We
follow three extremely well shot plotlines, one is a Dr. Tommy Greg (Hugh
Jackman, X-Men) and his lovely, but
cancer stricken wife, Issy (Rachel Weisz) who is charming, and resilient,
despite her condition. Tommy’s role as a doctor is of paramount importance,
because he is actually a research doctor, conducting experiments to eradicate
brain tumours, and he does so explicitly to save his wife.
The
parallel universe is a book Issy has been writing, entitled ‘The Fountain’
which chronicles a conquistador fighting for the queen of spain, in search of
the tree of life in guatamala, in order to save the country from the
inquisition.
These
two are bordered and outlined by Tommy’s inner self, which is portrayed as a
caretaker of a tree, flying through a vast universe toward a strange nebula
surrounding a dying star.
Darren
Aronofsky (Dir. Requiem for a Dream) is
supremely triumphant in this managery of light and imagination. It’s quite
epic, and very sobering. I almost cried, and this is now the closest movie I
have ever some to crying (Used to be Saturday Night Fever) This is simply a beautiful 2 of a movie.
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