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“I had the craziest dream last night about a girl who turned into a swan…” Now, turn that dream into your darkest nightmare. This is what Darren Aronofsky has done with his latest chilling offering, Black Swan.
Dark, twisted and instantly engaging; this is no regular tale of artistic ambition. The story follows straight-laced ballerina, Nina, as she struggles to establish and define herself in a competitive New York ballet company. However, the real struggle is with herself. Dark-inner demons and torment take over, blurring the boundaries of reality for both Nina and the audience.
Natalie Portman utterly owns the role of Swan Queen, Nina, with all of the intensity and fragility required to draw in and captivate the audience for the films entirety. Well worthy of her Golden Globe win and Oscar nomination, she casts her co-stars into the shadows with her performance, arguably, the role of her career.
Covering everything from self-mutilation to lesbian fantasy, Aronofsky shocks, entertains and bewilders. Anyone expecting a simple tale of ballet trials and tribulations will be hideously disappointed. Audience reactions have been mixed but a resonating sense of unease is inevitable (good luck getting this yin out your head at bedtime).
Visually and musically stunning, there is little to fault. Beauty and horror wrestle and unite throughout: symbolic of the torturous struggle Nina has with her various selves. Striving for perfection, she destroys herself.
Love it or hate it: one thing's for sure, I am never going to look at a hang-nail in the same way again *shudders*
awesome review again cwalla-walla. See you have had as productive (uni wise) a night as I have. xxx
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You have a really cool blog! I'm not so sure I get the whole Black Swan phenomenon. It just seems rather sad and dark to me, although the costumes etc look incredible and Natalie was amazing!
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Thanks Becky-May, i'm new to this bloggery so really appreciate the feedback :-)
ReplyDeleteYeah I think a lot of hype puts a lot of people off films like this, speshly during Oscar season, and depends what you're into but I'm a fan of the dark and twisted so Aronofsky is right up my street. It is visually stunning though I agree, Portman should defo scoop Best Actress!
Loving your blog too btw, hope i can get mine up to par soon :-)
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