“Go in with no pre judgments, just what affects me the most emotionally and intellectually. The discussion afterwards between the jurors is always very important. Judging is a strong word not being judgmental but trying to figure out what the filmmakers were trying to do, 23 great movies have to trust. My 4th time here and it has been wonderful to me and cruel to me.”
Aronofsky, more than most, understands what the 23 filmmakers in competition at the 68th Venice Film Festival are going through right about now.