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The Torch had the opportunity to sit down with those responsible for The Wrestler. The following are excerpts from speaking with director Darren Aronofsky and writer Robert Siegel. On acquiring Mickey Rourke: Aronofsky: From the beginning I always knew that there would be very, very little money, because the way the films get financed in today's world is you go to the international market and you raise the money based on the movie star and the role.
The last film director Darren Aronofsky set out to make, The Fountain, the film went through developmental hell. When it finally released, we here at The Torch ripped into the film with sharp claws. Aronofsky is back with a much lower-scale film about a broken and beaten down wrestler from yesteryear.
Back in 2006, Casino Royale amazed most moviegoers with its gritty and intense story, mixed with Daniel Craig's refreshing portrayal of James Bond. Its success left Quantum of Solace with a big pair of shoes to fill. With the benefit of having both an established story and characters, Quantum lives up to Bond's new action level but lacks persona.
You are probably familiar with Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, a quintessential play about a man's failure to achieve the American dream. But while many of you may have read his most famous play in school, you may not be as familiar with Miller's All My Sons, which has the same theme of failure running through it.
We are told by commercials, greeting cards or well-versed adults the familiar adage: the best things in life are free. It's possible these sentimentalists are onto something. There are rewarding experiences aplenty that do not come with a price tag. Seeing a smile on the face of someone you care about is pretty nice.
Rock and roll has been on the rise since the late 1940's and early 50's, when Sun Records began recording and producing this new and innovative form of music that blended blues, country, R&B, and folk music into something that people had never heard before.
Whether you get your video games from some jolly old man in a red suit or you buy them with your own hard earned cash, the holiday season is usually when most of the big-named, high profile games come out to play. Too many of them, in fact, as it's almost impossible to find enough time or money to even humor the idea of playing them all, even if you limit yourself just to the Playstation 3 exclusives.
With the temperatures dropping and Thanksgiving right around the corner, the semester seems to have reached the home stretch. Students can finally take a deep breath and begin looking forward to the long Christmas break, at least until finals start. And what would thoughts of Christmas break be without thoughts of Christmas presents? For those among the student body who look to video games to fill the void between classes and homework assignments, the Christmas season brings with it an entire collection of new games just waiting to be played.
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