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‘Little Death’s Jack Begert & Darren Aronofsky Discuss Their “Hyper Postmodern Whirlwind” Premiering At Sundance & How Hollywood Is “On The Edge Of A Defining Moment” With AI


When setting out to make his feature directorial debut with Little Death, a surreal genre-bender premiering tonight at Sundance, Jack Begert looked to synthesize “two very powerful influences…

Produced by Academy Award nominee Darren Aronofsky for his Protozoa Pictures, the film is visually and, to an extent, tonally reminiscent of the director’s early works, Requiem for a Dream and Pi. DEADLINE: The first third of the film delves into the current state of Hollywood, the prospect of limitations on creative expression within a so-called ‘woke’ culture, and what kind of future cinema has in store, given an apparent dampening in interest amongst younger generations, who have so many other options to look to, when it comes to entertainment. Also starring Gaby Hoffmann, Jena Malone, Karl Glusman, Sante Bentivoglio and more, Little Death screens tonight at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City, UT at 9:15 p.m. MST.

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