Black Swan: The Controversial History of the Swan Queen | Horror History

[@mothman1307]

In swan lake, the actual choreography is opposite between the white and black swans. the white swan's dancing is flowy and soft, while the black swan's dance is sharp, jagged, and quick.

[@nationalinstituteofcheese3012]

As opposed to in the movie where the white swan is quick and naive while the black swan is slow and seductive, almost teasing while the white swan is like an innocent creature not wanting to be wrapped up with a more intimidating figure (I believe, pls correct me if I’m wrong)

[@kurtfroman]

Thank you for posting this! I was the Associate Choreographer on the film as well as overseeing Nat & Mila’s training. I look forward to really watching this in the next few hours

[@averiesoto4042]

I watch these because I’m a big chicken who’s afraid of horror movies but loves them at the same time 🥰❤️

[@ladya3302]

Try to watch this movie. It isn’t exactly scary…..more psychological. It’s good.

[@ladyexo3030]

I did not expect Blackswan to get a video. I LOVE THIS!! ‼️‼️SPOILER‼️‼️ I liked your interpretation and the parallels of The Wrestler and Blackswan. I use to be a WWE fan, and have seen many careers fade over 15 years of viewership where wrestlers tried to claim their former glory but couldn’t. I took Nina’s fade of white as she went out in a blaze of glory while the wrestler’s black out was a star that burned out.

[@TheoRae8289]

Watching Dark Side of the Ring and just how often the real world paralleled that movie fuuuuck

[@Wolfbane382]

I can relate to this movie a lot. I took Ballet for 6 years and enjoyed every moment of it. I wanted to make a career but my mom forced me to quit when I turned 18.

[@jakez5599]

Part 2 pls

[@Wolfbane382]

Part 2?

[@Yarn3ater]

Yesssss 1 hour video (almost) on a Saturday where I have so much to do! So down. Love ya CZ!!!

[@AdvancedKrizalid]

I find it funny that Perfect blue is regarded as "inspiration" for black swan when black swan is straight up a rip off perfect blue. The director even denied the similarities in interviews at the time even when black swan copied entire scenes down to the camera angles.

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WEEBS ARE DELUSIONAL

[@TheoRae8289]

I've only seen Perfect Blue once, so I completely missed just how far the copies went.

[@AdvancedKrizalid]

@@TheoRae8289 Back in 2011 , the director Aronovsky went on a TV interview in france and was asked if he "knew the japanese movie : Perfect blue" , he refused to answer and left the set. That was embarrassing.

[@TheoRae8289]

@@AdvancedKrizalid what a way to tell on yourself without meaning to 😂

[@lorettalynn2610]

It's interesting that although Lily tried to sabotage Nina, she wasn't intentionally harming her at all, Odile wanted the Prince, not killing Odette

[@solarianvoid-pi9428]

Your deep-dives are what makes your movie recaps and explanations so much more gripping than other channels’ I’m kinda blown away you went that deep to even connect it to Perfect Blue, an infamous psychological horror

[@lajourdanne]

Those poor stuffed animals. They didn't do anything to anyone 😔

[@CarolineMarie-eu6ti]

I was a dancer from 4 to 18. As well as modeling, and pageants. I still suffer from body image issues due to growing up in that environment. There is SO much pressure at such an young age to be perfect, to be thin that sticks with you.

[@AwakenWithDanielleGray]

When I first saw this movie, I watched it over and over again. My mom was worried at the time because I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety, and she saw the movie, and throught it would set me back, but it actually helped me alot. I still love this creepy movie. 🎬

[@OnAcidTripping]

Caileigh Elise did end her career with a video where she explains that she is prioritising her mental health and she won’t be back on youtube. After that, she deleted her account. Those who weren’t actively following her on every video might have missed it

[@cheesy9973]

who else watches these to know the story of a movie before actually watching it?

[@Conor-sd4vc-y2c]

Me too🤠

[@bamboozledan]

Me

[@SeptemberDay]

It's why I watch reaction compilations, too

[@KneedsG]

Lol I don't even have the intention to watch the movie

[@doll9340]

Me

[@thixiemattel]

there’s no better example of how humanity sees ourselves in art which will always touch us where we are than youtubers telling us “this is just like youtube actually!” which might seem sort of baffling but the art is just doing its thing of meeting us where we are. kind of adorable really. I grew up in ballet en pointe so a lot of the metaphor will apply and sort of remain in the dance world for me but everyone will see where they are humans are very cute that way.

