There are plenty of films out there showcasing the wonderful city of New York (NY, US). Martin Scorsese, especially, is famed for his “New York tetralogy”: first, he portrayed New York as a vision of urban decay (the 1970s) in Taxi Driver (1976); then he set love torn by societal conventions in the 19th century…
Tag: Rosemary’s Baby
Darren Aronofsky is at it again…
After making his Black Swan (2010) out of Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue (1997) (see my article on the topic here), Darren Aronofsky now seems to make his new film Mother! out of everyone’s much beloved horror classic Rosemary’s Baby (1968). The phrases “paying homage” and “drawing inspiration” really camouflage the lack of artistic ideas and originality,…
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