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When I go to movies I generally want to be taken to another world.

Darren Aronofsky

CGI means, just to be clear, creating any type of image with a computer. Basically, starting off with nothing, or with images and manipulating them.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Creating Growing Mean
I was 12 or 13 years old. So I started to write poetry and fiction, even though I was really into biology because my dad was a science teacher. I kept writing all those years.
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Dad Kept Poetry Teacher Writing
I think religion is often very different from spirituality. Religion is often about rules and people trying to control our lives who are actually very unspiritual…
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People Thinking Trying
It’s not that much of a difference. Basically, your job is the same as a film director. It’s a triangle between creativity, money, and time. But they don’t really change. You’re ultimately trying to get the most creativity and time with the money that you have.
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Creativity Differences Jobs
I think I came to film-making through writing. I started to write, and people, teachers, responded to my writing.
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Teacher Thinking Writing
I think people are people and if their feelings are real and truthful, they can connect.
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People Real Thinking
I’m Godless. And so I’ve had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking, which is — ultimately what my God becomes, which is what my mantra becomes, is the theme.
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Filmmaking Narrative Theme
The ’90s were a party, I mean definitely maybe not for the grunge movement, but people were partying harder in the ’90s than they were in the ’80s. The ’90s was Ecstasy, the ’80s was yuppies.
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Definitely Mean Party People
I’m Godless. I’ve had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking
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Actors Movie Narrative
I’m not sure where the artistry in film making is. It’s usually that moment when you’re on set and you’re working with the actors.
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Actor Artistry Moment Sure Working
I think there’s something in collaboration – the fact that you can sit there and bounce ideas off of someone. It definitely matters who the person is, because certain people… T
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Brain People Thinking
Comic books and graphic novels are a great medium. It’s incredibly underused.
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Book Comic Graphics Novel
At the end of Requiem all I wanted to do was get a DV camera and just do a small film. But then the hunger comes back.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Cameras Film Hunger
I’ve tried to take a chance with every film I’ve done – I’ve never done it the easy way, and I think that’s because that’s what excites me, is making as big a mountain as I can in front of me, and just trying to mount it.
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Challenge Done Easy Front Trying
I end up spending a tremendous amount of energy and time trying to get money to make these movies and it’s exhausting.
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Amount End Exhausting Trying
Also expressionistic filmmaking – making the audience feel like they were inside the characters’ heads. And so we create all these different types of techniques to put the audience there.
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Character Different Technique

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