Black Swan - possible new project

[Addie ESB]

I can hardly believe she's been reduced to a cameo. I don't $%#@ing believe it. I read the script and she pivotal to the story! 

[kashyy]

I can hardly believe she's been reduced to a cameo. I don't $%#@ing believe it. I read the script and she pivotal to the story! 

Yeah. And I was just reading about a "Natalie Portman Oscar Buzz". 

[camz1122]

Me too. i can't believe it. how can they do such thing to one of the best actress in hollywood.. I'm still hoping for the best to Winona she deserves more projects with the good role

[vulcannonibird]

They've quite an extensive daily coverage at the german-french station arte. They had Black Swan with extensive excerpts plus interviews with Darren, Vincent and Natalie - Winona was not shown or mentioned in over five minutes....

Hopefully she stops doing movies like that - or putting a line in her contract that her part should not be substancially changed from the original script. I prefer movies like Stay Cool or Sex And Death that go straight to DVD with Winona as lead than theatrical releases were she's doing only cameos. If it wouldn't be for The Dilemma I'd fear she'll be cast as corpse in a crime movie next (Screentime = 5 seconds).

[oinone]

MOVIE REVIEWS: BLACK SWAN

Several critics have given Darren Aranofsky’s Black Swan the same sort of ecstatic praise that they bestowed on his The Wrestler two years ago. The film opened the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday (to a standing ovation), where The Wrestler won the coveted Golden Lion award when it premiered there in 2008. “Every film festival benefits hugely from a strong opening film, and they don’t come much stronger than Black Swan,” critic David Gritten wrote in the London Daily Telegraph. But Roderick Conway Morris commented in the New York Times, “The movie is billed as a psychological thriller but the psychology is as monochrome as the settings and characterization. … And the climax of the film is as inevitable as it is implausible.” Todd McCarthy, the former Variety critic, gave the film a mixed review on Indiewire.com, remarking, “As a sensory experience for the eyes and ears, Black Swan  provides bountiful stimulation. … But when the script by Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz, based on the latter’s story, struggles to carve out a real-world parallel to the life-and-death struggle depicted in the dance story, it goes over the top in something approaching grand guignol fashion.” Nevertheless, the performances of Natalie Portman and Winona Ryder, have received virtually unanimous praise, with several already predicting Oscar nods for each.

 

http://www.studiobriefing...movie-reviews-black-swan/


I remember Ruby Dee in American Gangster and Viola Davis in Doubt, they deserved oscar nomination with maybe 5 minutes?? Ruby Dee also won SGA if I'm not wrong.

[Lunis]

"...., le poche scene della Ryder sono da inserire nei momenti migliori della carriera di questa attrice. "

"...,the few scenes are to be included in the Ryder best moments in the career of this actress."



http://www.badtaste.it/in...p;id=15069&Itemid=167


Winona was not in Venice  ........ why??? ..too many cuts to his character?

[Addie ESB]

MOVIE REVIEWS: BLACK SWAN

Several critics have given Darren Aranofsky’s Black Swan the same sort of ecstatic praise that they bestowed on his The Wrestler two years ago. The film opened the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday (to a standing ovation), where The Wrestler won the coveted Golden Lion award when it premiered there in 2008. “Every film festival benefits hugely from a strong opening film, and they don’t come much stronger than Black Swan,” critic David Gritten wrote in the London Daily Telegraph. But Roderick Conway Morris commented in the New York Times, “The movie is billed as a psychological thriller but the psychology is as monochrome as the settings and characterization. … And the climax of the film is as inevitable as it is implausible.” Todd McCarthy, the former Variety critic, gave the film a mixed review on Indiewire.com, remarking, “As a sensory experience for the eyes and ears, Black Swan  provides bountiful stimulation. … But when the script by Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz, based on the latter’s story, struggles to carve out a real-world parallel to the life-and-death struggle depicted in the dance story, it goes over the top in something approaching grand guignol fashion.” Nevertheless, the performances of Natalie Portman and Winona Ryder, have received virtually unanimous praise, with several already predicting Oscar nods for each.

 

http://www.studiobriefing...movie-reviews-black-swan/


I remember Ruby Dee in American Gangster and Viola Davis in Doubt, they deserved oscar nomination with maybe 5 minutes?? Ruby Dee also won SGA if I'm not wrong.

