The Fountain director, Darren Aronofsky, has recently reacted to a photo of a dying star released by NASA, comparing it to an image in his film. While Aronofsky's film was released back in 2006, NASA's photo was taken by the Hubble Telescope just in time for Halloween this year. While images of dying stars have been taken before, this photograph is particularly impressive to look at, as it almost resembles a vibrantly orange vortex which originates from a small white dot at it's centre.
The image is not unlike the dying star that is depicted in Aronofsky's 2006 film, The Fountain. The film itself follows three different plots in three different time periods, all which revolve around a character played by Hugh Jackman, and involve themes of mortality, life after death and lost love. In one of the final moments of the film, a space-travelling version of Jackman watches in amazement, as a star that has been a recurring motif throughout the film goes supernova.
In a recent tweet from Aronofsky, the director compared the image of the supernova from his 2006 film with NASA's newly released image of the red dwarf star, CW Leonis. Aronofsky also linked an image of Jackman's surprised face from the film, noting that he believes he most likely made the same face when he first saw NASA's photograph. Indeed, when the images are lined up side by side, it is difficult to tell immediately which image is of the real supernova, and which is the image taken from the film. While the color tones are somewhat different, the general shape of the supernova from The Fountain does indeed greatly resemble the photo taken by the Hubble telescope.
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In his tweet, Aronofsky also hints at great pride towards the similarities between the images. The filmmaker states that the final design of the supernova was achieved after the crew spent months photographing chemical reactions through a microscope to try and determine what a dying star might look like. It seems it was a significant moment for the director to find out that the romance/sci-fi film's final product was not far off at all.
While many of the images seen in a typical Aronofsky film are often more surreal than they are realistic, it is always a treat for a director to see their hard work to create a specific image for an audience pay off. In this case, the reveal came a full 15 years after the film first release, but it came nonetheless. However, with this new comparison between The Fountain and NASA's photo, perhaps if Aronofsky decides to make another space-based film, he will first consult Hubble's copious amounts of photographs before resulting to playing 'mad scientist' with his microscope.
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