This story reminds us that there is beauty in moments of tragedy. Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale is a tragic drama adapted by Samuel D. Hunter from his stage play of the same name. Starring Brendan Fraser, The Whale focuses on Charlie, an obese man with congestive heart failure, reckoning with his life over the course of a week. Although the film differs greatly from Aronofsky’s last project, Mother!, the film is focused on the subjectivity of Charlie’s confined grief. The film is morally and emotionally messy, but that seems to be the point. Each character introduced in the film is struggling with something greater than the space they are confined to. Despite Aronofsky’s and cinematographer Matthew Libatique’s well-choreographed dance around the single location and intimate framing of each character, the emotional beats of the story are at battle with each other. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 4 January, 2023