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    movie ’Black Swan’ follows the story of Nina‚ a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her retired ballerina mother Erica‚ who lives vicariously through Nina and zealously supports her daughter’s professional ambition. Nina is selected by the artistic director‚ Thomas Leroy‚ as prima ballerina for the opening production of the new season‚ Swan Lake. Nina has competition in a new dancer‚ Lily‚ who impresses Leroy as well. Swan Lake requires

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    My Black Swan Analysis

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    My Black Swan Analysis The magnificent "obsession" can be one of two things. It can be a thing of beauty‚ a gifted ballet dancer gracefully contorting their body to a harmonious pace. But it can also be a thing of darkness‚ a face of white like Bergman’s vision of Death with red‚ piercing eyes included. Director Darren Aronofsky is no stranger to telling tales of obsession. In fact‚ most of his films deal with the dueling sides of that fiery driven coin. With Black Swan‚ his latest film

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    Borderline Personality Disorder The Black Swan is a psycho thriller film that narrates the demise of a young talented twenty-some year old ballerina named Nina Sayers. The story begins with the main character Nina anticipating her lead role as the Swan Queen in the upcoming new production of Swan Lake. This new version of Swan Lake as presented by the artistic director‚ Thomas Leroy‚ tells the story of a virginal girl that is trapped in the body of a White Swan. The White Swan desires to be free but only

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    The Black Swan Before the discovery of Australia‚ all the world had never seen a black swan before. An impossible accomplishment in someones life before this time was referred to as “ a black swan.” The mere sight of one black swan after the discovery of Australia negated the thousands of years of sightings of white swans and thinking they were the only species of swan. This generalization that was put on the term “black swan” before the british occupation of Australia is just an example of

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    2007 book titled The Black Swan‚ Nassim Nicholas Taleb explained developed theory that related to circumstantial disasters and events and their role in history. Events that Taleb would consider as of black swan consequence would include most major scientific discoveries‚ historical events and disaster‚ as well as certain artistic accomplishments. Referencing these events as black swan has to do with the Old World expression that that something was as “rare as a black swan”. Examples of such events

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    BLACK SWAN Don’t know what it is about films like this one. They drain you completely while making you wonder about the pointlessness of perfection. Black Swan is about ballerina Nina Sayer (Portman) who lands the role of the Swan Queen in a production of the Tchaikovsky classic. Normally‚ this should have been a happy occasion but with a mother who pushes her all the time‚ she strives to get picked in lead roles only to see roles go to lesser talents. Years of failure to get

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    The Black Swan is a 2010 American psychological thriller-horror film directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman‚ Vincent Cassel and Mila Kunis. The plot revolved around a production of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake ballet by a prestigious New York City company. The written production is required role of a ballerina to play the innocent and fragile White Swan‚ which the committed dancer‚ Nina‚ is a perfect fit for‚ but she also has to play the role ad the dark and sesual Black Swan‚ which

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    Film Review: Black Swan Everyone has heard of ballet‚ some perhaps just that‚ while others practice it or just enjoy watching it on stage. Most people have also heard of Swan Lake‚ maybe even saw it performed in one or another adaptation‚ as there are many. Then there is Black Swan directed by Darren Aronofski‚ which leaves most other adaptations in the shade. Darren Aronofski is a most certainly an ingenious director; he’s proven that with Black Swan‚ as well as with his previous films which

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    Nicholas Taleb’s The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable discusses extreme events that everyone believes to be “highly improbable” and to be widely unexpected. Taleb calls the extreme events “Black Swans.” Taleb believes that the unexpected (“Black Swan”) is the key to understanding not only financial markets‚ but also history itself. When Wall Street suffered its worst single-day in modern history in 1987 Taleb had this “ah hah” moment. He then realized that “Black Swans” could happen at

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    Black Swan Review In the movie Black Swan‚ directed by Darren Aronosk‚ the storyline is about a timid ballet dancer in her progress in a demanding environment of professional ballet. Throughout the film‚ Nina (the main character) shows countless ways of sacrificing one’s self for the positive progression of her performance. There are various times where Nina gets in touch with herself in a way to become a more efficient ballet dancer‚ and performer. Nina’s ballet director has a huge impact on

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