Monday, May 9, 2011

Journal 44: Black Swan

Black Swan is a masterfully done film and probably my favorite film ever. It's a psychological thriller that has to do with the art of ballet and the breakdown of a dancer in a famous studio as she strives for the lead role in the version of Swan Lake they are putting on. The movie itself is very bleak and dark, and also extremely well done. I just saw it a few days ago and I can't get over how awesome it was. The hero in the movie was very flawed and as evidenced throughout the course of the film is an unreliable narrator with a serious mental problem that is warping her perception of everything and thus making our viewing of the film unreliable. With these qualities in mind several incidents of the film occur in which we are given a warped view. Also the ending is left up to viewer interpretation which gives way to the multiple meaning. The view is wapred and we see reality break through a few times which gives us the multiple viewpoints in the film due to the protagonist's unreliability. Also the protagonist is very flawed and the entire film reveals the seemingly kind and caring protagonist has a dark and evil side to her that is responsible for the death and downfall of herself eventually. It really was a great movie and Natalie Portman was just obnoxiously good and so very deserving of that Academy Award that she won. Anyway I really liked that movie and would highly recommend it. Oh good lord I still have way too much blog to write and I really don't want to so I'm just gonna go off on a tangent here for a bit I think just to get rid of some of these word reuqirements. But yeah the film is more epic in scale than most and therefore it makes for a more fantastical story. That's about all for that.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Modernism Project



Works Cited


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