Prithviraj Chetna Mysore

Black Swan

Black Swan (2010), dir. Darren Aronofsky

Such actors as Robert De Niro and Daniel Day-Lewis is a perfectionist who not only play, but also take on up to the reproduced form. For example, De Niro, when he was preparing for the role of a boxer he fought a lengthy training and a few fights in the ring. But when he was a rapist and murderer in the Cape Fear is in preparation for the role no one raped or killed. Does it make its role was less credible? Certainly not! In the film Black Swan appears And a dilemma - whether actress seemingly fragile and innocent She could play a ruthless villain? Nina Sayers is a ballet dancer, which, according to director She could perfectly embody the character of a white swan. But according to the concept of the same director, she has to play a dual role - positive and negative. So it must be a person with an innocent look, but the predatory nature.

world of ballet in the film is shown in a rather surprising and debatable. There is no competition between ballerinas, Nina Sayers quickly gets a role and no one tries to argue with the decision of the director. The main character does not even need too much exercise - and this is perfect. But there is something wrong with her mind - begin to see things that are not even dreamed of philosophy. Sinks into obsession, believes that her fellow musician, named Lily, wants to take her role. The obsession to be the best destroys the mind and body and makes a man becomes suspicious and distrustful. The director deftly manipulates the viewer as they do not know if Lily really has bad intentions or a true friend. But when it comes to success and glory whether they can count on true friendship?

I can appreciate some ideas for writer / director, but overall I think the script is full of crap (especially at the end), and scenes, without whom this film could be circumvented (eg erotic scenes). Not to mention Natalie Portman. Probably a lot of dance numbers performed by dublerki, you can not see, thanks to efficient assembly and special effects, but none dublerka not replace it in the expression of emotion through facial expressions and appropriate gestures. Natalie Portman has created a compelling portrait of the artist, who by all means wants to be perfect. These desires lead her to obsessions and disturbing behavior. The actress of small body shape and distinctive appearance has created a surprisingly strong creative, emotive and imagination of the viewer.

Matthew Libatique operator turned out to be a versatile and well-off, both in the ballet scenes and those in which the predominant elements of a psychological drama and horror, is not foreign to him the poetics of surrealism. Dreams, visions, hallucinations, the symbol of self-destruction and fall from grace, sex and dancing as a metaphor for liberation - all this was filmed with great sensitivity, talent and an artistic touch. Great is shown as a black-and-white world of human drama unexpectedly entering a more vibrant colors, symbolizing the death, however, pessimism, and the presence of crime, like 'bloody' red.

idea for the movie was great, but I think it was spoiled by an ill-written and fun in the director's surreal. Film surrealism sometimes needed to penetrate the psyche of the characters and learn about their state of mind, but use of the poetics of excess is sometimes harmful, because the viewer no longer take seriously the story and the characters are figures from a dream, which are quickly forgotten.