Darren Aronofsky Wants ‘Noah’ To Be Epic Event Flick.

Darren Aronofsky wants ‘Noah’ to be an epic event flick. Well fucking duh! Do you think you can suffer unto a biblical Bio-Apocalypse without blowing it out in some grandiose manner?

Slashfilm:

At the Provincetown Film Festival, Darren Aronofsky told IFC,

I don’t think it’s a very religious story… I think it’s a great fable that’s part of so many different religions and spiritual practices. I just think it’s a great story that’s never been on film.

On Noah Himself:

He’s a dark, complicated character. The tragedies we perform on each other are so well reported. Quite clearly, the planet is dying, and we are dying on it.

This catches me by total surprise. Normally Aronofsky deals with such happy, fluffy characters completely not obsessed with something or someone.

On Bale In The Flick:

The final question is whether  Christian Bale is really  the object of his desire for a leading man. The director evaded that question with “no comment,” though IFC’s report describes the delivery as being accompanied by a grin, suggesting that there is more truth than not to that rumor.

I’ve already made my heart’s whims regarding this movie known in more than one post. Aronofsky plus Epic Event plus Biblical Overtones plus Christian Bale equals my seething loins.