March Madness: ‘Noah’

Producers: Darren Aronofsky, Scott Franklin (“Black Swan”, “The Wrestler”, “W.E.”), Arnon Milchan (“12 Years A Slave”, “Broken City”, “Man on Fire”, “Runaway Jury”), Mary Parent (“Pacific Rim”, “Role Models”, “You, Me and Dupree”)

Director: Darren Aronofsky (“Black Swan”, “The Wrestler”, “The Fountain”, “Requiem for a Dream”)

Screenwriters: Darren Aronofsky (“The Fountain”, “Pi”, Requiem for a Dream”), Ari Handel (“The Fountain”)

Cinematographer: Matthew Libatique (“Black Swan”, “Cowboys and Aliens”, “Iron Man 2”, “Iron Man”)

Composer: Clint Mansell (“Black Swan”, “Moon”, “Definitely, Maybe”, “Last Night”)

Cast: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Douglas Booth, Nick Nolte, Mark Margolis, Kevin Durand, Leo McHugh Carroll, Marton Csokas, Madison Davenport

Clip:

Noah, after receiving a message from God, shares with his family what they must do.

Interviews:

As outlined before the actual video, here are the topics of discussion from Russell Crowe about ‘Noah’:

  • Working with Darren Aronofsky and how he pitched ‘Noah’
  • Imagining the world of Noah
  • How Noah finds his purpose
  • Seeing the Ark
  • Working with Jennifer Connelly
  • Ray Winstone’s character, “Tubal Cain”, and working with him

As outlined before the actual video, here are the topics of discussion from Darren Aronofsky about ‘Noah’:

  • Why the story of Noah appealed to him
  • Why Hollywood’s interested in Biblical epics now
  • His approach to the story
  • The Noah story, the darkness in the story of Noah, and the miracles in it
  • Casting Russell Crowe as Noah, Emma Watson as Ila, Noah’s three sons, and working with Jennifer Connelly
  • Anthony Hopkins’ character, Methuselah
  • Ray Winstone (“Tubal Cain”)
  • The set that was built for the Ark
  • Shooting in Iceland
  • The satisfaction in making the movie
  • Bringing the Bible to Life
  • Visual Effects
  • Research he did to make the film
  • The decision to create the animals with visual effects

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Review: ‘Noah’: A curious interpretation for your consideration