Summary:
Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan revolves around a New York production of the Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake that finds two ballerinas’, Nina and Lily competing to play the role of both the White and Black Swan. As Nina begins to lose herself to role she unlocks her darker side to metamorphose into the Black Swan itself.
Analysis:
“...there was this doppelganger, there was a black swan and a white swan, there was this werewolf story of this metamorphosis, the story of a woman who is by day a swan but at night is a half-swan/half-human—that always got me excited because I got to turn Natalie Portman into some weird creature. And all of the characters in the movie are sort of related to their counterparts in the ballet.” (Aronofsky, 2010)
“...ultimately there’s a story here of a woman-child, a child trapped in a woman’s body trying to become a woman, and her sexual liberation is a big part of becoming a woman.” (Aronofsky, 2010)
Aronofsky, Darren (2010) [Interview by Drew Taylor, 2 December 2010] http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/darren_aronofsky_black_swan_interview/ (Accessed 09/10/10)
Release:
2010
Director:
Darren Aronofsky
Screenplay by:
Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John C McLaughlin
Produced by:
Ari Handel, Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Brian Oliver
Genre/subgenre:
Thriller, Horror, Body Horror, Psychological
Country:
United States
Cast:
Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey,
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