Darren Aronofsky is not your average ballet recital-watching dad. No siree bob. And even if he was, his swans would wear black tutus, have mothers who clipped their fingernails way far down into what’s practically negative space, and curiously have screws sticking out of their flesh like rejected Mattel toys. Can’t picture any of that? Well, suck on this — below is Aronofsky’s trailer for his new film starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis, Black Swan.
My understanding is that Portman plays the star of her ballet academy, until Kunis comes along with her possibly better talent, and subtly sends Portman straight to the Paranoia Inn located in Utter Looneyville. There appears to be a scene where Portman and Kunis make out, which must be some kind of ballet reference (that I’m not picking up on because I was kicked out of ballet school for ripping up another girl’s tutu), because why else would two ballerinas put aside their rivalry for a heated taxi ride? Also, Portman starts getting some serious welts on her body, which she’s either inflicting on herself or her crazy, yet oddly soothing mother is giving to her…or is it Kunis? Is Kunis even real? Or is Portman imagining her throughout the entire movie? I doubt that’s true, because Portman’s ballerina looks so thin she probably doesn’t eat, which as a result, one could think, would prevent her mind from generating figments and ballerinas who threaten her greatness. I think I just confused myself entirely. Watch the trailer below, and I promise I’ll be there to welcome you in the spot that’s three feet to the left of confusion, but two jumps up from “wow, ballet is totally a sport, dude.”
