Although this is not a popular science text for ballet knowledge, let me explain it first: "Swan Lake", composed by Tchaikovsky from 1875 to 1876, premiered in Moscow in 1877, after which Chai adapted it into a suite, with Published in 1900. That is to say, "Swan Lake" was roughly produced at the turn of the 19th century and the 20th century, when various theoretical waves and revolutions came one after another, and the transition between classical and modern. Ballet, which originated on the streets of Italy, was formed in the French court in the 17th century. Later, as a court art, it gradually declined with the revolution in continental Europe. However, at the turn of the century, ballet was revived in Russia. Pure classical beauty has been swept into modern society by industrial civilization. Beauty and love, which were considered inseparable centuries ago, are divided. The sun rises slowly on the eternal horizon.
Back to the movie, the cast list at the end is very interesting, Nina is called The Swan Queen, and Nina's mother Erica is called The Queen, with an angular face, cold lines, always dressed in black, full of The majesty of a queen, albeit in a small apartment. Now please use your imagination, maybe Erica has such a story: a young Erica, a promising dancer, accidentally fell in love, was abandoned after being pregnant with Nina, and quit the dance circle. It sounds like Hong Lingyan's story, although the ending is different, I remember that the troupe owner of Hong Lingyan said that "there is no great dancer who can enjoy the love of ordinary people", which infers Erica's original idea, so she will Everything about her daughter is in the palm of her hand, and with an almost perverted desire for control, she first reminded Nina and Thomas that the relationship is enough, because of her own lesson, "no great dancer can enjoy the love of ordinary people", Not to mention that Thomas's reputation in this area is an open secret, and then he keeps Lily out of the door because his daughter has a rehearsal tomorrow, and finally tries to lock Nina in the room because she's not in the right state. Some people might think, like my parents, that this is all out of Erica's love for her daughter, out of a mother's expectation that her daughter will be a great dancer; but who knows, Nina, in a way, what is it? Not Erica's own emotional trash can. Anyway, this is not a third-rate family warmth drama.
Nina, who was tamed by her mother, became a "frigid little girl". "frigid" is the most used meaning of indifference. It is also Nina in the eyes of others, a beautiful and stiff white swan, a beautiful and pale image that is often seen in 19th century oil paintings. . Maybe something is born, Beth is a perfect dancer, as Thomas said, because of the dark and destructive side of her soul, I think what he didn't say is that everyone has that side. , but lack of incentives; the black swan has become a psychological suggestion, from the constant repression of the mother and the constant induction of others, the illusion of sex and love, and schizophrenia become a foregone conclusion, which is what Nina has to pay in order to achieve the perfection of art The price of her, like another Beth, her way of grabbing the shards of the mirror and stabbing herself in the confusion, is a price that Thomas is probably always unpredictable. He is a guide, but he can't foresee all problems.
This is the problem Thomas could not have foreseen: beauty is infinitely close to death. This is also the doomed ending, whether it is the story in the story, Swan Lake, or the story in the movie, the black swan: the swan jumps on the edge of the cliff and the blood stains on Nina's abdomen gradually expand. The story ends abruptly at the most thrilling point.
In addition, there is nothing new in the narrative technique of the whole film, and it begins to tell the story in a straightforward manner. At the end, reality and illusion alternately appear to create a climax, similar to the Requiem of an old dream; various ubiquitous suggestive objects, such as mirrors, are images that I like, but There is a feeling of overexertion. Anyway, the movie is beautiful, and Aronofsky is one of the directors I admire, whether it's the story, the photography, or the sets.
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