Goddamn it, Darren Aronofsky’s “The Wrestler” is opening up the Toronto International Film Festival on September 5, but we don’t get there until Sept 8. Man, it better play again. We’ve already seen “Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist” (more on that in another post; or see our Twitter review), so we’ve checked off one of the major TIFF films off our list, but we’re extremely curious how this film is going to turn out cause it really seems like a bit of a left turn for him.
As we reported last week, Clint Mansell is doing the score to the film again. Apparently Slash from GNR/Velvet Revolver had something to do with it too. We’re tired. The film stars Mickey Rourke as a washed-up, Rocky-like professional wrestler, Evan Rachel Wood and Marisa Tomei as a stripper.