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Nov 2, 2010 · It's a performance that burns with intensity, one that anchors the film in reality when it threatens to slip into melodrama, and one that will doubtless be rewarded come awards season in the same...
Mar 8, 2014 · We had a varied and detailed discussion about Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky, 2010). Please find our discussion under theme/subject: Motherhood. Each member found the relationship between mother and daughter disturbing.
Dec 1, 2010 · Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan” is a full-bore melodrama, told with passionate intensity, gloriously and darkly absurd. It centers on a performance by Natalie Portman that is nothing short of heroic, and mirrors the conflict of good and evil in Tchaikovsky’s ballet “Swan Lake.”
This research paper considers how Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky, 2011) engages with and revises the melodrama mode through its incorporation of elements from the “woman’s film,” the paranoid female gothic, and the maternal melodrama genres.
- Vanessa Chen
BLACK SWAN BY STEEN CHRISTIANSEN Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky 2010) tells the story of Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman), a ballerina who dreams of dancing the Swan Queen in Swan Lake. When she wins the lead role, Nina slowly begins losing her mind, in a curious and intense mix of melodrama and horror. Pressured
Aug 29, 2021 · Black Swan reimagines classical ballet Swan Lake as a twisted tale of illusion, delusion and psychological trauma. Nina (Natalie Portman) wants to be perfect almost as much as she craves the dual role of Odette / Odile in her ballet company’s production of Swan Lake.
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The more modern Black Swan couches Nina Sayers’ (Natalie Portman) breakdown as the pressure between the oppositional good and bad characters she plays on stage, with the moral judgment of women seen in Andersen’s fairy tale replaced by recognition of the pressures women are under.
