Chapter 2351： Perfection

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The story of "Black Swan" ended with thunderous applause, and in real life, "Black Swan" ushered in a thunderous applause after the movie ended. When the lights of the cinema were turned on, the audience stood up collectively and sent congratulations and praises to Natalie Portman and Evan Bell with the warmest applause, no exception.

Although this is a psychological thriller movie, even if it is held on a large scale, it will not be recognized by a large audience. Just like the "Silence of the Lambs" at the beginning, it not only won unanimous praise from the public opinion circle, but also won the Oscar for Best Picture, Best Picture The best director, best actor, best actress and many other golden figures are affirmed, but the box office in North America is 130 million US dollars, which is also a direct manifestation of subject matter restrictions.

You must know that "Silence of the Lambs" ranks second in the box office of the same type of films, and the champion is the prequel "Red Dragon" of the same series. It is very difficult for a real psychological thriller to exceed 100 million at the box office, so this is also destined to be difficult for "Black Swan" to make a difference at the box office.

But it is undeniable that the work "Black Swan" is enough to become a classic in the hearts of audiences who really like genre films. Not to mention Natalie Portman's stunning performance in this film, and Evan Bell's delicate grasp of psychological changes as a director, which all make "Black Swan" successfully frightened. After the audience, he won the applause of everyone in the cinema.

"Dark, gorgeous, eerie, painful, desperate, amazing. I watched the last minute of the movie with my mouth covered, and I didn't even miss the last second of the subtitles.

"Black Swan" is so beautiful that it makes me suffocate, and every Evan's work without exception makes people fall in love with it.

The plot of the story is not unexpected, but the wonderful thing about Evan is that he squeezes every scene and every scene into a depressing, compact, weird, and gorgeous way, allowing the audience to follow the footsteps of the movie step by step without leaving extra effort to think. The next episode, slowly, bit by bit, suffocates with the climax. Even the most ordinary story, Evan can give it fresh life, and then proudly bloom in our sight. "

This is from the beginning of a film review written by Neil D'Arcy for the New York Times. This review is undoubtedly the best interpretation of the film, and it is also the truest thought in the hearts of viewers who have watched the show: thriller, Terrible, scary but addicting! Even if I only feel creepy during the viewing process, I don't have any extra time to think and be afraid.

Although Neil Darcy has long been conquered by Evan Bell, he always sees something new in every Evan Bell work, which is really amazing. This time the "Black Swan" is even more so. The "Black Swan" is not only a psychological work, but also an artistic creation closely related to the entertainment industry. This is a work of art in itself, which also makes the "Black Swan" story implicit The depth of meaning far exceeds the part that an ordinary film can contain.

"Using the artistic medium of film to express another artistic dance and the whole story revolves around the ballet 'Swan Lake' and the life, emotion and mentality of ballet dancers, and discusses the price of pursuing the highest level of art. Obviously Evan Shooting this film is more thinking, not only a reflection on my own artistic career, but also a reflection on the entire artistic ecology.

Evan controls the pattern of 'Black Swan' to a very limited range, and does not have much ambition in terms of story, character, connotation, depth, etc. Everything is controlled by the 'Swan Lake' and the dance art itself, the audience. As long as you appreciate it carefully and pay attention to the details, you will experience endless deep meanings from the story, which can even be called a psychological suggestion. This also makes "Black Swan" the most artistic work of Evan's directorial career.

The story of "Black Swan" seems to be full of suspense and horror, but it is not complicated. To put it simply, when a tireless and hard-working ballerina ushered in a turning point in her career, her sensitive and fragile mind could not bear the pressure from all directions, resulting in schizophrenia, paranoia, and wandering between fantasy and reality. . On the one hand, her life began to be fragmented, but on the other hand, it also allowed her to break through the personal constraints in the limit of madness, reaching a new height of artistic perfection, realizing the supreme state of the unity of human and drama, and at the same time paying for it. the price of life.

Evan's concept of filming is very clear, that is, to hide all kinds of relationships and suspense in endless details, as long as you are willing to discover, there will be no omissions and ambiguities, and there will be no mysteries of many works of art, and no commercial movies. The over-exaggeration, everything is under the control of the audience.

