Black Swan, Darren Aronfsky's new film which was recently confirmed as the opening offering at the Venice Film Festival, saw its first trailer debut online on Wednesday. Hinting at a psychological piece which sees Natalie Portman's ballet dancer descending further and further into a murky paranoia, aimed at rival Mila Kunis and artistic director Vincent Cassel, the trailer is both dark and disturbing and, therefore, very tasty.
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I fear the the story might be a bit predictable, but it looks so lavish and beautiful. I'll probably end up seeing it in theaters.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see this. I wish they had Oscars for trailers, anyway.
ReplyDeleteEdgar - I'm not an Aronofsky fan but he does know how to make things which look exactly as you say. You might be right though and it does seem fairly obvious what's going on.
ReplyDeleteSimon - In all seriousness there should definitely be some sort of marketing-related award. Maybe not at the Oscars but perhaps at The Globes? It's not like they're particularly relevent at the moment...
The Oscars, the Globes, or trailers?
ReplyDeleteAh yes, I see where you're coming from there. I actually meant The Globes but kind of like the fact that for a moment it could have been absolutely anything!
ReplyDeleteChomping at the bit to see this one, even though the trailer is not exactly what I expected. I'm hoping to see this trailer at least once in theaters, just so I can hear an audience reaction to that final shot.
ReplyDeleteAs I say, I'm not really an Aronofsky fan but I too am certainly intrigued by this. You're right too - it'd be interesting to see how a cinema audience take the trailer.
ReplyDeleteIf the trailer were to play in a more popular theater (rather than an art-house one), I would suspect to hear a bunch of "WTF?!" reactions. I was actually at my cousin's apartment when I first watched the trailer. I had to borrow his computer, so he and his roommates decided to watch along with me, and they were baffled out of their minds. But they did want to watch it again, so I think with some films the "WTF-type" trailers may be a marketing asset.
ReplyDeleteYes, I'd definitely agree with that and I think what you're saying there is really interesting. I wouldn't be surprised if it's a concious choice: Aronofsky sometimes struggles to break into the mainstream and it wouldn't surprise me if this more convuluted and "WTF" marketing approach has been designed to try and create a bit of intrigue and remedy that.
ReplyDeleteNot really sure what to make of this trailer and movie. I guess that's because I'm a guy but this doesn't seem all that appetizing except maybe for a potential good to great performance from Portman to watch for. I like Portman but she usually has those few moments where she rings false in a movie so I'm not holding my breath...
ReplyDeleteOf course, you could be absolutely right Castor and we're all prejuging this on the basis of a couple of minutes of trailer. Having said that, I like Portman and really like Cassell so I'm keeping optimistic... for now.
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