Black Swan, The Novice and Depictions of Feminine Obsession - Outtake
outtakemag.co.uk · 1,308 words · saved by 1 readers
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
related reading
- 'Black Swan': How the Director Tried To Pit Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman Against Each Othercheatsheet.com
- Very Good Filmsverygoodfilms.co
- Black Swan (2010) - Movie Script | Script Slugscriptslug.com
- Darren Aronofsky - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Best Picture nominees, unstackedread.substack.com
- My Self-Imposed Humiliation Ritual: Is It Transgressive to be the First Trans Film Critic to Review Actors?weard.substack.com
- ‘Obsession’ & the Male Loneliness Epidemicamandagoodriddance.substack.com
- Do it for the plot - Octopusyarnoctopusyarn.com
- “Obsession” and “Backrooms” Movie Review | The New Yorkernewyorker.com
- Appropriating Art Nouveau, Part Twounframed.lacma.org
- Film Bodies: Gender, Genre, and Excessfaculty.las.illinois.edu
- Mulholland Drive (film) - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org