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The Wrestler is a 2008 American sports drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky and written by Robert Siegel. The film stars Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, and Evan Rachel Wood.
Audience Reviews. View All (1000+) audience reviews. Isa B Mickey Rourke gives a truly emotional performance and probably the best of his career. Darren Aronofsky knows how to create depression and...
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- Mickey Rourke
- Story Behind The Story of The Wrestler
- Establishing Audience Empathy For Randy The Ram
- The Critique of Hyper Masculinity and Lack of Emotional Labour
- Appearance vs Reality
- Highly Symbolic Places
- The Tragedy of A Fake Anagnorisis
- Does The Ending Work For You?
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I imagine it went something like this: Fictionalise Mickey Rourke’s very unusual rags-to-riches-to-rags life in the entertainment industry and then hire him to basically play himself. I imagine it also went something like this: Tell the tale of a pro wrestler, juxtaposed against the remarkably similar female analogue of sex work, to show that even ...
Sad stories make for good storytelling studies because they tend to be heavily character driven, and the creating team needs a good understanding of human psychology in order to affect the audience. Apart from all that, there are very clear tricks writers use when creating a story like The Wrestler. These tricks remain invisible to a general audien...
After he has a heart attack Randy makes an effort to make the personal connections he’s neglected thus far in life, while working in this hyper-masculine industry where personal connections with women come last. So he embarks upon his plan to improve his personal relationships. First he asks his sex worker woman to go out with him, outside the club...
Pretty much everything I love is all about the difference between appearance versus reality: 1. Looking like an average couple in 1980s America while serving as Russian spies 2. Living successfully as a guy called Don Draper, who was actually killed in the war 3. Living as a high school chemistry teacher while raking in the big bucks cooking meth i...
Randy takes Stephanie to a highly symbolic place — an abandoned theme park —a place he remembers but she doesn’t remember much. Abandoned places make such great shooting locations because they mirror the emotional wrecks of main characters. This film has highly symbolic shooting locations in general: I’ve already mentioned the kindergarten. Below I...
When a character does not get what they want, we call it a tragedy. What does Randy want? Real, human connection. Too late in life, and only after a health scare, he has jumped in head first. He’s opened up to Pam and apologised to his estranged daughter. He really has tried to be his real self. And he does earn a genuine Anagnorisis. We are shown ...
The Wrestler has one of those endings that divides viewers. This is always the case when the storyteller leaves the audience to extrapolate the new situation part of the story for ourselves. Some viewers just don’t seem to be be able to do that, even after being given all necessary information. Others absolutely love itwhen we are given enough info...
I really liked the discussion of “The Wrestler” at the “You Are Good” movie discussion podcast. The following observation is an insightful thing for all writers of fiction to consider. This refers to Mickey Rourke’s character walking around a dollar store hunting for cheap wrestling props: Also interesting in the podcast: How Randy the Ram represen...
Dec 23, 2008 · “The Wrestler” is about a man who can do one thing well, and keeps on doing it because of need, weary skill and pride. He wrestles for a living. Pro wrestling is a fake sport, right? Yes, but as an activity, it’s pretty real. I watch it on TV with fascination.
The Wrestler is actually a really good movie, I would say that it was one of the top 10 that came out of 2008, but one thing that I really didn't like about the movie was the way it was made and the ending, which I'll explain why in a moment.
In 2008, legendary and controversial director Darren Aronofsky delivered yet another unforgettable allegory, starring Mickey Rourke as Randy "The Ram" Robinson, an aging professional wrestler long past his prime, who is struggling to retain a sense of identity, purpose, and dignity later in life.
Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand. “Warm” and “human” are not two words you associate with Darren Aronofsky, but in 'The Wrestler' he is both ...
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