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Black Swan (Original title)
Date: 2010 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Directed by: Darren Aronofsky

Synopsis: Psychological thriller set amongst the members of a ballet company in a New York planning a production of Swan Lake. As the two main contenders for the parts compete for the parts of the White Swan and the Black Swan, the dark side of one of them comes to the fore.

Genre:
Thriller

Subjects:
Neuroses, Swan Lake (Ballet), Nails
Releases
Date: 2010Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 103 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Date: 01 December 2010Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound) / SDDSRuntime: 108 mins Language: EnglishDistributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Date: 21 January 2011Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound) / SDDSRuntime: 108 mins Length: 9718 FeetLanguage: EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)

Books held in BFI Reuben Library (5)
Title: Postfeminist whiteness: problematising melancholic burden in contemporary Hollywood
Author: Marston, Kendra  Pages: ix, 221 pages

Title: Darren Aronofsky's films and the fragility of hope
Author: Skorin-Kapov, Jadranka  Pages: xxxi, 183 pages
Description: Includes an interview with Darren Aronofsky.

Title: Bodies in pain: emotion and the cinema of Darren Aronofsky
Author: Laine, Tarja  Pages: vi, 184 pages

Title: Oxford handbook of dance and the popular screen
Author: Blanco Borelli, Melissa  Pages: x, 476 pages
Description: Companion website: www.oup.com/us/ohdps

Title: last laugh: strange humors of cinema
Author: POMERANCE, Murray  Pages: xi, 244 pages