re: black swan

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NO. She dies. That is the whole f'ing point. It brings everything to a conclusion.

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i'm sorry. that is just not so.

there can be a conclusion without her actually dying.

if she doesn't die, she has achieved perfection. she has driven herself to the point of madness. obviously, she will be removed from the ballet and maybe put in a psyche ward. her career = over. the importance is that she believes she's dying. just as it's important throughout that she believes she's being oppressed by her environment, her mother, and mila kunis's character.

if aranofsky wanted to show her as dead, he would show her as dead. the unreliable perspective throughout leaves it ambiguous.