CineTV Contest #77 - Favorite Natalie Portman Movie: Black Swan.
Natalie Portman is a beautiful woman who has enchanted me since her debut in Luc Besson's Leon The Professional. She has been proving that she is not just a pretty face, but a very competent actress who dares to act in any genre that comes her way, her most electrifying performance for me was in the film Black Swan.
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One of the best classical ballets is Swan Lake, being a fundamental piece in it the music of Tchaikovsky. Full of romanticism and beauty, it represents the triumph of good (Odette, the White Swan) over evil (Odile, the Black Swan).
The thriller starring Natalie Portman and directed by Darren Aronofsky makes use of suspense and reality distortion to portray the mental situation of its central figure.
Nina Sayers, a ballet dancer who tirelessly pursues perfection in her craft by sacrificing everything she has to achieve success. Reality and imagination overlap and create a hallucinatory effect that accompanies us throughout the story.
A new version of Swan Lake is to be performed by the US National Ballet Company. There will be only one Swan Queen representing the White Swan and the Black Swan. The choreography of this ballet requires from the dancers a great technical ability for the interpretation of the characters, especially that of the principal dancer, who is often the same for both roles of Odette/Odile and, while in the role of Odette she performs soft and delicate movements, when she is Odile they are much more energetic movements.
Nina impresses the company director with her technique as she performs the White Swan with exquisite precision, but she will have to prove that the sensuality and spontaneity characteristic of the Black Swan are also within her.Getting this role is only the beginning of Nina's destruction.
At times, it is difficult to distinguish between paranoia and reality. The film makes us experience the same delirium as Nina, and the suspense remains constant.
Throughout the story, Nina sees her face on other people's bodies, is sexually attracted to Lily ( Mila Kunis), but also envies her and sees her as a rival to destroy.
There are raw and bizarre moments happening in Nina's mind that we experience visually, such as:
The word Whore in the mirror, written by herself with the makeup she had stolen from the dressing room of the previous protagonist (Winona Ryder).
The skin of the finger: When Nina is in the bathroom, she tries to pull off a small piece of skin and, stretching it, she tears off a long strip. Instantly, we discover that it was only a figment of her imagination.
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Her other self in the bathtub: The young woman is immersed in the water and suddenly another version of herself appears above her and tries to drown her.
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The Attack on Beth: The company's former star, Beth (Winona Ryder), is admitted to the hospital after a suicide attempt. Nina comes to visit her and suddenly, Beth begins to stick a nail file in her face. Escaping from the hospital, Nina carries the file in her hands.
Throughout the film we continually see mirrors and reflections that represent Nina's multiple identity. Her image spreads wider and wider and her madness becomes more and more tangible.
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Also, her physical transformation into a swan occurs at several points in the film. We witness a complete metamorphosis: feathers begin to sprout from her skin and her knees are placed in reverse, as if it were a bird's leg.
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During the first act of the final performance, Nina seems to see her face among the dancers, which makes her unstable and causes her to fall to the floor in the middle of a pirouette. Arriving in the dressing room for the intermission, she finds Lily, who is preparing to replace her. In a fit of rage, Nina stabs a piece of mirror into her belly.
Believing her to be dead, he manages to hide her in the dressing room bathroom. During the performance as the Black Swan, she gives an impressive performance. As she prepares for the last act, Lily arrives in the dresser and compliment her.
Horrified, Nina discovers that the bathroom is empty and that she has a piece of mirror stuck in her stomach. Thus, she transforms back into the good version of herself, and assumes the gravity of the situation: she has fatally wounded herself and ventures towards her death.
She performs the final act and throws herself into the void (a gesture we had previously seen her rehearse). When the play concludes, the rest of the company comes to congratulate her and see how she is bleeding to death. The screen fades to white, and we can understand that the young woman has died. The young woman must pay a high price: her life.
Natalie Portman born in Jerusalem, on June 9, 1981 is an Israeli actress, director, producer and psychologist naturalized American. She has been a very versatile and excellent actress since her youth.
In this film the actress obtains a well-deserved Oscar for Best Actress, here she gives free rein to her talent, and also makes use of her knowledge of ballet. Practically, this woman has ventured into all genres of cinema, highlighting in her dramatic roles, although she is very good at comedy and action genre.
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Wow! We choose the same movie and I know it's one of her best.
For me without a doubt the best, and then his debut in Leon the Professional. You have very good taste in film.
Thank you for your comment. I didn't watch all of her movies, so maybe I missed some of her good ones too.