“The Whale” Receives a Huge 6-Minute Standing Ovation in Venice
The Whale: Who would have guessed that Darren Aronofsky would be the most limited of all the top-shelf auteurs in Venice’s significant return year? The screen is cropped to 1:33 at the beginning of his latest competition film, The Whale, with that exact intention, which turns out to be the most fitting for a little,…