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http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/film/story/2010/12/02/black-swan-review.html
The Black Swan is a new engaging new movie that explores the enigma that is one's psychological dark side. The main character, Nina Sayers, is an extremely driven and disciplined ballet dancer. But, when the curator of the ballet company decides to remove Beth, head dancer, and open up a new position for their next program, Swan Lake, Nina finds herself the epitome of the White Swan, full of naivety and innocence, but unable to fit the equal role of the Black Swan, who exemplifies sensuality. In order to fit her character, Nina enters into a twisted friendship with her competition, Lily, who resembles the black swan. As time goes on Nina begins to find more of herself within the Black Swan's character and loser her mind.
This phenomenal film takes the audience into a world where we lose ourselves. The text tells the larger story of how we as humans are always resisting our psychological id, which is believed to be the pleasure-seeking part of our mind. But, once we finally do give in, we find ourselves on a path to self-destruction. I would characterize this movie as a psychological thriller, and although it is amazing, I would say that the characters do follow certain stereotypes. Nina resembles one who is still in the stage of an innocent child, her mother demonstrates the common characteristics of control within a parent-sibling relationship, as well as trying to live their lives through their child. Lily, however, symbolizes a "Bad girl" within the story. The characters relate to each other in the form of a struggle for power and total control over one another, from Nina's struggle with Lily to be chosen as the Swan, to Nina's struggle to repel her mother and gain control over her life. All characters in this story commonly share the value of being successful over others in order to be their best and achieve perfection. I share these beliefs to some extent, though not to the extent of self-destruction and harming others in order to achieve it.
The production has come from producer Darren Afronofsky, with the screenplay written by Mark Heyman, John McLaughlin, and Andrés Heinz, with the original story originating from Andrés Heinz. It features shocking performances from actors such as Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder, and Barbara Hershey. This text was distributed/sold to the public through theatres, soundtracks, and will eventually be released on home viewing content such as DVDs. People who profit from the production of this film will be those who helped work on it, such as the production studio, staff, actors, directors and writers, editors, etc. They will benefit both financially and personally. The text was produced through writing and film, along with the creation of music to accompany and enhance the film. Laws explicitness limit this film, though it does certainly press the boundaries.
This film appeals to me because it takes me on an adventure, and is enthralling to the consuming audience. I quite enjoyed the film, and hope to see it again soon. I both like and dislike the level of darkness in this film, as it both interests and enthralls me, while still making me feel a little scared. The intended target audience can be anyone of age to view the film (Rated R) and anyone who enjoys and consumes the product of psychological thriller films. This text appeals to the audience because it is complex and interesting, and it does so through an enchanting score, engaging dialogue, and use of editing in scenes (ie. cutting from scene to scene fast) in order to keep the consumer intrigued. People use/consume this text through viewing it in cinemas, rating and reviewing it, and, of course, through viewing and sharing its trailer as I have done above. I honestly would not change the text at all to make it more enjoyable.. though I believe I would add to it. I would add more to the story by explaining exactly why Nina went crazy. I like that the director left it open-ended, but I would have liked a little more detail, if possible. Other than that,I found it quite entertaining.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/film/story/2010/12/02/black-swan-review.html
The Black Swan is a new engaging new movie that explores the enigma that is one's psychological dark side. The main character, Nina Sayers, is an extremely driven and disciplined ballet dancer. But, when the curator of the ballet company decides to remove Beth, head dancer, and open up a new position for their next program, Swan Lake, Nina finds herself the epitome of the White Swan, full of naivety and innocence, but unable to fit the equal role of the Black Swan, who exemplifies sensuality. In order to fit her character, Nina enters into a twisted friendship with her competition, Lily, who resembles the black swan. As time goes on Nina begins to find more of herself within the Black Swan's character and loser her mind.
This phenomenal film takes the audience into a world where we lose ourselves. The text tells the larger story of how we as humans are always resisting our psychological id, which is believed to be the pleasure-seeking part of our mind. But, once we finally do give in, we find ourselves on a path to self-destruction. I would characterize this movie as a psychological thriller, and although it is amazing, I would say that the characters do follow certain stereotypes. Nina resembles one who is still in the stage of an innocent child, her mother demonstrates the common characteristics of control within a parent-sibling relationship, as well as trying to live their lives through their child. Lily, however, symbolizes a "Bad girl" within the story. The characters relate to each other in the form of a struggle for power and total control over one another, from Nina's struggle with Lily to be chosen as the Swan, to Nina's struggle to repel her mother and gain control over her life. All characters in this story commonly share the value of being successful over others in order to be their best and achieve perfection. I share these beliefs to some extent, though not to the extent of self-destruction and harming others in order to achieve it.
The production has come from producer Darren Afronofsky, with the screenplay written by Mark Heyman, John McLaughlin, and Andrés Heinz, with the original story originating from Andrés Heinz. It features shocking performances from actors such as Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder, and Barbara Hershey. This text was distributed/sold to the public through theatres, soundtracks, and will eventually be released on home viewing content such as DVDs. People who profit from the production of this film will be those who helped work on it, such as the production studio, staff, actors, directors and writers, editors, etc. They will benefit both financially and personally. The text was produced through writing and film, along with the creation of music to accompany and enhance the film. Laws explicitness limit this film, though it does certainly press the boundaries.
This film appeals to me because it takes me on an adventure, and is enthralling to the consuming audience. I quite enjoyed the film, and hope to see it again soon. I both like and dislike the level of darkness in this film, as it both interests and enthralls me, while still making me feel a little scared. The intended target audience can be anyone of age to view the film (Rated R) and anyone who enjoys and consumes the product of psychological thriller films. This text appeals to the audience because it is complex and interesting, and it does so through an enchanting score, engaging dialogue, and use of editing in scenes (ie. cutting from scene to scene fast) in order to keep the consumer intrigued. People use/consume this text through viewing it in cinemas, rating and reviewing it, and, of course, through viewing and sharing its trailer as I have done above. I honestly would not change the text at all to make it more enjoyable.. though I believe I would add to it. I would add more to the story by explaining exactly why Nina went crazy. I like that the director left it open-ended, but I would have liked a little more detail, if possible. Other than that,I found it quite entertaining.
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