[Black Swan] The opening of Black Swan began in a fantasy of Nina on the bed played by Natalie Portman. In the dream, she got her wish and became the Swan Queen in the new round of the world's top ballet performers, that is, the female number one. This not only means that she can play the white swan who is already well-known in reality, but also more important. The thing is that she can still perform the black swan on the stage like clouds and flowing water. This is something she can't do in reality. The reason is that her character is too simple and introverted. Nina is only suitable for the white swan in the play. As for the sexy, evil, seductive and passionate release of the black swan, Nina has always been full of distress and worry about it. Seeing the last round of the female protagonist Beth (Winona Ryder) was abandoned by the ballet leader Thomas (Vincent Cassel) and left in anger, Nina finally had a hint of uncertainty deep in her heart. She left makeup at Beth. After a while, she sneaked in again and stole one of her lipsticks, and this was not the first time she had done this. Nina not only owns Beth's lipstick, but also the cigarettes that Beth has smoked, the used perfume, a finger knife and a pair of earrings. Obviously, this is caused by Nina's coveted black swan for a long time. At the same time, it has become a disguised spiritual comfort for Nina in reality. And just after Nina’s white swan was successfully trusted by Thomas, a new face Lily (played by Mila Kunis) suddenly appeared on the dance team. ), this is a new actor Thomas hired temporarily to replace a partner in the team. Lily's arrival suddenly brought up Nina's attention and worry, because from the first glance, Nina found that Lily has a kind of charm and temptation that she lacks, which is the essential element that must be possessed to become a black swan. Nina has obviously lost her self-confidence psychologically. As the screening day approached, Nina's heart became more and more nervous and fearful. On the surface, she continued to practice hard, but in fact she had already lost herself. Seeing that Nina's performance on the black swan still lacks strength, the team leader Thomas also began to try to seduce and help her discover the dark elements in her heart. He sexually harassed Nina in the office, at the end of the dinner and in the rehearsal room. Although Nina disliked Thomas. Move, but then she realized it, and after that she began to try masturbation at home alone, but she still couldn't release herself easily. The reason lies in the environment where Nina grew up. In the film, Nina's mother has always been a stubborn woman who advocates asceticism and is full of dogma. She dotes on her daughter Nina very much, but this kind of love has obviously reached the level of Insane. Under her care, Nina is like a bird locked in a small pink cage, without freedom and privacy, which also makes Nina would habitually block the door with a cabinet or wooden stick every time in the toilet and room, in order to escape the ubiquitous figure and preaching of her mother. However, whether it is Thomas' seemingly malicious sexual provocation or Nina's mother's care and imprisonment, the fuse that really has a fatal impact on Nina in an instant is Lily in the dance team. Although Nina is relatively withdrawn in the team, on the eve of the last formal rehearsal of the dance team, she was seduced and passively decided to go out with her to have fun. At this moment, she was obviously forced to do nothing by the dual world of reality and spirit. NS. She also desperately needs a release. Lily took Nina to a meal first, and then came to the bar. Nina was reluctant to take the medicine Lily gave her, but she still drank it. Then, Nina and Lily began to enjoy without moral restraint. They touched each other’s bodies and danced, kept drinking, seduced the boys in the bar, and attempted to have sex with them. In the process, Nina obviously gradually released herself and stimulated the other side of her heart. This is exactly what Nina wanted, and it was something she had never experienced before. Nina has an indescribable pleasure. The next day, the dance team formally rehearsed. Nina was late due to the exhaustion of the previous night, and during the rehearsal that day, she suffered from her mental breakdown. In desperation, Nina came to the hospital for a visit. Beth was knocked out by Thomas and tried to commit suicide. As a result, when Nina tried to tell Beth how much she understood her pain, Beth's self-harm illusion furiously beat her back. In a hurry, Nina ran back home and locked herself in the room again. During the quarrel between Nina and her mother, she suddenly felt that her back was squirming. Under fear, Nina finally started to approach. The evil black swan she has long dreamed of... Surrealism must be true. If Darren’s film only presents the above content, we don’t need to do anything more. [Black Swan] is definitely Darren Aronofsky’s ambition after [Wrestler]. One of the reasons is the shocking surrealism in the film. In this film, if it is to appreciate People who have been can experience it. Darren's use of this technique has obviously reached a point of madness. From the slight scar on the back of Nina in the opening scene, it slowly expanded to the red eyes in the room after the feathers were pulled off and doubled. The sudden change in the back of the leg (David Cronenberg [The Fly]), and then to the culmination of the end of the film, the original shape is revealed (really shocking), Darren has always tried to use the black swan possessing this kind of very visual The exaggerated way of impact shows Nina's self-destruction. And this is easily reminiscent of Sara, who was obsessed with television in Darren’s early work [Requiem of Dreams]. She also dreamed that she could one day be reborn on the stage, and it was also irreparable in the end. The painful fate of "Black Swan", with its evil beauty, is obviously more artistic and attractive than the former. Mirror