From the fountain of youth to Noah’s Ark! Arnofsky is currently working on a motion picture about the biblical character Noah. We get the crazy news from our compares at cinemablend:
But don’t expect a Biblical epic like The Ten Commandments. Come on, this is the guy who turned an oak tree into a spaceship and convinced Jennifer Connelly that to properly portray her character she’d have to take on a double dildo. Aronofsky’s take on Noah is one that involves lots of alcohol. He says, “Noah was the first person to plant vineyards and drink wine and get drunk… It’s there in the Bible – it was one of the first things he did when he reached land. There was some real survivor’s guilt going on there. He’s a dark, complicated character.”
This movie is going to rule on a lot of levels. I agree with Arnofsky that Noah is an interesting character. Noah not only had a drinking problem after saving humanity – he was a rape victim at the hands of his own daughters (they got him hammered!) and he became daddy/grandpa. That makes for good clean bible fun!
I imagine some will have a problem with the direction Arnofsky takes the film, and that is fine. Not only does it make for good publicity, it also makes for great episodes of The 700 Club. Pat Robertson will pass gallstones if Arnofsky gets crazy with this. The rest of us get to enjoy the drama.
I am looking forward to Arnofsky’s interpretation of this character. The cinemablend article goes on to say that Arnofsky has had a lifelong interest in the character; which is good new to me. When something is important to you – you do your best work.