[@TitusSmith-i6r]

Can you do the history of a quiet place?

[@OhLunR]

The king is here 🎉

[@chasehedges6775]

💯💯

[@meghantalbott1727]

Percect Blue!! Such a great anime. Never even really thought about the similarities with Black Swan and Perfect Blue. Black Swan was such an amazing film

[@LizabetaMusic]

Finally it is posted!! I'v ebeen patiently awaiting this moment. Thank you CZ.

[@lonewolfheart1697]

I adore this movie as well as the original ballet. This was a great choice. Really appreciate the subliminal analysis because I've never spotted them before.

[@jackmcdonnell8505]

Recommendation Alex Forrest from Fatal Attraction

[@Haplo699g]

There is so much effort put into a movie that most people went to see Portman and Kunis getting busy! 😉

[@aishariziki53]

Right after I jus watched the movie 😂great timing

[@x-mm1kw]

11:09 I can see why she would panic. Even if she is a good dancer, she got the part not because of a technical audition but because of this weird interaction. So, she's kinda right to feel like an imposter, and she would be treated as such by members of the company if she failed.

[@christinaalana2177]

The Swan Lake theme was also used in the old Universal Dracula and Mummy films.

[@JLinusVanPelt]

I don't know if this means anything Zac or if you drew your parallel for the video only but, I wanna say that beyond your personality that I enjoy a lot, you put out amazing content, all the effort that you dedicate to your videos it shows and it's been like this since I started watching you (>100k subs).

[@IamNyxie]

The hair you had from the beatle juice video.. BRING IT BACK!😫😫

[@SlyRedfoxx85]

I'm so mad that I'm finding out right now that Winona Ryder was in this. All I remember is Natalie and Mila but more so Natalie's transformation. They drug that out real bad.

[@dreamersdisease2481]

You better set it up damn it it's spooky season set it up or get the switch and grab hold of that branch

[@DangerDodo-h2z]

Love your videos btw

[@mm277hb]

wow!! i can’t wait to watch this later after work!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@animemusicarchive5292]

just like what they say when you perform on stage, the show must go on until the curtain drops.

[@Thepromise_11]

Excellent work, you are brilliant. Your great attention to detail shows.

[@craigshepherd1845]

I call this speed running movies.

[@RPz-gc1ke]

Bro, I love your videos also guess who I’m going as for Halloween

[@jamesnesbitt2941]

Natalie Portman?

[@formerlyfoote3380]

This was a really good breakdown and comparison. I had never heard of Perfect Blue.

[@TheoRae8289]

Satoshi Kon did amazing work during his life.

[@ayaka3760]

Daddy's back with new merchhh🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@chrisreimann3198]

Thanks for sharing your experience and perspectives with the pressures of perfection and performance, CZ 🤟🏻

[@Gothqueen29]

I love this channel and this movie was one of my favorites when i did dance i pushed myself and that's when my eating disorders got worse

[@shishirleyy]

Didnt even need to get the notification, im here on command cz!

[@MeeshLALA]

You’re fantastic, CZ

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Cool information Czs,and keep it up!

[@TitusSmith-i6r]

All hail the horror king 👑🙌

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Things you missed in shaun of the dead please.

[@ares395]

Your voice sounds weirdly sassy in the beginning at that merch plug

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Hes gae

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[@solarianvoid-pi9428]

Yooo, under 10 minutes, even though I finished up watching a Amanda The Jedi video first 😂

[@KISSArmySoldier]

I love this movie. Great job Zac

[@shaneredgrave5115]

Hey CZ when are you gonna cover Chuck season 2 part 2?

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[@Shadow.clone.]

Hope you have a nice day

[@TheEinator_]

Can you do the history of horace pinker(shocker 1989).

[@moirielletricialeenv.bordo6506]

Perfect Blue is the best movie ever! 🙂

[@NinaDuffy]

I love this movie sooooo sooo much.

[@Angelina_Davis25]

Unless it's doll repaint or art except for few why I say that it's because they want to be perfect and some very good reasons for doing that. When Nina trys to get rid of the word it's because she doesn't want to see it and it hurts her emotionally.

