Black Swan

Obviously since my last post I have reconcilled with my sibling-kin. I think we were both pretty tired and to be honest I don't even remember what the fight was about. Such is the way of the world.

So I went and saw for myself last night what all the hype was about Black Swan. PHEW. It was phenomenal. Certainly a film for artists, or even for anyone who beats themselves up about achieving perfection. It was hauntingly beautiful, the last half-hour of the film was definitely the most exciting. I was clinging to my seat.





Another interesting thing was that I felt like I wanted to beat the mother character up the whole time. I've never felt that way towards a mother figure in a film. As a woman it seemed like a general rule not to feel that way. But somehow I kept balling my hands into fists whenever she spoke up!

There were a lot of moments where I thought, wow, there's something I've never seen on film before. I'd like to think I've seen a lot of movies, so I think that's a big statement. Maybe it wasn't so much to do with the subject matter of these moments, but more with the way they were shot because I felt the perspective and technique of some of the frames were brilliantly executed. There was a lot of humor in some moments (which may or may not have been intentional) (I'd like to hope that Mr. Arronovsky is THAT good)




One of those perhaps unintentionally hilarious moments came when this^ actress spouted the line, "You stole my things?" Oh, the irony. Also playing a decaying star. Not that she isn't still in her prime...Er.. No seriously, I've never been a fan...





^best, most cathartic, shaking moment of the film.