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 "It's very much a scary film. It's very much a
film that we want to shake audiences," Aronofsky told Reuters.
"This is definitely a film that we want people to be talking
about and giggling about and analyzing and thinking about for
times to come," he added.
Aronofsky, 48, mined the depths and descent of the human psyche
in films such as "Requiem for a Dream" and "Black Swan."
With "mother!," released in U.S. theaters on Friday, Aronofsky
channels his fury with the state of the world into an
allegorical story that reflects mankind's selfish relationship
with nature, gender, politics and religion.
The film centers on Jennifer Lawrence, a beautiful, naive young
woman newly married to an older writer (Javier Bardem) suffering
from writer's block, and the two settle down into the writer's
secluded home.
As Lawrence's character, an embodiment of Mother Nature, slowly
renovates the property, two strangers, played by Michelle
Pfeiffer and Ed Harris, turn up at their doorstep and kick off a
series of events that blur the lines of reality and escalate
into chaos.
"I was interested in the home invasion genre - the kind of
feeling of people coming into your home that won't leave," the
director said.
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"Turning that into a nightmare was the journey we wanted to take
audiences on, and then we had this other big idea of like trying to
capture what it feels like to be in 21st century America, which is a
crazy time right now," he added.
"mother!' sharply split critics as it made the rounds at film
festivals in Venice and Toronto earlier this month, receiving both
boos and cheers at screenings.
Aronofsky said he welcomed the mixed reaction because it meant the
film had caught people's attention.
"We wanted to make something big and loud and also something that's
immediate," he said.
"I want everyone to know, 'hey man, you only come if you want to go
on the rollercoaster and hold your arms up and scream into the
abyss.' That's why it's (the film title) got an exclamation point,"
he added.
(Reporting by Angela Moore for Reuters TV; Writing by Piya Sinha-Roy;
Editing by Marguerita Choy)
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