A two-part analysis looking at the psychological disorders and female archetypes that appear in Black Swan (2010). To me anyway...
00:00 Intro
00:23 The Wrestler
01:36 Overview
02:21 Mental Illness
03:55 Mirrors
04:43 Anorexia Nervosa
05:35 Self Harm
06:24 Psychosis
06:35 BDD
07:51 Archetypes
08:06 Virgin
08:45 Mother
10:52 Whore
References
Films
An American Werewolf in London, 1981 John Landis
The Wrestler, 2008 Darren Aronofsky
Requiem for a Dream, 2000 Darren Aronofsky
Books
CREED, Barbara. 1993. The Monstrous – Feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis. London: Routledge.
CREED, Babara. 1993. Dark Desires: Male Masochism in The Horror Film. In: S. Cohan and I.R. Hork, eds. Screening The Male: Exploring Masculinities in Hollywood Cinema. London: Routledge, pp. 118 – 134
MACSWEEN, Morag.1996. Anorexic Bodies: A Feminist and Socialist Perspective on Anorexia Nervosa. London: Routledge.
Journals
PIZZELLO, Stephen. 2010. Dance Macabre. American Cinematographer, 91(12), pp. 30-33,35-36,38,40-47.
RAVALDI, Claudia et al. 2006. Gender Role, Eating Disorder Symptoms, and Body Image Concern in Ballet Dancers. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 61, pp. 529– 535.
