"Black Swan" is Intense, A Masterpiece
I t is once in a very long while that there comes a movie which leaves the viewers jaw-dropped and shocked. And when two of such movies come from the same filmmaker, you definitely know that you are looking at the Picasso of film-making, with each of his masterpieces worth collecting, and watching over and over again for their sheer perfection. Darren Aronofsky is the man I am referring to, and I consider myself privileged to have watched his masterpieces. “Requiem For A Dream” was a masterpiece, but Aronofsky further raises the bar with his amazing psychological thriller “Black Swan”. When Heath Ledger died due to drug overdose immediately after his legendary performance as Joker in “The Dark Knight”, there was news that Heath sank psychologically too deep into his role as the psychopath, and this was speculated as a possible reason for his death. There have been many other such instances when actors have sunk completely into their roles, to such an extent that they lose the distinct