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Black Swan, The Novice and Depictions of Feminine Obsession - Outtake

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Swans, ravens, and female obsession: how does Darren Aronofsky's cult film Black Swan relate to Lauren Hadaway's directorial debut The Novice?

Deep Dive April 27, 2022 by Isobel Robinson 0 I first saw the trailer for The Novice in the cinema, a few weeks before I caught the actual film. For context: I was feeling buoyed by the thrill of drinking a fancy ale from the bar—I grew up in a suburban commuter town offering only big chain cinema fare aka rancid ‘nachos’. This buoyancy, and my anticipation of the jocularity promised by Sean Baker’s Red Rocket , led me to make a cutting joke that Lauren Hadaway’s psychological rowing drama resembled a ‘Black Swan for normies’. My friends laughed and I felt smug, but secretly I was intrigued. C

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