Don’t expect Darren Aronofsky to be moving into the world of 3D any time soon. Speaking at the Edinburgh Film Festival, the director admitted that he was unconvinced with the technology and believes the movement is simply a “gimmick.”
“Wearing glasses all the time and putting those glasses on top just sucks,” said Aronofsky. “It doesn’t represent reality better than 35mm cameras – I’m not sold on it.”
Having said that though, the director was still excited by the prospect of 3-D films. “I can’t wait to see what Jim Cameron does with it [in “Avatar”] because I’m sure it’ll be mind-blowing and amazing.”
“I imagine Cameron will being it to a whole new level and it will be interesting to see what he does, but right now I’m unconvinced [with 3-D technology].” We agree, those glasses are a pain and shit gives you a headache. We would have been just as happy seeing “Up” on a normal screen.
Further, the director expressed lament at the painful overuse of the Clint Mansell-penned score to his film “Requiem For A Dream” (it’s true, shit’s all over the place, even Mansell’s “The Fountain” score gets aped all the time). “They use it in the NBA finals now – it’s just become this cliche. And it kind of bums me out because I just know people who are just discovering it, think it’s just that cheesy music.” [BBC]
