NYFF '08 | Aronofsky, Rourke Talk "Wrestler," Folman "Waltzes" With New York

by Peter Knegt (October 2, 2008) Wednesday afternoon at the Walter Reade Theatre in New York marked a big day for the 46th New York Film Festival. "The Wrestler" Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei and producer Scott Franklin joined director Darren Aronofsky to discuss the film after its first screening for New York press and industry. The movie, acquired shortly after its North American debut last month at the Toronto fest, will close the NYFF on October 12th. Meanwhile, 's acclaimed animated documentary, "Waltz With Bashir" made its New York debut as well. indieWIRE was in attendance, and has the highlights. "Wrestler" Marks Rourke's Return "When I'd graduated film school I'd made a list on my Mac Classic, or whatever it was, of some ideas for feature films," said Aronofsky. "And one of them was called 'The Wrestler.' [It] came... [read full story]