Darren Aronofsky may not have the same level of name recognition as Spielberg, Scorsese, or Tarantino, but he's a true film artist with a singular point of view, more hits than misses, and a reputation for catapulting (or reviving) the careers of his actors. Still, when film buffs discuss their faves, Aronofsky doesn't always get brought up the same way as, say, Paul Thomas Anderson might, even though their movies have both won a total of three Oscars and Aronofsky's have made much more money at the box office. Both directors (and many of those other previously mentioned big names) are drawn to complicated and perhaps even unlikable protagonists in bleak and challenging stories about the human condition. If there is a distinction, it's that Aronofsky's films started out bleak and kept gett

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