
Black Swan
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As the Black Swan director says, “Because we are filmmakers, we can show where a person’s mind goes.” Aronofsky is able to use cinematic language to visualize the abstract emotions of everyday experience. But how exactly does he achieve this? In this post, we’re going to examine the ways director Darren Aronofsky’s directing techniques enhance some of the strangest worlds imaginable.
Whether through greed, passion, addiction, or the quest for perfection, Aronofsky's characters often self-destruct in visceral, kinetic ways illustrated—both ...