Evan obviously spent a lot of energy on character design and relationship arrangements. Nina is a standard white swan character from the beginning, charming, simple, sensitive, fragile, and self-suppressing; Lily, who corresponds to her, is a standard black swan, unrestrained, uninhibited, cheerful, generous, and seductive. Therefore, the relationship between Nina and Lily is one that attracts and competes with each other, just like the twins of white swan and black swan. She even had sexual fantasies, but on the other hand she also felt threatened and always suspected that Lily was going to replace herself.

Beth's existence is the benchmark for the principal dancer, and it is also the doomed trajectory in the art field: from an obscure supporting role, to the spotlight at the center of the stage, the age of old age is also the end of her artistic career. Nina envied Beth, she wanted to be Beth, but at the same time she was afraid to be Beth - because she didn't want to give up like Beth.

As a supervisor of art, Thomas has a clear understanding and interpretation of performance. He pursues perfection, but at the same time has many different definitions of perfection; he advocates art, but at the same time has an accurate positioning for the needs of business. The pressure that Thomas puts on Nina, which chemistry with Nina's own pursuit of perfection, ultimately creates the entire story.

As for the role of Erica as a mother, this is also the biggest hidden thread hidden in the whole story by Evan. First of all, Erica is a controller. She controls everything about Nina, from life, character to career. Nina is like a six-year-old child in her hands; but Erica is the source of Nina's cowardly personality. The black swan's personality is suppressed by Erica in Nina's body, and it takes too long to suppress. This led to the final Nina's outbreak, which completely destroyed herself. In short, Erica is the source of Nina's self-destruction.

In order to pursue perfection, Nina began to destroy herself under the endless pressure. It happened that she had to perfectly interpret the completely opposite forms of white swan and black swan, which caused schizophrenia outside the play. When the surrounding pressure suppressed Nina's white swan mentality to its fragile limit, the black swan mentality broke out, grabbed Nina's mind, and plunged Nina into chaos and madness.

It can be said that Evan's setting of the psychological change process and the design of suspense are really refreshing. The structure of the story is obviously very simple, but Evan's interpretation of the colorful pattern has brought the quality of the film from excellent to better. high level. The theme of the film is actually the pursuit of artistic perfection, but does 'perfection in art' really exist? Evan gave his answer, which is there, but not absolute, but relative.

Nina splits her personality in pursuit of art. This split makes art perfect, but she sacrifices her life in exchange for it. When artists break through themselves and break the routine to pursue the ultimate in art, only in a state of madness can they reach this supreme state and understand the true meaning of art. It was said in "Farewell My Concubine" that if you don't go crazy, you can't live. Maybe that's the mark of artistic perfection.

Of course, Evan believes that this kind of perfection is only relative, because everyone has a different understanding of art. Erica believes that perfection is a daughter who will never grow up. Thomas believes that perfection is relaxation, control, There is a degree of release. Lily thinks perfection is unruly and unrestrained, Beth thinks perfection is madness with a dark temperament, and Nina originally thought perfection is control, but at the end of the story, Nina found what belongs to her. The perfection: self-splitting, madness survives Natalie Portman gave the best acting skills of her career in Evan's lens, the little loli in 'This killer is not too cold' She has grown into a breathtaking and peerless beauty, and she shows Nina's completely different temperament of white swan and black weather in a delicate, expressive and vivid manner. Natalie vividly shows the transformation of Nina's role through body language, facial expressions and delicate outlines in her eyes, which is really amazing.

In addition, Erica played by Meryl and Lily played by Mila are also outstanding, and they are on a par; not to mention Thomas played by Evan himself, charming, calm, mature, shrewd, The temperament of art shines in Evan.

Excellent actors, excellent script, and superior control have created such a 'black swan'. In the story, Nina sacrificed her life to pursue the perfection of art, but in real life, Evan made his artistic career reach a new height, but he did not have to exchange his life. If he lost Evan, it would definitely be a complete loss A big loss to the world entertainment industry, I believe no one wants to see this scene coming.

Evan used the story of "black swan" to tell the process of artists' pursuit of perfection, and at the same time, he also presented his own process of pursuing a higher realm of art in this real but terrifying way, which is wonderful! Definitely one of the best movies of the year! For me, this is perfection. "

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