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[15] Dancer Kimberly Prosa also served as a double for Portman. "[8] Portman suggested to Aronofsky that her good friend Mila Kunis would be perfect for the role. [66][67] In response to comparisons between Perfect Blue and Black Swan, Aronofsky acknowledged the similarities in 2010, but denied that Black Swan was inspired by Perfect Blue. [32] Because of the use of Tchaikovsky's music, the score was deemed ineligible to be entered into the 2010 Academy Awards for Best Original Score. [48] By the end of its opening weekend it grossed $1,443,809—$80,212 per theater. Nina is a technically proficient and hard working dancer who can easily capture the essence of the innocent white swan, but Thomas doesn't believe she has the dark passion required to portray the black swan. Now, more and more--in the face of fierce competition in the shape of the newcomer corps-de-ballet dancer, Lily--the virginal prima ballerina finds herself entangled in a world of incessant rivalry, unbounded jealousy, and grotesque hallucinations, as Nina struggles to delve deeper and deeper into her well-hidden dark side. Portman and Kunis trained in ballet for several months before filming began. [24] The project "sort of died, again" according to Aronofsky, until after the making of The Wrestler (2008), when he had Mark Heyman, director of development of Aronofsky's production company Protozoa Pictures, write for Black Swan "and made it something that was workable. [5], Aronofsky called Black Swan a companion piece to his previous film The Wrestler, recalling one of his early projects about a love affair between a wrestler and a ballerina. [38] It also had a Gala screening at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival later in the month. The screenplay was written by Mark Heyman, John McLaughlin, and Andres Heinz, based on an original story by Heinz. It received five nominations at the 83rd Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing and winning Best Actress (for Portman). "[13] Georgina Parkinson, a ballet mistress from the American Ballet Theatre (ABT), coached the actors in ballet. Something feels wrong. Nina is clearly the best dancer for the White Swan. "[22], The screenplay The Understudy was written by Andres Heinz; Aronofsky first heard about it while editing his second film Requiem for a Dream (2000) and described it as "All About Eve with a double, set in the off-Broadway world." Westcott said: "Controversy is too complimentary a word for two people using their considerable self-publicising resources to loudly complain about their credit once they realized how good the film is. [25] Black Swan began development under Protozoa Pictures and Overnight Productions, the latter financing the film. But it was as simple as that. Thomas, the beast, is well known for having affairs with his dancers. They both make incredible use of their bodies to express themselves. However, it seems that many people believe that Portman did her own dancing in Black Swan. "[9] The female characters are directed in the Swan Lake production by Thomas Leroy, played by Cassel. As the two young dancers expand their rivalry into a twisted friendship, Nina begins to get more in touch with her dark side - a recklessness that threatens to destroy her. One becomes perfect in every area except for life itself. The film seems to be unfolding along lines that can be anticipated: There's tension between Nina and Thomas, and then Lily (Mila Kunis), a new dancer, arrives from the West Coast. Aronofsky cites Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Double as another inspiration for the film. [15] In a March 3 blog entry for Dance Magazine, editor-in-chief Wendy Perron asked: "Do people really believe that it takes only one year to make a ballerina? Instead, its that he thinks very well. [44], The release of Black Swan in the United Kingdom was brought forward from February 11 to January 21, 2011. Nina Sayers is a dancers with a New York City ballet company. Darren Aronofsky's “Black Swan” is a full-bore melodrama, told with passionate intensity, gloriously and darkly absurd. "[36] Black Swan screened in competition and is the third consecutive film directed by Aronofsky to premiere at the festival, following The Fountain and The Wrestler. Nina Sayers is a 28-year-old dancer in a New York City ballet company, which is preparing to open its new season with Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. With prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre being forced into retirement, artistic director Thomas Leroy announces he is looking for a new dancer to portray the dual role of the innocent White Swan Odette and the sensual Black Swan Odile. [34], Black Swan had its world premiere as the opening film at the 67th Venice Film Festival on September 1, 2010. All of the themes of the music and life, all of the parallels of story and ballet, all of the confusion of reality and dream come together in a grand exhilaration of towering passion. Realizing the fight never occurred, yet the mirror is still broken, she also realizes that she actually stabbed herself and pulls a shard of glass from her own abdomen. Portman's ballerina loses her mind. History, the world and our lives are dominated by unlikely, large