The Fountain by Darren Aronofsky Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Fountain
Book Review: A beautiful detour on the way to the screen
Summary: 5 Stars
The delays & setbacks for "The Fountain" were pure serendipity in the end: not only was the film better for its revised casting & smaller budget, but this gorgeous graphic novel also saw the light of day. The story itself needs no further praise, except to say that like the film, it works wonderfully as a tone poem, with a simple (but never simplistic) plotline woven into an intricate design. And here it's complemented by Kent Williams' distinctive art, which has both an austere & lush beauty, perfectly conveying the emotional tones of this intense journey. Every line, every brushstroke, embodies passion, yearning, grief, joy. The graphic novel stands on its own as a work of art -- highly recommended!Book Review: Great!
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought that this was the grapic novel for the fountain but was suprised when I got it. It is a book filled with beautiful pictures from the film and has the script for the movie in it too, if your a fan of the movie this is a must buy!Book Review: Beautiful
Summary: 4 Stars
The story was as beautiful as the illustrations. A wonderful love story of a man coping with loss. Book Review: Not what I expected, but I liked what I got...
Summary: 5 Stars
Having originally missed The Fountain when it made its short theatrical presentation, I finally got a chance to see it, and after which I was compelled to do two things:
1.) Upgrade to the Blu-ray version, as this was a movie that deserved to be watched in the highest definition possible - not only is the story compelling but the cinematography is beautiful.
2.) Read the graphic novel that Aronofsky had adapted his screenplay into after his initial effort to get the movie made fell through.
Having said this you might be wondering why I'm writing a review for this item, as getting a 'picture book' wasn't part of one of those two things I was compelled to do. The answer to this question is, after briefly reading through the product description it was my understanding that this was a hardbound rerelease of the graphic novel to complement the movie. It was my surprise then, when I got my brown box from Amazon and removed the shrink wrapping from the contents within, that I found not a graphic novel but a book filled with stills from the movie. Initially I was distraught, as I had just paid $20 for the wrong book, and my first instinct was to return the item.
Having settled down a bit, I decided to give the book a chance and slowly thumbed through it. From the first few pages I found myself drawn into the artistically render adaptations of stills from the movie. The photographs in this book do a wonderful job of visually representing the thematic elements of the movie, and are simply gorgeous to look at. Never having seen this movie, one could pick up this book and find sunken into every page pictorial representations of the emotional context that made The Fountain so wonderfully appealing.
It was also my great surprise to find embedded in the back cover of this book a copy of the screenplay from the movie. Flipping through the screenplay was exciting, as it allowed me to see the manuscript from which the movie was born. Toward the end of the screenplay there is also a nice summation by Aronofsky about the thematic elements of the movie, and how they relate to the journey in which the protagonist undergoes. This would definitely be a book you would set on the coffee table when you invite friends over to watch The Fountain. While not a necessary addition, a nice addition nonetheless for fans of the movie.
Book Review: Yet another dimension to a already formidable director
Summary: 5 Stars
Aronofsky might easily become one of the all time greats. The Fountain does indeed not let anyone down who has seen (experinced rather) "Pi" and "Requiem for a dream". His art of storytelling in this great film leads the audience through a difficult journey of feelings and a sense of being. I myself prefer not to dig to deep into the films message after its viewing. Rather I feel grateful for the flow of emotions this journey led me through and hope to revisit it soon again.
[This was ment as a comment to the film...not the Book... :-)]