the ballet is a harsh mistress

Natalie Portman as Nina in Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan[image via Fuzzy Typewriter]ATTENTION: Don't read this if you intend to see Black Swan. It spoils everything.Of the four films I’ve seen by Darren Aronofsky, two have been about obsession/mental illness, and two have been about drug addiction. Black Swan, like Aronofsky's first film Pi*, is clearly about obsession/mental illness –