Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Darren Aronofsky" in English language version.
In this film [Pi] in particular I think there's a lot of [Roman] Polanski influence and Terry Gilliam influence as well as a Japanese director named [Shinya] Tsukamoto ... As far as being a storyteller I think my biggest influence was Bill Cosby and his comedy. And also as far as writing would probably be Hubert Selby, Jr.
He describes his family background as "culturally Jewish".
Filmmakers like Spike Lee and Jim Jarmusch were big influences and expanded [my sense of] what film could be.
"Black Swan" director Darren Aronofsky tweeted: "learned a lot from my vhs copy of breathless… thank you maestro."
He describes his family background as "culturally Jewish".
In this film [Pi] in particular I think there's a lot of [Roman] Polanski influence and Terry Gilliam influence as well as a Japanese director named [Shinya] Tsukamoto ... As far as being a storyteller I think my biggest influence was Bill Cosby and his comedy. And also as far as writing would probably be Hubert Selby, Jr.
Filmmakers like Spike Lee and Jim Jarmusch were big influences and expanded [my sense of] what film could be.