[@kelseyito9227]

Man I miss Dark Matters

[@aarons6935]

Debt with medical bills, ah America you are terrible.

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next conjuring horror history lorraine warren pls

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Under 1 hour gang 👇

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Here here

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Rock on 🤘 🎸 🔥

[@SeanLKearns]

Yessss. Portman ftw.v

[@mma709]

It’s interesting but I am a slasher fan

[@TheDjinni]

Nice

[@xKarenWalkerx]

The movie is more a metaphor for Nina's Borderline Personality Disorder and her breaking free from it. The movie starts with her mother's constant lack of emotional boundaries. This is held by many scholars as one of the main ways that this particular mental pathology develops. As the movie proceeds, Mila's character "Lily" is introduced as a foil to Nathalie's character, "Nina". In the Borderline analogy, Lily is Nina's "Special Friend". Borderline also has to do with "good object" and "bad object" Internalization. "Sugar and Spice" that are responsible for the Borderline's indecisiveness and mood lability. Her "fantasies" and later "perfectionism", are thus, a "reaction formation" against her Borderline state brought upon her mother's emotionally incestuous boundariless parenting. As the movie proceeds, you see Nina try to become like Lily. In one of her "fantasies", they merge sexually. Metaphorically, Nina has, at this point, absorbed Lily as a "good object". From that point on, Nina's "fantasies" revolve around detaching from her (even killing her in her final "fantasy"). Right around killing her, she sees true hallucinations meaning her psychoticism is working. When she performs the Black Swan dance, she does it "perfectly". This strive for "perfectionism" revolves around the theory that emotional Dysregulation cannot exist at the same time as "perfectionistic" styles (narcissism, avoidance, compulsions). It is either one or the other; never both. Perfectionism is analogous with psychotic-adjacent states such as narcissism which are fantasy-based, delusional, "perfectionistic" thought patterns. It does technically fit the definition of Psychosis and Psychosis is generally viewed by many scholars as a way to disengage Borderline by breaking away from the good-bad object, confused orientation and emotional dysregulation. Her fantasies and perfectionism, are thus, a "reaction formation" against her Borderline state brought upon by her mother's emotionally incestuous, boundariless parenting. When Borderlines hurt themselves it is to feel "real". Another way her psychotic breaks are bringing her more "into reality." So to break free from her Borderline state, she had to "feel pain" by stabbing herself to perform the scene "perfectly". Whether she lives or dies from her wound, doesn't matter - as she technically was not living in the Borderline, purgatorious mental state. And in a way, the film ends with her beneath many people covered in blood, as babies are. It was her "rebirth" into the world ("proper reality.") It is actually a beautiful movie and Nathalie was very deserving of her Oscar win. It is a woman's fight to "break free" and enter reality on her own terms.

[@TheoRae8289]

um. How exactly is Psychosis bringing someone back to reality? It did the exact opposite to me for almost a year.

[@sakura-i7u]

YESS HES MADE A BLACK SWAN VIDEO AKA HIS 4TH GIRLBLOGGING VICEO

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W vid😊

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Yo, Sir CZ watches anime 😮

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First guy to like

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First one

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First!!!

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Less sponsoring more quality. We don't come to KZbin to watch ads.

[@Heritage367]

Sponsoring keeps the lights on. If you want to see more videos, either send the creator money or accept sponsors. Clicks and views are no longer enough to pay the bills.

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Send him a check with a scary high price as a halloween gift.

[@TheoRae8289]

stay mad about it

[@user-en8zp5he6o]

I've never seen this movie and I won't watch this review. Nothing against you its just simply not horror. I'd sooner watch Caraline which is the dumbest movie I've ever watched. Do like a Contracted review. That's horror.

[@Heritage367]

It's a psychological horror film. It has blood, hallucinations and death. Don't be so narrow minded, especially if you haven't even seen the movie.

[@JonnyAugz]

Watch it.

[@user-en8zp5he6o]

@@Heritage367 I'm good. I've seen Perfect Blue which is where this movie was stolen from, and it sucked to me.

[@himikotoga4270]

Everyone has different tastes

[@TheoRae8289]

It's a psychological thriller, which tends to get lumped into the same genre as horror.