Natalie Portman is still possessed by the Black Swan

Marlin 2022-03-25 09:01:10

After Kennedy was assassinated, Jackie wiped off the blood on Air Force One's face and acted like the scene before the final black swan.

If this is a custom-made film for Natalie Portman, then it has removed half of the story of "Black Swan" and only played the white swan.

Historically, Jacqueline was not a woman in the dignified role of a good wife and mother. Her love affair with Ken's brother Bobby and her marriage to the Greek ship king fully illustrate this point. Her lust, her courtesan side, and the vigor she exuded from it were all gone. From the point of view of showing women, it is a failure.

Here, Jacqueline is portrayed as a woman who only smokes to suppress herself and rationally calculates everything, just to satisfy face and livelihood, which is too narrow. Natalie Portman may hope that she is a traditional intellectual actress who is relatively abstinent, but in fact, where is the inevitable connection between intellectuality and abstinence?

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Extended Reading
  • Trycia 2021-12-30 17:21:34

    She finally understood that the grand parade and funeral she expected did not belong to Kennedy, and all the haze would not belong to the United States forever. Her grief belonged only to herself. Mrs. Johnson persuaded her to take off the blood-stained gown. She seemed unheard of. The child asked her if she was wearing the gown for her birthday, and she was speechless. She was just an ordinary woman, but she was chosen by God to experience the pain of losing her husband and child. Her fingers that could not take off the ring were like her haggard and embarrassing life.

  • Libby 2022-04-24 07:01:10

    At the end of a biopic, I feel that this character has no value to mine, so is this film a failure? I didn't see any bright spots in her throughout the whole process, why did you make such a movie? The dialogue with the priest is a little bit meaningful, but the way of expression (self-reporting) is also quite simple and crude. Peter Sarsgaard is so handsome...

Jackie quotes

  • Jackie Kennedy: There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed.

  • The Priest: There comes a time in man's search for meaning when one realises that there are no answers. And when you come to that horrible, unavoidable realization, you accept it or you kill yourself. Or you simply stop searching... I have lived a blessed life. And yet every night, when I climb into bed, turn off the lights, and stare in to the dark, I wonder... Is this all there is?

    Jackie Kennedy: You wonder?

    The Priest: Every soul on this planet does. But then, when morning comes, we all wake up and make a pot of coffee.

    Jackie Kennedy: Why do we bother?

    The Priest: Because we do. You did this morning, you will again tomorrow. But God, in his infinite wisdom, has made sure it is just enough for us.