and unexpected events The plot revolves around a production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet by the New York City Ballet company. [39][40] In October 2010, Black Swan was screened at the New Orleans Film Festival,[41] the Austin Film Festival,[42] and the BFI London Film Festival. Sarah Lane, a soloist at ABT, did the heavy tricks, she did the fouettés, but they only had her for a limited time, a couple of weeks, so I did the rest of whatever dance shots they needed. "[61] Similarly, in a piece for The Huffington Post, Rob Kirkpatrick praised Portman's performance but compared the film's story to that of Showgirls (1995) and Burlesque (2010) while concluding Black Swan is "simply higher-priced cheese, Aronofsky's camembert to [Burlesque director Steve] Antin's cheddar. There is really only one place this can take us, and it does. “Swan Lake” requires the lead to play opposite roles. The following morning, Nina wakes up alone and realizes she is late for the dress rehearsal. [56] Reuters described the early response to the film as "largely positive" with Portman's performance being highly praised. When he forcibly kisses her, she bites him before running out of his office. It centers on a performance by, CIFF 2020: Black Perspectives Program Highlights Diverse Voices, CIFF 2020: The Roger Ebert Award Returns to Champion New Voices, Immerse Yourself in Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project #3. For that matter, his "The Fountain" (2007) was about a man who seems to conquer time and space. This conflict between the ideal and the reality is consuming Nina Sayers, Portman's character. The basic idea for the film started when he hired screenwriters to rework a screenplay called The Understudy, which portrayed off-Broadway actors and explored the notion of being haunted by a double. She is all Nina is not: bold, loose, confident. They share a small apartment that feels sometimes like a refuge, sometimes like a cell. After forcing his former protégé, Beth MacIntyre, into an early retirement, the autocratic artistic director, Thomas Leroy, decides to give Nina the leading role of the Swan Queen in his bold re-imagining of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's eternal love story, The Swan Lake--a demanding dual role consisted of two contrasting characters: the White and the Black Swan. During the end of the ballet's second act, Nina becomes distracted by another hallucination, causing the Prince to drop her on stage. [5] He told her about a love scene between competing ballet dancers, and Portman recalled, "I thought that was very interesting because this movie is in so many ways an exploration of an artist's ego and that narcissistic sort of attraction to yourself and also repulsion with yourself. She returns to her dressing room and finds Lily preparing to play Odile. "[65], Several critics noted striking similarities between Satoshi Kon's 1997 anime film Perfect Blue and Aronofsky's Black Swan. But what was amazing to me was how similar the performers in both of these worlds are. [10], Portman and Kunis started training six months before the start of filming in order to attain a body type and muscle tone more similar to those of professional dancers. The director also considered Black Swan a companion piece to his 2008 film The Wrestler, with both films involving demanding performances for different kinds of art. [4] Aronofsky filmed Black Swan with a muted palette and a grainy style, which he intended to be similar to The Wrestler. The Black Swan Summary September 28, 2016 March 22, 2019 Niklas Goeke Self Improvement 1-Sentence-Summary: The Black Swan explains why we are so bad at predicting the future, and how unlikely events dramatically change our lives if they do happen, as well as what you can do to become better at expecting the unexpected. [33], The Chemical Brothers' music, which is featured prominently during the club scene in Black Swan, is omitted from the soundtrack album. Critics praised Portman's performance and Aronofsky's direction, while the film grossed over $329 million worldwide. But Nina has competition: a new dancer, Lily (Kunis), who impresses Leroy as well. Was that entirely her choice? [54], In September 2010, Entertainment Weekly reported that based on reviews from the film's screening at the Venice Film Festival, "[Black Swan] is already set to be one of the year's most love-it-or-hate-it movies. At a gala celebrating the new season, an intoxicated Beth confronts Nina, accusing her of sleeping with Thomas to get the role. “Black Swan” will remind some viewers of Aronofsky's previous film, "The Wrestler." Darren Aronofsky's “Black Swan” is a full-bore melodrama, told with passionate intensity, gloriously and darkly absurd. We know that Natalie Portman studied ballet as a kid and had a year of intensive training for the film, but that doesn't add up to being a ballerina. They then discover that she is bleeding profusely. Some found its theatricality maddening, but most declared themselves 'swept away'. Honeycutt commended Millepied's "sumptuous" choreography and Libatique's "darting, weaving" camera work. The film opens with a dream, and it becomes clear that her dream life is contiguous with her waking one. 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