SYNOPSIS
Begins New Season of Ballet and Thomas Leroy ( Vincent Cassel), the reputed head of the company, decided to seek respite Beth ( Winona Ryder), which had hitherto been the first dancer and lover, for the new assembly which will start the season: The Swan Lake.
The choice is Nina (Natalie Portman ), the best technical dancer of his company, even though Thomas has serious doubts about whether it can tackle the challenge of embodying both the virgin queen swan and its seductive and luxurious twin, the black swan.
In the middle of a trial will come into play a second dancer in discord, Lily ( Mila Kunis), not as gifted technically but seems to have what it takes to play the black swan.
THE SWAN LAKE .
Swan Lake , the first of three ballets to write the Russian composer Tchaikovsky, tells the story of Odette, a young maiden condemned to live with the appearance of a white swan by day, returning only at night her human form, because of the magician's spell and only Rotbarth may be released when someone swear eternal love.
Love is presented to Odette in the person of young Prince Siegfried who, after falling in love with Odette, plans to swear eternal love in the next dance night that his mother, Queen, Siegfried has been organized to choose a wife.
appear during the dance Odile, the black swan, Odette's evil twin who seduces and confuses the prince so that he will swear eternal love to her and, thus, the spell remains.
Siegfried falls into the trap and, after discovering the deception, Odette escapes with just jumping into the lake in a dive in which both were killed, and with it the freedom that allows them to stay together forever.
The BALLET FILM MADE.
I'm not fond of ballet and I do not remember, unless my memory is playing tricks (which would not be surprising, because I have the Alzheimer in the genes), have never seen a movie set in that world. However, I would ensure that any, any Aronofsky portrays as how the pressure they are under the dancers who aspire to the elite of the Arts and his own obsession for self-improvement come to threaten his mental stability , if not completely destroyed. And it
The Black Swan or is the story of discovery and gradual rise of a talented young starlet ( Star is Born . William A. Wellman, 1937 ) nor is it, even closer, the story of the intrigues and manipulations of an aspiring young to curry favor and end director supplanting the current star ( About Eve. Joseph Leo Mankiewicz, 1950 ).
Black Swan is a walk through the hells of the mind, and in this respect would be closer to Repulsion (Roman Polanski , 1965). It is the story of how the pursuit of perfection, an obsession with tyrannical self-improvement and discipline, imposed by an oppressive environment that does not forgive the slightest mistake and self-imposed by the very fear of failure, just to seize life and mental health of the artist.
Aronofsky takes Tchaikovsky's libretto and transforms it into cinema by making their own story told by Russian transcends beyond the stage of preparation and take over both the life and mind of the protagonist as stability narrative film itself. The character made up of Natalie Portman suffers a gradual transformation takes place as the film and is contacting her dark side while the story itself is gaining more dyes of madness. And always with the Tchaikovsky score playing in the background.
BODY AS A REFLECTION .
as more or success than others, expressed a little higher, it is easy to see echoes of other films in the latter work Aronofsky (probably a little more digging, you could even talk about Showgirls, that nonsense that pulp Paul Verhoeven shot in 1995) but perhaps the most impact that would highlight is the last film the director himself: The Wrestler , 2008.
Similarly in The Wrestler was punished and bruised body of Mickey Rourke which reflected the existence of their own battered Black Swan also cuerpor are the speakers of the state of the lives and minds of the characters.
Nina is a young woman not allowed to grow, both your mind and your sexuality are repressed by it and the tight control exercised his tyrannical mother about it and this is reflected perfectly by its appearance: a face virgin hair is always tied back, a skinny body and with hardly any breasts, ... As Nina
letting go seduced by the suggestions of Thomas, Mephisto with a French accent and the attitude of Lily, the incarnation of lust, begin to connect to your dark side and mental illness will gain prominence, which will also see reflected in the desperate cries for help to launch his own mind through the body, vomiting, bleeding, self harm, nails that break, hallucinations ... and mirrors that is unable to recognize their own reflection. The cracking of bones, reflecting a mind that is fractured, goes to take leading role in the soundtrack of the film (director masterful detail.)
