Black Swan -- Darren Aronofsky

I saw Pi by Aronofsky ages ago. It's a film from the 90s. I remember contemplating picking it up again. It's a psychological, dark film.

I saw Black Swan was from the same director, so went to see it. It exposed me to ballet, I enjoyed that. It was quite a thrilling film. It kept me entertained without offending me. I found it very much like a David Lynch film. This was clarified with a lesbian scene, that didn't really make sense. But by then nothing really did, and it didn't have to. It just seems like a lot of directors working in the hallucigenic psychological realm with females just have to have them shagging each other.

It's very intense, the music and choreography of the dancers is authentically passionate, and makes it a sort of thriller due to the melodramatic scenes of madness in-between dances and rehearsals.

Just try not to expect any amount of depth from it. It works as it is, despite a few questionable scenes.

Hour of The Wolf

Hour of the Wolf is a Swedish film from 1968 by Ingmar Bergman. It is described as a "gothic, psychological horror*".

This is said to be one of the director's most personal films. The atmosphere that I expected from something that is hailed as a gothic horror by Bergman just didn't cut it. The film was a mess, and I don't just mean the plot that could of been a mess for a good, psychological reason, but lacking certain elements to make the film interesting or entertaining.

If I was to break a film down into things to comment on it would be the plot, camera work, acting, sound, atmosphere, and dialogue. I can conclude by saying that none of the aforementioned is worth discussing. This is a very average film and I'm glad it wasn't any longer (1hr24m). A lot of it consists of the main character and his wife staying up all night talking (70% dull), followed by visits to a castle full of people - some good stuff going on here, but doesn't last for long.

This film for me really lacks any type of depth - even the type to make it an old clichéd black and white horror* film.