Director

Darren Aronofsky

8 prints

Aronofsky's color choices track the psychological deterioration of his protagonists. Requiem for a Dream's garish TV-ad brightness gives way to washed-out desperation. Black Swan moves from clean white to corrupt black as Nina loses her grip on reality. The Wrestler's desaturated handheld naturalism strips away any aesthetic comfort. Color in his films is a gauge of mental state.