Now this is a film I shudder to review (for more reasons than one). Anyhow, here goes:
Black Swan is Darren Aranofsky’s offering this year. Though I have lost touch with him since Requiem for a Dream, he is still supreme. Now this is a film where I felt I was constantly swimming out of my depth. On one level, it is a genuinely scary film. On the next, it grosses out the strongest hearted. It is a visceral, taut psychological thriller with many levels.
From a film making perspective, his attention to detail is worth noticing. The protagonist Nina (brilliantly essayed by Natalie Portman) forever draped in light pinks and whites, while all the other actors are dressed in dark colours. This is only scratching the surface of the mise-en-scene, there are many many more details he has worked into the telling of the story.
The story itself is so intricately woven that I do not feel myself skilled enough to tell it. Let it be said that Aranofsky is a master of his craft, and you only have to watch the film to know more about it.
