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Darren Aronofsky

The Black Swan director on how his divisive new film starring Jennifer Lawrence, mother!, confronts climate change and fame

Mother! is about a couple (Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem) who are living an idyllic rural life until it is severely disrupted by unwelcome guests. It’s an allegorical epic that has split critics. Why make this film now? It started off with me wanting to return to the horror genre after Black Swan. I thought that the home-invasion movie would

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