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Darren Aronofsky Talks '90s Filmmaking & Loving Your Most Hated Films

Darren Aronofsky Talks '90s Filmmaking & Loving Your Most Hated Films

Locarno Meets
Oct 13, 2026 0 min
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<p>At #Locarno79, Darren Aronofsky, one of Hollywood’s weirdest mainstream filmmakers and one of its undeniable mavericks, took home our highest honour, the Pardo d’Onore (Honorary Leopard). This week on #LocarnoMeets, we leapt at the chance to sit down with the man whose career started with a drum &amp; bass maths movie (“Pi”), passed through the wrestling comeback flick (“The Wrestler”), and wound its way all the way to a Biblical home invasion horror film (“mother!”). Along the way, Aronofsky has never once compromised, even while winning Hollywood’s top prizes and earning the respect of cinephiles around the world.</p>

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