In the latest episode of Emory Looks at Hollywood series, Jacob L. Wright, Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Emory’s Candler School of Theology, discusses the various Flood traditions which lie behind and within, and which were inspired by the biblical Flood story, including one of the most recent developments in the unfolding tradition, Darren Aronofsky’s film Noah (2014).
Wright also has a short article on the same subject in Sacred Matters, “Noah: An Unrighteous Man”.
See also:
Cathleen Falsani, interview with Darren Aronofsky, “The ‘Terror’ of Noah: How Darren Aronofsky Interprets the Bible”, The Atlantic, March 26, 2014
Annette Yoshiko Reed, “Who Gets to Decide if Noah is Biblical?” Religion Despatches, April 1, 2014
h/t: Jim West
Biblical Studies Online 
[…] and Noah as Midrast (Or, What Does That Even Mean?) by Krista Dalton; b. Jacob L. Wright on Aronofsky’s Noah and Flood Traditions (video interview) via Biblical Studies Online; and c. Sons of God and Daughters of Humans […]
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I was very impressed by Aronofsky’s vision of Noah. It compelled me to write an extensive review, with particular reference to his source material. You can read it here: https://www.academia.edu/6773283/Aronofskys_Noah-A_Review
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