same! I've been watching his films for years and i've only ever seen a couple pictures of him, never heard him speak. he seems way too full of happy and joy to have been the same person who directed Requiem for a Dream!
Mike Stoklasa from RedLetterMedia thought he was some pretentious artsy foreign dude because of his name and was blown away when Darren turned out to act and sound like a Brooklyn cab driver
@@MuhammadAhmad-oj6mf Salieri kills a (admitedly profane) saint he is both repulsed and in awe of. He realizes and regrets it as he is doing it and then lives out the rest of his life as the punishment, becoming his greatest fan. It's ego vs art, academic critics vs genuine creatives, iconoclasts vs status quo warriors etc etc. Finally, as someone said on Letterboxd (he he), _Not naming this movie after Salieri is such a good joke_. He's forgotten and despised by all, including himself. The film equivalent of Crime and Punishment, basically.
How is Perfect Blue not on his top 4? Depending on who you ask, he either paid homage or completely lifted scenes from it in Black Swan and Requiem for a Dream.
It’s one of the first world cinema films I saw when I was in second grade. It made a huge impact on me before I even became a film buff in high school.
