TWO WAYS OF LOOKING AT A BLACKBIRD: DARREN ARONOFSKY’S BLACK SWAN
Whether Nina completely comprehends this seems somewhat dubious. She may
recognize the power of the Black Swan, but does she understand its vulnerability as the
audience does? For Nina, deception still seems possible. That she does not perfectly play or
become the Black Swan in her performance is clearly illuminated by the floodlights that show
the discrepancy in the depiction of the dancer’s arms and wings projected by her shadow on
the wall. Unlike earlier scenes in which this detachment occur, Nina is oblivious to it. There
also exists and irony of the idealistic valence placed by Nina’s on her final self-mutilation.
TWO WAYS OF LOOKING AT A BLACKBIRD: DARREN ARONOFSKY’S BLACK SWAN.

Cinematographic Art&Documentation

Volum | Număr 5 (9) | Publicat la 16/04/2012 | ISSN  1844-2803

Autori:
Barbara A. Nelson
Rezumat
Whether Nina completely comprehends this seems somewhat dubious. She may
recognize the power of the Black Swan, but does she understand its vulnerability as the
audience does? For Nina, deception still seems possible. That she does not perfectly play or
become the Black Swan in her performance is clearly illuminated by the floodlights that show
the discrepancy in the depiction of the dancer’s arms and wings projected by her shadow on
the wall. Unlike earlier scenes in which this detachment occur, Nina is oblivious to it. There
also exists and irony of the idealistic valence placed by Nina’s on her final self-mutilation.



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