The film is written by Robert D. Siegel and directed by Darren Aronofsky. Mickey Rourke has a GG nomination for best performance actor and 2 other nominations for a globe; Marisa Tomei for performance and best original song by Bruce Springsten for the song “The Wrestler” which at a preview screening, the director confessed Springsten was more than excited about composing the song- It fit perfectly with the film!
THE WRESTLER is a particularly interesting film in that it brings light to an aspect of the wrestling industry that is not usually through the lens. We see the personal struggles of a life time wrestler and his battles with retirement and personal life. In a way the two lives blur together for this character “The Ram” played by Mickey Rourke. It’s a good film to watch, I wouldn’t say it’s a “wrestling” film. It’s not a film about just wrestling.
Director Darren Aronofsky does a great job of intertwining the episodes in a thematic story telling way. It’s like watching a bio pic film about an aging rock star except swap the leather-pant-tightness for spandex-shiny tights and leotard, keep the hair, swap the stage and guitar with a ring and cape except keep the good engaging and non distracting sound score. Maybe the difference between watching a rock star pic and THE WRESTLER is that, we’ve become immune and insensitive to the struggles and pressures of the music industry and by watching it happen in the wrestling industry (another performance entertainment) through the film THE WRESTLER it re-cultivates the feelings to engage and sympathize with the characters and their happenings.
As a filmmaker, what I loved the most was that even though it was shot “hand held documentary style” it wasn’t anything like CLOVERFIELD or BLAIR WITCH, it was tasteful and conscious of cinematic styles and angle needs as well as reason. Aronofsky was able to nail the photography style in that suttle medium.
What did you think about the film?
my friends DG & DGR when we went to go watch the premier in Dallas at the Angelika Film Center - i took the photo-
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