Beautiful New BLACK SWAN Poster May Hold a Hidden Message
Black Swan is a film that has been prominent on my radar even though not much has been revealed about it in quite awhile. No new trailer. No new clips. We have been given a trippy website that adds a certain mystery to the whole storyline, but not much in regards to juicy news. Well, it seems the studio understood my longing for something real, since they have just released a new poster for the psychological thriller directed by Darren Aronofsky (Requiem For a Dream, Pi, The Wrestler). Black Swan is set to be released in independent theaters throughout the month of December. I am sure if it does well enough, more theaters will likely be not too far behind. Until then, you can feast your eyes on this gorgeous new poster that may imply a darker transformation.
If you take a look at the poster below, you can see a feather placed perfectly in line under her arm resembling a wing growing off of her. Given the red eyes from the last poster and the subtle “wing” coming off of her here, can we expect a David Cronenberg- esque transformation sequence in the film? Is Natalie Portman physically turning into a swan or is it all in her head (or maybe mine). Maybe I am just reading too much into it all. Either way, I could not be more excited for the Friday, Nov. 19th screening of the film at The Hi-Pointe theater. The screening is part of The St. Louis International Film Festival that concludes this Sunday. A synopsis of the film is as follows:
A New York City ballet company is producing Swan Lake, and director Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel) decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre (Winona Ryder) with ballerina Nina (Natalie Portman). Nina lives with Erica (Barbara Hershey), her overbearing mother and a former ballerina. Nina finds competition in new dancer Lily (Mila Kunis). Swan Lake requires a ballerina who can play the innocent White Swan, which fits Nina, and the sensual Black Swan, which fits Lily. The dancers’ rivalry changes into a bizarre friendship, and Nina begins exploring a dark side of herself.
Source: LatinoReview
Michael Haffner
Somewhere between growing up on a steady diet of Saturday morning trips to the local comic-book shop, collecting an unhealthy amount of action figures, and frequent viewings of Ray Harryhausen and Hammer Horror films, came forth a nerdy boy that was torn between journalism and the arts. In high school, Michael found himself writing a movie column for the school newspaper. Yet, he went on to get a BFA in Studio Art at Webster University. When not writing about films, you can still find him discussing classic horror, collecting action figures, and reading Batman. Clearly, not much has changed.
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