Part of the repression of Nina comes, as I said, the tight control that the subject is his mother, Erica, a great Barbara Hershey and withered face which represents the devastation caused by the passage of time. A dance that became famous and dumps his frustration over his daughter failed artist to blame for not having been returned to his career entirely by taking care of her.
terror will also end up like her mother an obsession that will be taking its toll on Nina.
BY THE EDGE OF SANITY NARRATIVE.
Aranofsky begins his story by sticking his camera to the nape of the leading and following her wherever she goes. It gives an air of indie to the narration and presenting a character is going to know soon to perfection.
Aranofsky behaves in these early stages, as the white swan. We will describe characters and settings flawlessly. Masterly way we discover how the children's room full of stuffed animals and void lock (quite master this scene, in full masturbation, Nina discovers her mother startled sleeping in front of his bed) and that, apparently caring, mother are, respectively, jail and jailer. The atmosphere will be turning claustrophobic and disturbing at the same time, naturally, the story is gaining psychological thriller dyes.
is from the moment when film director become black swan and the narrative enters a dangerous ground to begin to chart a path that runs along the thin line between madness of the ridiculous (this aspect is well highlighted in the scene where the mother's drawings come to life . A scene that, unfortunately, causes embarrassment) and runs the risk of resulting in an empty set of undue sensationalism.
is this second part of the film, or rather second film, which, in my opinion, is not working well and ends up becoming a liability for causing so all work which, since its inception, aimed to masterpiece will finally be worthy of a remarkably high.
FINAL CONSIDERATION.
With The Black Swan , Darren Aronofsky gives us a bold proposal and an exercise in style in a fascinating, while distressing, atmosphere and brilliantly achieved impressive performance of its main character (probably we are facing the best performance of Natalie Portman to date) are the most important assets. A job that does not support average, the public will convert to instant cult film or hate deeply and consolidates its director as one of the most interesting American landscape today.
and unbalanced unbalancing A job that will not leave anyone indifferent and I particularly recommend to everyone.
To view the trailer click here .
terror will also end up like her mother an obsession that will be taking its toll on Nina.
BY THE EDGE OF SANITY NARRATIVE.
Aranofsky begins his story by sticking his camera to the nape of the leading and following her wherever she goes. It gives an air of indie to the narration and presenting a character is going to know soon to perfection.
Aranofsky behaves in these early stages, as the white swan. We will describe characters and settings flawlessly. Masterly way we discover how the children's room full of stuffed animals and void lock (quite master this scene, in full masturbation, Nina discovers her mother startled sleeping in front of his bed) and that, apparently caring, mother are, respectively, jail and jailer. The atmosphere will be turning claustrophobic and disturbing at the same time, naturally, the story is gaining psychological thriller dyes.
is from the moment when film director become black swan and the narrative enters a dangerous ground to begin to chart a path that runs along the thin line between madness of the ridiculous (this aspect is well highlighted in the scene where the mother's drawings come to life . A scene that, unfortunately, causes embarrassment) and runs the risk of resulting in an empty set of undue sensationalism.
is this second part of the film, or rather second film, which, in my opinion, is not working well and ends up becoming a liability for causing so all work which, since its inception, aimed to masterpiece will finally be worthy of a remarkably high.
FINAL CONSIDERATION.
With The Black Swan , Darren Aronofsky gives us a bold proposal and an exercise in style in a fascinating, while distressing, atmosphere and brilliantly achieved impressive performance of its main character (probably we are facing the best performance of Natalie Portman to date) are the most important assets. A job that does not support average, the public will convert to instant cult film or hate deeply and consolidates its director as one of the most interesting American landscape today.
and unbalanced unbalancing A job that will not leave anyone indifferent and I particularly recommend to everyone.
To view the trailer click here .
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