I wasn't trying to compare Antonioni and Aronofsky, except in saying Antonioni is a master artist and that many artists, especially in film, are way ahead of the social scientists in exploring abandonment and the depth of voyeurism as the mangled norm in our society.  Hitchcok's masterpiece, Vertigo, preceded works like Cronenberg's Videodrome (based on the insights of Marshall McCluan), but even Hitchcock I wouldn't place alongside Antonionni and Tarkovsky.  I say this because master artists encompass the whole spectrum of the human condition in their time, not any particular malady or glory.  That's why I say Egoyan, who explores modern themes as well, I'd say better, than any artist out there, is a master artist.  Somehow in his works the entire spectrum of the human condition comes through.