Wardrobe

I enjoyed the costumes throughout the film. In general I believe the costumes contribute a great deal to understanding the personalities of each actor. Lilly, Mila wears darker shades to which gives an air of mystery to her. Nina, Natalie Portman, wears a modest wardrobe with light colors hues of pink and white, reflecting her innocence she has in the beginning. While her estranged  mother wore black dresses and shirts, a bland wardrobe for a modest mother.

Thomas holds a gala to officially announce Beth's "retirement" and Nina's rise as the Swan Queen. The dress chosen reflects her innocence which is later made more apparent, when her director tells her to to lude things in the scene one can see her discomfort.

Her black swan ensemble was so striking all by itself. The Dress during the performance beautiful and reflects the broken swan. The Raven Wings appear during her performance creating awe for the viewer.

The Costumes were so elegant and showed the actors personality that wanted to be portrayed within the film. The influence of the wardrobe throughout this film is impeccable and adds to the films beauty.

Twisted Art

I simply loved the plot of Black Swan. The audience is constantly on the edge of their seat because of all of the contrasting forces Nina is faced with. Nina, Natalie Portman, is given the lead role in Swan Lake, but Thomas, a mesmerizing Vincent Cassel, the company's director, constantly pushes her to not be as innocent as she depicts herself. He tells her to "go touch yourself" in order to bring out the black swan that must be sensual  and edgy in contrast to the white swan.  However, a new dancer, Lily Mila Kunis, is exactly the kind of dancer for the latter, and she and Nina strike up a strange friendship that leads to personal discovery,' fierce competition and ultimately Nina's psychological unraveling. 

According to a review in Rolling Stone,"the movie tips over into horror, blurring the line between reality and hallucination. Black Swan is a high-wire act for Aronofsky and Portman as they lure us into Nina's tormented mind. Portman's portrait of an artist under siege is unmissable and unforgettable. So is the movie. You won't know what hit you."

This Review Incorporates everything I thought of the film. I loved the way the movie makes the audience wonder what is reality and what is a Figment of Nina's imagination. 

Actors

Mila Kunis plays the manipulative, high strung diva. To which our white swan, Natalie Portman, is constantly perceived to be her best friend, but also feels mocked and envious simultaneously. In order to get the role Portman made changes to herself; such as loosing an copious amount of weight to match a ballerinas physique. She plays the broken ballerina beautifully. Barbara Hershey plays the unstable mother of Portman, but is it for a reason? Nina's mother, a former dancer, puts added pressure on her daughter and is desperately trying to live through Nina causing stress between the two.  For a brief moment you get to see what a completely broken and grief consumed soul Beth McIntyre, played by Winona Ryder, is and how Nina thinks she may turn out if she continues the path towards the top. 

Beautiful Sequence

This firm was an aesthetic piece of work I haven't seen a ballet movie yet that compares to Black Swan.  


"The history of film is feathered with ravishing ballerinas whose longing for transcendent flight sends them high-diving into borderline dementia, virgin brides for whom the stage is the sacrificial altar of Beauty. But none has gone as singularly ballistic as Natalie Portman's Nina Sayers in Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, whose obsession to be the perfect Odette/Odile in Swan Lake is self-devouring"


I agree with Mr.James Wolcott of Vanity Fair in this quote because Nina's descent into dementia was so perfectly portrayed. Black Swan depicted that ballet is not a dying art and is worth dying for, or even killing for. I would suggest this film if one is looking for a fresh new take on ballet and the pressures of which it can put on a rising star. The transition for Nina from innocent to almost demonic is breathtaking. Black Swan is an intriguing selection, that I think anyone whom is interested in the human mind would enjoy.  Black Swan, the ballerina saga flips its tiara and goes on a hallucinatory bender, a scary acid trip where transfiguration and dis-figuration meet.



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“Black Swan."Rolling Stone 1119 (2010): 127. Academic Search Complete. Web. 27 Oct. 2015."

Wolcott, James. "Black Swan Down." Vanity Fair 605 (2011): 38. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 3 Nov. 2015.