{"id":10476,"date":"2011-01-11T16:06:54","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T16:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=10476"},"modified":"2011-01-11T16:13:35","modified_gmt":"2011-01-11T16:13:35","slug":"etoile-vs-black-swan-jennifer-connelly-natalie-portman-aronofsky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2011\/01\/11\/etoile-vs-black-swan-jennifer-connelly-natalie-portman-aronofsky\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Etoile an influence on Black Swan?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Was an early Jennifer Connelly film an influence on Black Swan<\/a><\/strong>?<\/p>\n

Darren Aronofsky’s intense drama about a ballerina (Natalie Portman) isn’t the first film to use the story of Swan Lake<\/a> as a backdrop.<\/p>\n

Filmmaker Magazine have reminded readers<\/a> that back in 1988, Jennifer Connelly starred in Etoile<\/a><\/strong>, a largely forgotten film about a ballerina in Italy, directed by Peter Del Monte<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It never got a release in the US, so remains something of an obscurity, but years later Connelly went on to star in Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream<\/a> (2000).<\/p>\n

There only appears to be a Japanese trailer on YouTube:<\/p>\n

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And now have a look at the trailer for Black Swan:<\/p>\n

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You can check them out side-by-side at YouTube Doubler here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some of the posters from Etoile are also interesting to compare with the designs for Black Swan.<\/p>\n

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Was the earlier film any inspiration for Aronofsky?<\/p>\n

His film recently passed $61m at the US box office<\/a>, which is very impressive for a platform release filmed on a limited budget of $13m.<\/p>\n

After strong festival buzz<\/a> in the Autumn, it scored mostly favourable reviews<\/a> and already looks like a multiple noiminee at the Oscars this year, with Portman already looking like the strong favourite for Best Actress.<\/p>\n

Black Swan<\/strong> opens in the UK on Friday 21st Jan<\/em><\/p>\n

[Via Filmmaker Magazine<\/a>]<\/p>\n

> <\/em>Black Swan official site<\/a>
\n> LFF review of Black Swan<\/a>
\n> Reviews of Black Swan<\/a> at Metacritic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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