Black Swan
Perfection is not just about control. It's also about letting go.
Country
Production
Budget
$13 000 000
Box office
$329 398 046
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Joseph P. Reidy, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin, Jerry Fruchtman, Rose Garnett, Ari Handel, Jon Avnet, Bradley J. Fischer
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Audition
Mary Vernieu, Ann Goulder, Gayle Keller
Editing
Short description
A journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect.
What's left behind the scenes
- Filming all the scenes with Winona Ryder took 10 days.
- During filming, Natalie Portman suffered a rib injury. Full recovery took 6 weeks. She also sustained a concussion during filming.
- It took ten years for the screenplay to be made into a film.
- The first version of the script was called “The Understudy.” The story revolved around a New York theater. Darren Aronofsky liked the script and suggested moving the action to the world of ballet.
- Natalie Portman lost 9 kilograms for her role in the film.
- A year before filming began, Natalie Portman resumed ballet lessons. Initially, she trained for two hours a day for six months with choreographer Mary Helen Bowers, gradually preparing for the workload to build strength and flexibility and avoid injury during further work. She then increased her training to five hours a day and added swimming.
- Natalie Portman recommended Mila Kunis for the role of Lily.
- Clint Mansell wrote the film's music, which is a variation on the theme of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake".
- During filming, Darren Aronofsky tried to set Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis against each other to further intensify the tension between their characters.
- Blake Lively auditioned for the role of Lily.
- As a child, Winona Ryder tried ballet, but only lasted through the first lesson, as she said the teacher was too strict.
- In the first version of the script, Natalie Portman's character was named Alexandria.
- Originally, the film was intended to take place in France, with filming in Budapest, but this idea had to be abandoned due to budget limitations.
- In preparation for filming, Mila Kunis took ballet lessons for 5 hours a day, seven days a week, for 3 months.
- Darren Aronofsky offered Mila Kunis the role of Lily via Skype. Mila didn't even have to audition for the part.
- Meryl Streep was considered for the role of Erika.
- The film has a number of plot and visual similarities to the anime "True Tears." Darren Aronofsky bought the rights to adapt it in order to film a scene in "Requiem for a Dream." Aronofsky himself denies any direct influence of the anime on the film.
- Vincent Cassel compared his character to George Balanchine (Georgy Balanchivadze), one of the founders of New York City Ballet.
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