When we talk about the story of Noah’s ark, cheerful images usually come to mind: a benevolent Noah with a flowing white beard shepherding pairs of animals into a fanciful houseboat. Upbeat songs from Jewish summer camp or, perhaps, that sweet, family-friendly installation at the Skirball Cultural Center.
This is not the story that emerges in Darren Aronofsky’s apocalyptic new film, “Noah,” which opens March 28 and spotlights a brooding Noah (Russell Crowe), a lonely, righteous man living apart from hamlets of debauched, Sodom-like human enclaves.
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