tonight is an a claimed director whose new film is noah or as animals call it-- pless welcome darren aronofskyand applause) darren, thanks so much for coming on. mr. aronofsky, maestro, okay let's get its bona fiddes out here. you directed the wrestler, the fountain, reqeem for a dream. your last movie, black swan won the natally portman award for oscar. congratulations on that. >> thank you. >> stephen: now your new movie is noah starring russell crowe, released tomorrow. why did you do a biblical movie? did you get a message from god or-- or someone more powerful like paramount pictures? why do a bible movie. >> it was my 7th grade english teacher, actually. >> stephen: really? >> i had a magical teacher. >> stephen: magical, like-- like with wings and a wand. >> no, she just was very inspirational, wearing all pink, pink eye shadow, drove a pink mustang, and she said one day take out a paper and pen and write a poem and i ended writing something on noah, a poem and ended up winning a contest and it sent me down the path of being a creative storyteller. >> stephen: how is the story of noah a