Review of Black Swan (2010) by Iamhe — 16 Jan 2011
There are very disturbing sequences throughout this film of putrefying flesh and violated bodies, and these images do not make sense, either psychologically or artistically. They are simply the usual manipulations of the audience employed by almost all films of the horror genre.
Such images play upon the morbid fascination that one feels when considering the loss of something that one considers to be essential to one's being, like a leg, or one's flesh, or one's face, or one's eyes.
Not even one of the characters is truly nurturing of either art or of the human beings who make it. Even the mother of the lead character is revealed to be a falsely nurturing figure. If that were true in real life, then there would be no art at all.
The movie left me with a feeling of dread that took several hours to overcome.
This review of Black Swan (2010) was written by Iamhe on 16 Jan 2011.
Black Swan has generally received very positive reviews.
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