Tuesday, February 8, 2011

The Black Swan Discussion at The Aero Theatre

Last night, the good folks at American Cinematheque Los Angeles had another of their Oscar season events. This one highlighted Darren Aronofsky's five time nominated Black Swan film. Shown along side his debut work, Pi (1998), a discussion occurred in between the screenings with the director, DP Matthew Libatique, and film editor Andrew Weisblum. Some interesting back stories were revealed -- I mean who knew the director feared his 90 lb. lead actor more than Mickey Rourke from The Wrestler and how much those characters are alike. It really was another enjoyable event by the staff at The Aero Theatre who gave their usual marvelous presentation to the film fans in attendance at this sold out event. Below is the start of my video recording of the discourse (you can see the rest in parts 2, 3, 4, and 5). For those who haven't seen the film or anything by this director, it is highly recommended. I'll refer to you to two reviews by a couple of my favorite bloggers:

I hope you enjoy.

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8 comments:

  1. Pop Culture NerdFebruary 8, 2011 at 5:42 PM

    Thanks for the link and video, le0. I also thought the movie had a lot of fascinating backstories during production.

    I meant to thank you for sharing your videos of Ben Affleck talking about THE TOWN, too. Don't you find him much more charismatic and intelligent in person than on screen? Maybe that's just me.

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  2. le0pard13February 8, 2011 at 6:45 PM

    You're welcome. And yes, Ben Affleck comes off more charismatic and intelligent in person. Thanks, Elyse.

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  3. PonchoFebruary 9, 2011 at 12:03 PM

    Great videos! Thanks very much for sharing them! I was seeing them the other day but had little time to comment so now I'm coming back.

    I thought BLACK SWAN had its characters well written that it made it difficult for the actors not to do a great job, like they did.

    Thanks again!

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  4. le0pard13February 9, 2011 at 9:02 PM

    I'm very much in agreement with you, Poncho. I'm glad you enjoyed the discussion and the film. Thanks very much, cousin.

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  5. BryceFebruary 11, 2011 at 12:05 PM

    Thanks for the shout out. And the great video!

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  6. le0pard13February 11, 2011 at 12:29 PM

    You're welcome, Bryce. And thanks.

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  7. NovrozApril 25, 2011 at 1:14 AM

    Great video...it gives more insight on the story.
    I wonder why you didn't move your post to your wordpress blog.

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  8. le0pard13April 25, 2011 at 6:39 AM

    Thanks, Novroz. Yeah, I thought about doing that, but left the content from this blog as an archive... and I've been known to bring some things over ;-).

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