Daily Dialogue — October 26, 2014

“I felt it. Perfect. I was perfect.”

— Black Swan (2010), screenplay by Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John J. McLaughlin

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Dying Words.

Trivia: The budget on this film was so tight that when Natalie Portman had a rib dislocated during a lift and called the producer for help, she was told that the production could not afford a medic. Portman stated that if they needed to cut items from the budget they could take away her trailer to hire a medic. The next day her trailer was gone. Portman also had to receive physical therapy during filming and one of her sessions was incorporated into the final cut. Choreographer Benjamin Millepied brought in Michelle Rodriguez Nouel, an actual physical therapist, and director Darren Aronofsky told Portman to stay in character during the appointment. Subsequent dance sequences were filmed by having Portman lifted from her arm pits rather than her sides to avoid repeating the injury. It took Portman six weeks to fully recover.

Dialogue On Dialogue: This is ultimate expression of Nina’s conscious goal, but not what she NEEDS to be. Hence the nuanced ending.