brokenandtwisted
May 27th, 2007, 11:50 PM
I had no idea one even existed, but apparently it does.
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When his plans for the ambitious, millennia--spanning fantasy film The Fountain were derailed, Pi and Requiem for a Dream director Darren Aronofsky recast the story as a graphic novel, and although the movie was subsequently revived (starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz; it's due out later this year), the comics version stayed on track. Its three parallel stories, set in sixteenth-century Central America, the present day, and the distant future, respectively, depict the same man as a conquistador, a scientist, and an interplanetary explorer, always trying to prevent the death of the woman he desperately loves. Aronofsky's epic boldly blends mysticism and science, which coalesce in the hero's discovery of the mythical Tree of Life. Williams' lush, painted artwork, stylistically and narratologically reminiscent of Sandman illustrator Dave McKean's work, perfectly matches the script's passion and challenging abstruseness. Not simply an adaptation of the movie--the screenplay that is its basis being significantly altered when the film project was revived--the lavish, oversize graphic novel ought to be fascinating to compare with the released movie.
However according to reviews on Amazon, it isn't a graphic novel at all but rather artistic photographs, stills etc. and in addition to that you receive a screenplay of the film. I suppose if you read it while looking through the book, it could be considered an alternative version of a graphic novel. Still pretty neat...it has four stars (http://www.amazon.com/Fountain-Darren-Aronofsky/dp/0789314959/ref=pd_bbs_2/105-2072574-7526063?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180320207&sr=8-2) and I'll probably get it...
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/brokenandtwisted/51XE44YVGPL.jpg
When his plans for the ambitious, millennia--spanning fantasy film The Fountain were derailed, Pi and Requiem for a Dream director Darren Aronofsky recast the story as a graphic novel, and although the movie was subsequently revived (starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz; it's due out later this year), the comics version stayed on track. Its three parallel stories, set in sixteenth-century Central America, the present day, and the distant future, respectively, depict the same man as a conquistador, a scientist, and an interplanetary explorer, always trying to prevent the death of the woman he desperately loves. Aronofsky's epic boldly blends mysticism and science, which coalesce in the hero's discovery of the mythical Tree of Life. Williams' lush, painted artwork, stylistically and narratologically reminiscent of Sandman illustrator Dave McKean's work, perfectly matches the script's passion and challenging abstruseness. Not simply an adaptation of the movie--the screenplay that is its basis being significantly altered when the film project was revived--the lavish, oversize graphic novel ought to be fascinating to compare with the released movie.
However according to reviews on Amazon, it isn't a graphic novel at all but rather artistic photographs, stills etc. and in addition to that you receive a screenplay of the film. I suppose if you read it while looking through the book, it could be considered an alternative version of a graphic novel. Still pretty neat...it has four stars (http://www.amazon.com/Fountain-Darren-Aronofsky/dp/0789314959/ref=pd_bbs_2/105-2072574-7526063?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180320207&sr=8-2) and I'll probably get it...