immediately noticed is that the title sequence is pure brilliance.
Six Feet Under centers around a typical dysfunctional American family attempting to live their lives while running a business that thrives on death, a funeral home that is.
This is one hell of a show. I just watched the series finale and it touched me so bad I can’t get over it. You can call me a bitch but I’m not too shy to say that I actually cried at the last 6 minutes, like most people who watched the show with as much love as I did.
It’s just the way you got to know the characters, their personalities and everything about them and eventually see what happens to them in the future.
If you never plan on picking up the show, take the time to watch these last minutes of the show after the jump. It might and probably will change your mind.
