I'm not your property, but I love you

Verda 2022-04-23 07:01:11

A work full of psychological metaphors, with equal emphasis on skills and levels, and clear and orderly thinking.
At the beginning of the film, Nina's family has a loving mother, and her character is docile and delicate. However, the role this time is not ordinary. It needs one person to play two roles. The white swan Nina deserves it, but the black swan she can't understand the essence.
She has also erupted, but her delicate appearance is like an unbreakable shell, what is holding her back?
She's obsessed with perfection and has a controlling mother.
Not simply controlling, but almost wanting to be one with her daughter. Pay attention to her lines, emphasizing "mine" and "our" everywhere. She calls her more often than the average American mother, praises her exaggeratedly, creates a perfect image of a mother who is devoted to her daughter, but doesn't take her seriously at all - "You don't need to lie", if she keeps saying Says she loves you, but dismisses what you say, then she only loves herself who loves you. She even needs her daughter to take care of her emotions like a small child.
What kind of daughter will Nina, who was brought up like this, be? She is 28 years old, and not only still lives with her mother, but the door is not even locked.
It is a common method to use the way to show the character's private space to remind his inner state. I remember the sister in "Dream of Paris", her appearance is mature and amorous, but the room is innocent and childish. The same is true for Nina, a 28-year-old woman who is already sexually mature. The room is filled with plush toys in pink and white tones, and the furniture is childish and romantic, suggesting a huge difference between her inner age and her actual age. She was strictly monitored under her mother's wing, over-commented, forced to be intimate, occasionally suppressed to prevent her from getting out of control, and her personal space was invaded to the extent that there was no room for masturbation.
If she has always been a little dancer, everything will be fine, she and her mother maintain a delicate balance.
She was dependent on her mother, who placed her hope in her as her own who had died. She finally got the big role, but her mother became jealous—because the road from here on was something she had never experienced, she realized that she might no longer be able to control her daughter, and the occasional negative blows she used to use in the past began to become more pronounced. "I knew you couldn't" "You just can't change it".
After Lily appeared, Nina instinctively realized that she has a completely different and unattainable charm. Her innate freedom is her rival. Under the enormous pressure of internal and external difficulties, Nina used mild masochistic behavior to vent her stress and stabilize her emotions, tearing barbs and scratching her body, which became difficult to control, and her mental state became more and more abnormal.
The interaction with Lily made her realize that her condition was abnormal. In a nightclub full of sensual stimulation such as sensuality, her inner mature woman awakened, her self-awareness exploded overnight, and she went to war with her mother.
At this time, the mother found that she had finally completely lost control of her daughter. She could no longer achieve her long-cherished wish, and could not use her daughter to gain glory, so she simply changed her role from a supporter to an obstacle.
Completely isolated, Nina is tormented by persecution delusions and hallucinations, the fear of losing control of herself, the pervasive prying eyes of her mother, the jealous gaze of her peers, the delusions of abandonment all materialized into a force of destruction, but in a dramatic and ballet rhythm. Exactly.
She gave the most perfect performance in a meltdown - so the artists are all lunatic? XD——Everything came to an end, she didn't care about her own fate, but because of the realization of "perfection", she was freed from the demons in her heart.
I want to be the perfect I love for you, even if I destroy myself and the world.

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Black Swan quotes

  • Nina: Beth! I'm so sorry to hear you're leaving the company.

    Beth Macintyre: What did you do to get this role? He always said you were such a frigid little girl. What did you do to change his mind? Did you suck his cock?

    Nina: Not all of us have to.

    Beth Macintyre: [chuckles] You fucking whore! You fucking little whore!

  • Thomas Leroy: I don't want there to be any boundaries between us.

    Nina: No, me neither.

    Thomas Leroy: So, you got a boyfriend?

    Nina: No.

    Thomas Leroy: And you've had many in the past?

    Nina: A few but no one serious.

    Thomas Leroy: You're not a virgin, are you?

    Nina: [nervously] No.

    Thomas Leroy: So there is nothing to be embarrassed about.