☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ½
Black Swan (2010) – D. Aronofsky
Thinking this was a
"body horror" film kept me on the edge of my seat for most of the
film (even a bloody toenail makes me squeamish), and the film does take
physicality as its content and its metier (above and beyond the discipline of
ballet, there's drugs, possible eating disorders, sexuality, injury, death).
Natalie Portman's performance is visceral and her weight loss for the role
gives a creepiness to her performance (that is belied by the Ashton Kutcher
movie that ran as a trailer). The tension is sustained throughout all of
Portman's interactions with others and then at a certain point in the film,
Aronofsky leaves the throttle open and things become insane. Only the American
accents spoil the Red Shoes mood.
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