Review of The Fountain (2006) by Robertz. — 23 Aug 2008

You truly have to be open minded to comprehend this movie. I have watched this masterpiece about 4 to 5 times and every time I watched it I would discover new ideas, metaphors, symbolisms, realizing more and more clearly what message the director is trying to convey.

This aspect alone points to the artistry of the movie. Music of Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Chopin works precisely the same way. This masterpieces of music grow on us over the years and every time we comeback to them with new experiences we discover something new in them.

Thats what makes piece of art work timeless. On the top of this Aranovsky is a visual artist his movie is a visual Odyssey that adds to the viewers imaginative delight and conveyance of the essence of the movie.

One examples: the ring that gets lost, when his wife collapses and he walks in circle waiting, to the glass sphere he is traveling in, to the tattooed lines on his body that circle around like the trees rings, to finally the the being that enters the (cicrcle) the sphere of light to finish the journey.

This are all symbolic representations of reincarnation and repetitive events of our lives that just manifest themselves in different transmutations. In addition this movie is a rare gem because of the topic the director chose.

Most of movies now a day focus on violence and the dark side of the human nature and even the so called good characters have very little good in them. Here Aranovsky portrays many faucets of human nature but the strongest highlight is the human spirit the soul of the human being.

Its about our highest possible expression, transcending our physical illusion that are so real to us and entering our final stage of enlightenment that sheds the mortal suffering because of the realization of the highest truth about our true nature.

In my book Aranovsky is one of the best and most brilliant movie directors alive. I have seen all his movies and when I went to see the fountain it was because of his earlier movies that I saw. With every movie he created his artistic expression is truly transcending to new heights.

Mr. Aranovsky please keep creating and delighting your audience. Cheers.