Darren Aronofsky was driven to make 'mother!' and he apologizes for it
NEW YORK - Darren Aronofsky wants to issue you an apology.
The brassy, flashy American auteur has made a movie in a fugue state about the world's current state. It's set up as a marital drama and designed to feel like a horror movie. But those are just clothes, adornments to disguise the angry body throbbing underneath.
And given that he's made such a purposeful animal, he wants to tell you - part remorsefully and part anxiously and, OK, maybe a little boastfully - that he feels bad about your imminent experience watching it.
"I apologize," he told the audience at the Toronto International Film Festival, "for what I'm about to do to you."
That movie, "mother!," comes to theaters from Paramount Friday after disemboweling audiences at TIFF and the Venice Film Festival.
This article could synopsize the plot, as convention dictates should be done in this space. And there are the rudiments to be shared: A young, soulful woman (Jennifer Lawrence) is intent on renovating the country house she shares with her creatively blocked writer-husband (Javier Bardem), when a pair of strangers (Ed Harris and Michelle Pfeiffer) turn up unannounced.
But extensive plot summary wouldn't capture what "mother!" is
