Requiem for a Dream News

On the surface, Darren Aronofsky's bleak masterpiece Requiem for a Dream , the screwball musical nun-comedy of Sister Act and a spaghetti Western from Thailand don't have much in common.

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This past Saturday, two beloved film directors -- Clint Eastwood and Darren Aronofsky -- sat down for an extended Tribeca Talks: Directors Series discussion after the world premiere of director Richard Schickel's Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story .

Clint Eastwood sat down with Darren Aronofsky yesterday afternoon at the Tribeca Film Festival for a directors' talk in which the pair discussed various aspects of modern filmmaking, including negotiating with studios, playing to actors' egos, directing kids and their own overarching motivations.

Usually to celebrate 4/20 I write about pro-Pot movies. But, since there are only so many good films about this subject, I thought I would try a different approach.