The Fountain!!!!!

[F-Man]

I just reread Jhiggy23's interpretation. I recall reading it before but didn't pay too much attention last time probably because I was in a hurry.

It is perfect! I love how you provide an explanation to him eating at the tree of Izzi's grave. This is shown in the movie so slowly that it always seemed like it had to have an important double meaning other than just showing an astronaut eating what he can to survive a flight to a dieing star.

It did always seem odd that Tom would have found his cure for death and jumped the movie into such an extreme science fiction vibe when so much of it is metaphorical rather than fictional fact. I think Aronofsky always mentioned the science fiction aspect of the story as being real. It would be real if Tom didn't get his epiphany at first and went on with his experiments to become immortal. The director decided to let the viewer ask himself: did it take the death of Tom's wife to evolve his character, or the death of the tree planted on her grave? By choosing how realistic you want the movie to be, you are also deciding how quickly the main character comes to his ultimate realization.