Black Swan (Aronofsky, 2010): Natalie Portman
07-27-10, 08:02 AM
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PS: The Black Swan, which is completed, will be opening the Venice Film Festival this year. 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/...ck-swan-venice
Black Swan, the new picture from writer-director Darren Aronofsky, will open this year's Venice film festival. A backstage drama set around the New York ballet scene, the film stars Natalie Portman and Vincent Cassel.
This marks the 41-year-old Aronofsky's third appearance in the Venice competition. His 2006 drama The Fountain was famously booed when it was unveiled at the festival in 2006. However, he made amends by winning the crowning Golden Lion award for The Wrestler in 2008.
"The cast and crew of Black Swan are both excited and humbled by the festival's invitation," Aronofsky said. "It is an honour to walk the great red carpet on the Lido and we are excited to premiere our film to the wonderful audiences in Venice."
Co-scripted by Aronofsky, Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz, Black Swan casts Portman as an anguished dancer in a New York production of Swan Lake. Mila Kunis co-stars as a rival performer, while the cast also includes Barbara Hershey and Winona Ryder. Last year's event kicked off with the premiere of Baaria, a Sicilian epic from Giuseppe Tornatore that belatedly opens in the UK this Friday.
The 67th Venice film festival runs from 1-11 September, with Quentin Tarantino as jury president.
Black Swan, the new picture from writer-director Darren Aronofsky, will open this year's Venice film festival. A backstage drama set around the New York ballet scene, the film stars Natalie Portman and Vincent Cassel.
This marks the 41-year-old Aronofsky's third appearance in the Venice competition. His 2006 drama The Fountain was famously booed when it was unveiled at the festival in 2006. However, he made amends by winning the crowning Golden Lion award for The Wrestler in 2008.
"The cast and crew of Black Swan are both excited and humbled by the festival's invitation," Aronofsky said. "It is an honour to walk the great red carpet on the Lido and we are excited to premiere our film to the wonderful audiences in Venice."
Co-scripted by Aronofsky, Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz, Black Swan casts Portman as an anguished dancer in a New York production of Swan Lake. Mila Kunis co-stars as a rival performer, while the cast also includes Barbara Hershey and Winona Ryder. Last year's event kicked off with the premiere of Baaria, a Sicilian epic from Giuseppe Tornatore that belatedly opens in the UK this Friday.
The 67th Venice film festival runs from 1-11 September, with Quentin Tarantino as jury president.
07-30-10, 04:32 PM
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Re: Black Swan (Aronofsky, 2010): Natalie Portman in supernatural thriller
That shot with Portman has a very Argento look to it. I'm on board with anything Aronofsky does, so I'll likely check this out.
07-30-10, 05:05 PM
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Re: Black Swan (Aronofsky, 2010): Natalie Portman in supernatural thriller
i'm really looking forward to this. aronofsky is a pretty great filmmaker and even the fountain had its strong points. the wrestler is a near masterpiece.
08-14-10, 10:12 AM
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Darren Aronofsky's latest movie Black Swan was assigned an R rating for "strong sexual content, disturbing violent images, language and some drug use." Starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis as rival ballet dancers, the thriller opens in limited release on Wednesday, Dec. 1.
08-15-10, 07:30 AM
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The Friday the 13th remake didn't have nudity listed either, for the theatrical version. Weird. I wonder if that's the case with Black Swan.
08-15-10, 09:14 AM
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"Swan" centers on a veteran ballerina (Portman) who finds herself locked in a competitive situation with a rival dancer, with the stakes and twists increasing as the dancers approach a big performance. But it's unclear whether the rival is a supernatural apparition or if the protagonist is simply having delusions.
http://scriptshadow.blogspot.com/200...lack-swan.html
08-15-10, 09:25 AM
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Re: Black Swan (Aronofsky, 2010): Natalie Portman in supernatural thriller
I'm a dvdatlker and gawd dammit, i cannot fully judge the whole film until the TEASER is released. 
That said, I'm interested based on Aronofsky's involvement.
That said, I'm interested based on Aronofsky's involvement.
08-17-10, 04:48 PM
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Oh, HELL yes. Trailer's up, and it looks outstanding:
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/f...ght/blackswan/
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/f...ght/blackswan/
08-17-10, 04:53 PM
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that trailer looks incredible...my ass will be in a seat the first day it's out here
08-17-10, 05:03 PM
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Re: Black Swan (Aronofsky, 2010): Natalie Portman in supernatural thriller
...I think you mean..make OUT...
Unless you mean they did a making of scene of some type....
Unless you mean they did a making of scene of some type....
08-17-10, 05:04 PM
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This looks fantastic. It reminds me of Eyes Wide Shut, which can only be a good thing.
08-17-10, 05:39 PM
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Re: Black Swan (Aronofsky, 2010): Natalie Portman in supernatural thriller
here we go...
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<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ViWQUOGIaSU?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ViWQUOGIaSU?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>
08-17-10, 05:41 PM
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Re: Black Swan (Aronofsky, 2010): Natalie Portman in supernatural thriller
Embedded in HD:
<object width="853" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-9V5ALmNUmk?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-9V5ALmNUmk?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="853" height="505"></embed></object>
08-17-10, 05:43 PM
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Re: Black Swan (Aronofsky, 2010): Natalie Portman in supernatural thriller
Well... I see if I had hit 'preview' in the last 90 seconds or so there, I'd have noticed an embed was already put up.