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Andres Heinz. Writer: Black Swan. Andres Heinz attended UCLA and NYU film school where he completed his B.F.A with the highest honors; his thesis film "Ground Level B" was the winner of the 1st Place Mobil Award.
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- Black Swan (2010) Movie Summary & Plot Synopsis
- Black Swan (2010) Movie Themes Analysed
- Black Swan (2010) Movie Ending Explained
Nina Sayers is a young talented ballet dancer who lives with her mother, Erica (Barbara Hershey). She works with New York City Ballet Company which decided to open the new season with Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel), the director of the same, announces he needs a contemporary dancer for dual roles, White Swan Odette and Black...
1. PERFECTIONISM
Nina, the main protagonist of the movie, always strived for perfection. She was excessively driven by the desire to be perfect and to achieve perfection in her ballet performance. It is as if she had this thing on her mind that flawless is the only beauty standard in any field. When Lily made her way to perform the Odile, Nina knew her position was at stake, but she had nothing to worry about. Her depressed self repeatedly told her that everyone around her was trying to snatch her role. An in...
2. INSANITY
Aronofsky sent a great message through this film; he made his audiences aware that perfectionism is a disease. Nina, who was a calm, innocent, and beautiful young girl, fell prey to it. Nina’s perfectionist nature drove her straight to insanity. She became self-destructive, and continual hallucinations and delusions aided her in ultimately losing her grip on reality. She wasn’t differentiating between reality and hallucination before the final act. She thought she killed Lily but stabbed hers...
3. DUALITY
The film is based on Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, where the white swan (Odette) represents mere innocence, purity, and serenity, whereas the black swan (Odile) represents seduction, sensuality, and darkness. Every individual has a combination of these qualities, and that’s totally acceptable. Nina explored more and more about herself when she introduced her body to desires. Coping with dual qualities made Nina slip off of reality very soon. She knew black swan was marked by sexual awakening. This...
In the final scenes, it is shown that Nina gives in to her hallucinations and delusions while stabbing a figure resembling Lily, but little does she know she has injured herself. There are probable explanations for the ending, but the possible explanation is- Nina had two sides, the repressed, controlled, and perfect white swan and the passionate, ...
Black Swan is a 2010 American psychological horror film directed by Darren Aronofsky from a screenplay by Mark Heyman, John McLaughlin, and Andres Heinz, based on a story by Heinz. The film stars Natalie Portman in the lead role, with Vincent Cassel , Mila Kunis , Barbara Hershey , and Winona Ryder in supporting roles.
Short interview with Black Swan writer and original screenplay nominee, Andres Heinz. WGA Awards 2/5/11.
"Somebody I was living with had a psychotic breakdown," says Black Swan writer Andres Heinz. He recalls it as a "horrifying experience," one that he had to get down on paper. The result inspired Black Swan, the story of one ballerina's perseverance to succeed -- no matter what it takes.
Andres Heinz is best known for his screenplay The Understudy. The Understudy is the screenplay that the blockbuster feature film, Black Swan(2011) starring Natalie Portman is based on. Heinz attended UCLA and NYU film schools where he completed his B.F.A with the highest honors.
Oct 10, 2017 · The Script Lab's Travis Maiuro breaks down the first ten pages of Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, written by Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and Jon McLaughlin.
