Darren Aronofsky summer time is upon us, as his ninth function “Caught Stealing” hits theaters August 29. However the week earlier than, his iconic 2010 ballerina-on-the-brink thriller “Black Swan” will return for a particular IMAX fifteenth anniversary engagement on August 21 and 24. Searchlight Photos will take the Greatest Image nominee — and Greatest Actress winner for Natalie Portman — to greater than 200 IMAX screens on August 21 and 24.
Directed by Aronofsky and shot by Matthew Libatique, “Black Swan” has been specifically remastered for the IMAX format, becoming a member of current premium retro screenings just like the upcoming golden anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” and the tenth anniversary of Robert Eggers’ “The Witch.”
In line with Searchlight, extra plans to rejoice “Black Swan’s” fifteenth birthday might be introduced all year long, and the corporate has launched a model new trailer (beneath) to get issues began. Portman swept the film awards season that yr for her bodily and mentally grueling portrayal of sexually repressed New York Metropolis ballerina Nina Sayers, who spirals into insanity and delusion when she takes on the twin position of the Swan Queen for a brand new interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake.” Sending her world additional right into a tailspin are her helicopter mother (a splendidly creepy Barbara Hershey), lascivious creative director (Vincent Cassel), and confidante-turned-company-nemesis Lily (Mila Kunis).
“Black Swan” grossed greater than $329 million on the international field workplace off a price range within the low eight figures, with nominations for Image, Director, Cinematography, and Modifying together with Portman’s Greatest Actress win.
After opening the Venice Movie Pageant and premiering in theaters later within the fall, “Black Swan” was topic to at the very least two controversies that finally had little affect on its legacy: First, that the movie was an uncited reinterpretation of Satoshi Kon’s 1997 anime movie “Good Blue,” a couple of former Japanese pop star pushed to insanity by an obsessive fan.
One other got here from American Ballet Theatre dancer Sarah Lane, who served as Portman’s dance double on the movie and who allegedly did a lot of the onscreen dancing attributed to Portman, the actress’ face digitally superimposed on Lane’s physique throughout probably the most difficult pointe work. By means of quite a few statements and interviews, the filmmakers resolved the problem, with the technical calls for of Portman’s efficiency finally undisputed regardless of Lane arguably not receiving the credit score she felt was due. (Portman had studied ballerina as a toddler after which spent one other yr coaching for the “Black Swan” manufacturing.)
Both method, “Black Swan” remains to be remembered as a delirious mash-up of excessive artwork and sleaze, of “The Pink Sneakers,” “Carrie,” “Showgirls,” and “All About Eve,” a backstage melodrama now understood as probably the greatest movies of the twenty first century to date.
IMAX screenings of “Black Swan” will happen in main cities all through the U.S. and Canada, with tickets for choose showings already accessible.