I saw this. I can only assume the article made an error and meant to mention the supporting actress because Noni just seems to have a tiny, tiny part here, although it should be said that virtually every critic has touched upon what a great job she did.

And saying the bets moments of her career. That's a big statement, she's put in some truly wonderful performances down the years.

[CHRIS B]

Similar too is the way that this film uses the star personae of its actors to enrich things, whilst also studying some of the same key issues: fear of aging and of being less than you once were. If Mickey Rourke’s own ups and downs were expressed in that last film, then Winona Ryder’s are mined here. Her aging dancer, Beth, was once a star. But now she finds herself no longer wanted and considered too old to play the main role. Portman is the upstart here: the new Winona Ryder.

Once upon a time, Ryder was the young and attractive female lead of Edward Scissorhands, whereas most recently she was Spock’s mum in the latest Star Trek. It is typically bleak of Aronofsky to make this statement, which implies a less than ideal future for Portman, but it certainly works and gives the drama an added dimension, aswell as a sense of hyper-reality amidst the madness and despair. Incidentally, Ryder is also very good in the role, and will certainly be hoping for a Rourke-style comeback of her own.

source: http://www.obsessedwithfi...t-movie.php#ixzz0yUImo7xb

[CHRIS B]

Comeback alert: Winona Ryder in Natalie Portman's 'Black Swan'
September 3, 2010 | 12:49 pm
 We normally leave awards show predictions and analysis to our brother blog Gold Derby, but we couldn't help but notice the first round of reviews for Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan."

While lead Natalie Portman may generate awards buzz for her turn as a tortured ballerina, the early notices for Winona Ryder are what flagged our comeback radar.

Ryder, who makes a brief appearance as an aging dancer being shoved from the spotlight, brings "an almost frighteningly credible neurotic intensity" and "sets the bar high for Portman to match," according to film critic Todd McCarthy.

This is precisely the kind of delicious, arty-but-campy turn that could propel Ryder back into the mainstream — which frankly she's been on the margins of since 2002's "Mr. Deeds," released shortly after her arrest on shoplifting charges at a Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills.

We can't wait to see for ourselves, but we'd love some Winona in the supporting actress category if she makes "Swan" dance.

— Matt Donnelly

http://latimesblogs.latim...swan-natalie-portman.html

[Addie ESB]

Sounds like Noni made an impression with what screen time she was given. Good for her!

[CHRIS B]

Double post...

[CHRIS B]

Yeah, I'm really excited to see her in this... I'm seeing a lot of talk about Oscar buzz surrounding her performance!

[Addie ESB]

It would be unreal if she even got an oscar nomination.

[camz1122]

Comeback alert: Winona Ryder in Natalie Portman's 'Black Swan'

http://latimesblogs.latim...swan-natalie-portman.html

We normally leave awards show predictions and analysis to our brother blog Gold Derby, but we couldn't help but notice the first round of reviews for Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan."

While lead Natalie Portman may generate awards buzz for her turn as a tortured ballerina, the early notices for Winona Ryder are what flagged our comeback radar.

Ryder, who makes a brief appearance as an aging dancer being shoved from the spotlight, brings "an almost frighteningly credible neurotic intensity" and "sets the bar high for Portman to match," according to film critic Todd McCarthy.

This is precisely the kind of delicious, arty-but-campy turn that could propel Ryder back into the mainstream — which frankly she's been on the margins of since 2002's "Mr. Deeds," released shortly after her arrest on shoplifting charges at a Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills.

We can't wait to see for ourselves, but we'd love some Winona in the supporting actress category if she makes "Swan" dance.

— Matt Donnelly

[Lunis]

Sorry.....traslate please 

"DARK DARK WINONA

Se Aronowsky costruisce tutto il suo Black Swan con il lavoro meticoloso e ossessivo sul corpo di Natalie Portman, quello che fulmina è invece il lavoro brutale e sottile compiuto sul corpo (seminascosto) di Winona Ryder, ridotta ad un’ombra, uno squarcio di carne nel buio, una presenza/assenza, scura e ingombrante, sicuramente inquietante. Fino all’autodistruzione totale. Quasi una biografia in pochi frammenti di cinema."


http://www.sentieriselvag...he_amo_di_te%E2%80%A6.htm