Movie Review: Black Swan - The Twisted Interpretation
I just watched Black Swan last night, and needless to say, but I was left with many questions regarding the story. The Atlanta Misfit usually doesn't review movies, thus, we introduce...the Movie Monkey. Nothing like a big pile of internet research crap to inspire a new blog post. After reading through multiple "interpretations" I have come to two conclusions.
1. That some people are morons, and really like to get website hits, so they regurgitate info that no one needs to read, and that other people have already written!
2. That I have a sick mind, obviously, because I didn't find any interpretations that are as twisted as my own. Of course, I too, like the Director Darren Aronofsky, am an artist and we tend to have a different point of view.
Yes, Nina's (Natalie Portman) got the crazy disease. She needs meds. But there are a lot of crazy people in the world who don't need meds because they find a hobby or trade that allows them to obsess over. A ballerina is very disciplined and obsessive -and they have to be. No slacker could just show up to the ballet and bust out a parawet. Somehow she has managed to hold it together over the years. So where is the controversy…? Time for the meat and potatoes.
After discussing my own crazy theories with a coworker and what he found researching, this is what we think…and yes, there are spoilers.
The ending - she dies from a fatal wound. Out of her misery! Poetry and suicide - the crazies do it best.
Her Mother (Barbara Hershey's kiss) - Nina really lives alone, and her Mother is never there at all or just possibly visits. Her Mother is a molester. There is one part in the movie where Nina's Mother is standing in Nina's bedroom doorway and says "are you ready for me". And why the need to block your own door with a piece of wood unless you really don’t want someone getting in? Nina's Mother is also very doting - but in a creepy way. Recall the scene where she is helping Nina take off her dress and Nina snaps "I can do it" - but the Mother persists. Yep, just like a Molester - they want to touch you. Even the ballerina music box by Nina's bedside is something that her Mom uses to soothe her to sleep - like a kid. Does an adult really need to be tucked in? I think it is a bad memory, and isn’t really happening. When Nina smashed the music box, it is her trying to let go of that memory.
The demented portraits in the next room - Nina painted them. It is the way that abused children often communicate. When you see the person painting, the view is only the back of the head.
Nina’s scratching – She feels better when she hurts herself. It is a way to bring herself back to reality. Kids, don’t try this at home.
Nina’s issues with sex and masturbation - She is riddled with guilt from her experience with her Mother (and/or Father, who is MIA). She has deeply repressed sexual feelings which develop into fantasies about Lily (Mila Kunis). She allows her boss Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel) to touch her because he steals it – something she is used to. Biting his lip is her attempt to fight back.
But the crazies always lose the fight. Nina will be remembered, but not forgotten. Hey, cinema will ALWAYS bring back that make out scene...
Very cool film.
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