Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky, 2010)

[tavernier]

It's not as if Gergiev is the only one who can conduct Swan Lake; anyway, this set isn't for people who care who's conducting. (They'd likely have at least one recording of it already.)

[MichaelB]

I don't know about the US, but I'm willing to bet considerably more people in Britain have heard of André Previn than Valery Gergiev - at least if you took a random vox-pop sample in the street. Appearing on Morecambe & Wise does have its publicity dividends.

[tavernier]

I don't know about the US, but I'm willing to bet considerably more people in Britain have heard of André Previn than Valery Gergiev - at least if you took a random vox-pop sample in the street.

definitely the same in the US

[stwrt]

I don't know about the US, but I'm willing to bet considerably more people in Britain have heard of André Previn than Valery Gergiev - at least if you took a random vox-pop sample in the street. Appearing on Morecambe & Wise does have its publicity dividends.

By the same token, more people have heard of Tom Cruise than Godard, maybe Godard should try for an appearance on Oprah.

[dad1153]

Black Swan opens in Japan; surpasses $305 million worldwide. So has Fox's 3D CG movie "Rio" in far less time, but this one didn't cost $12 million to make. :)

[mfunk9786]

From Slate:

[knives]

That's childish and poorly thought out. I mean that first square suggests he'd abort on The Red Shoes

[mfunk9786]

Not necessarily. That's a pretty batshit movie if you watch it cockeyed.

[knives]

Okay you're right, The Company then? either way it seems the horror movie equivalent to 'let's watch some 'splosions'.

[mfunk9786]

I think this was made on a dare, some other critic who disliked it insisted that he explain why he did in a flowchart. While mine would probably go a lot more in-depth about how excellent Portman was and how definitive a portrait of obsession over success in one's artform the film was, this is fun anyway.