The Fountain: Death & AweVoiceover: Movies that Move Us • Season 2025, Episode 23
Oct 6, 2025 • 45m
Danor Gerald discusses Darren Aronfsky's The Fountain, a visually stunning film, about accepting death as a way to understand life.
In The Fountain, Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz play three different couples tied to each other over time, embattled by different desperate challenges, and trying to find a way to understand death. The Fountain is celebrated for its practical effects, made with macro photography.
Danor Gerald is an actor, director, writer, and producer. He stars in the new streaming series “Beauty and the Billionaire.” He won an Emmy for "Roots, Race and Culture," which he co-hosts and produces on PBS Utah.