New Black Swan Poster Catches Natalie Portman Red-Handed
Just as the near-instant awards buzz for Black Swan after its Venice and Toronto premieres begat a (slightly) more focused marketing showcase for Natalie Portman, last week's rapturously received AFI Fest premiere has yielded its own new poster. Which I really like! Except for what looks like the severed arm from 127 Hours Photoshopped at the bottom.
Can't waste a thing at Fox Searchlight, after all -- it is Oscar Mojo City over there, and every little bit of luck and synergy helps. Unless there's another meaning for it in which case... help? And this is coming from someone who's seen the movie: I'm stumped.
[via ONTD]
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Her orange/red arm is actually the beak of a swan! There is a hidden image in the poster - the eye of the swan is a feather just above her. See if you can see it!
you're right that the red arm is the beak of the swan, but the eye is the white spot between her left arm and tutu corset. as far as i can tell it's just a black swan's head, as if it's preening (into her tutu...)
or are we just reading into this too much?
I think the visual homage to the black swan itself is being juxtaposed against the back story of the ballet...that being that when the prince chooses the wrong girl 'Odile' i.e. black swan, the white swan 'Odette' kills herself in despair rather than live without him as a sorcerer's slave forever. White background, black foreground, and a hint of the red death to come within the ballet...