In the film, Darren used a lot of mirror elements to express Nina's inner world. Although this has long been a commonplace in thriller and horror movies, it can be said to be the first time in Darren's film. For the ballet dancers in the film, the mirror is of course an indispensable tool── Self-examination, from they get up every day to look at their bodies in the mirror, to morning exercises, to dressing up in the dressing room and group training in the rehearsal room, mirrors can be said to occupy a considerable proportion of their lives. This is something that cannot be avoided. Darren obviously Realizing this, we can see in the film that whenever Nina desperately desires to see her own black swan in the mirror, the result is the hallucinations caused by her pressure and fear. Split personality Nina was completely hysteria due to split personality at the end. The flash point was mainly from Lily. I remember that at the beginning of the film, when Nina took the subway to rehearsal for the first time, she mistakenly saw the "self" in the subway. "It is Lily himself, as for the reason, it is caused by Nina's inner desire for black swan. As long as it is a black swan person who meets in reality, Nina will attach it to her subconsciously. And Lily happens to be the only candidate next to Nina, so naturally she can't escape the graft. At first, Nina only occasionally projected her desire for the role onto strangers who passed by (the first night aisle), but when Lily kept appearing next to her, Nina's subconscious possession of Lily changed more and more. Out of control, the most representative of these are Nina making love with Lily in the film, and later Nina killing Lily in the backstage dressing room. In fact, Lily in those two scenes is just Nina's at all. It's just another personality, but what needs to be distinguished is that Lily in the former represents more of the desire and acceptance of the black swan, while the latter represents the jealousy and possession of the black swan. Sex still remember that as early as in [Requiem of Dreams], Darren had already abused us with the tragic ending of Marion, who was turned into a prostitute, this time. From Thomas's strong possession of Nina in the rehearsal room to Nina waking up early in the morning to masturbate at home, to the crazy sex with Lily, Darren can be said to clearly show the sexual repression and sexual release for a ballerina who is immersed in the play and cannot extricate herself from it. The influence of the actors, there is also a very strong same-sex culture (Nina and Lily), so it just verifies the little-known insider information about the industry that Darren learned from the communication with some old ballet performers before the filming started── Drugs and homosexuality. Self-abuse has to admit that in all Darren's movies, you will find a lot of self-abuse plots. Max in [Death Code] ended with an electric drill to his temples, Sara’s diet in [Requiem of Dreams] and Marion’s betrayal of flesh, Tommy in [Creative Springs] tattooed his arm with a pen, And Ram from the [Wrestler] self-mutilated with his companions on stage. And in this [Black Swan], Darren added a lot of shocking masochism scenes, such as Nina's hard ballet practice, which led to split nails (unbearable), the tearing of the nail groove, Beth's attempted suicide, etc. These shots can be said to have become one of the symbols of Darren's movies, as well as an important means of portraying the hearts of the characters. The climax of the film Nina finally succeeded in taking the black swan to the extreme, but she paid a price for it. We can say that she is dedicated to art, but this process is indeed extremely distorted. At the end of the film, Darren divides the official performance of Swan Lake into three stages: the first is the white swan. It can be seen that Nina has completely lost control at this time, and during this time she accidentally fell off the hands of her dance partner. , This is just brewing for the back; next is the black swan, which is the outbreak of another personality of Nina, and at this moment and the previous white swan on the way to change clothes, Darren also inserted the scene of Nina stabbing Lily to death. In the performance of Nina being swallowed by the darkness, and in the process of Nina’s interpretation of the black swan, we can be surprised to see that Natalie Portman’s eyes are actually performing to the camera. This is very special and unexpected. I believe that the movie has been completely replaced by Nina's dance drama at this time, and Nina’s gorgeous transformation is also from this section; in the end, it returns to the white swan. At this moment, Nina has realized in the background that the Lily she just killed is actually It's my own facts, and it coincides with the suicide of the white swan caused by the black swan in the dance drama. In the end, it is precisely because of Nina's indiscretion between reality and the stage that she lost herself in the play on the one hand, and on the other hand, she got the liberation of the white swan in the play in reality. Nina can be said to be dead forever. Swan Lake. Swan King Finally, speaking of the film's starring role, this is definitely Natalie Potman's largest performance so far. This is also her following 【Stealing Heart】Closer The real subversive performance after the sledgehammer test, presumably, just because of Natalie's ballet talent in the film, the audience will already praise her performance, not to mention that she also presented Nina's various emotional changes so perfectly and convincingly. It is this year's Oscar nomination that is more than enough for her. As for the queen, let us wait and see. Support! All in all, this is an impeccable masterpiece. The film has a magnificent and stunning ballet as well as a creepy psychological thriller. The two are combined into one, and the classic soundtrack is really difficult. resist. Remember, lose yourself.
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