Nina submerges her face in the bathtub and screams underwater, mimicking a famous anime scene.

Film/Series: Black Swan

Category: Reference Homage

Timestamp: 00:35:10

Director Darren Aronofsky is a massive fan of Satoshi Kon's 1997 psychological anime thriller "Perfect Blue." He previously bought the rights to the anime just to recreate its bathtub sequence in "Requiem for a Dream," and he pays homage to it once again in "Black Swan." The thematic parallels of a performer losing her grip on reality, culminating in identical framing during the bathtub and shattered mirror scenes, is a profound tribute to Kon's masterpiece.

Nina submerges her face in the bathtub and screams underwater, mimicking a famous anime scene. in Black Swan

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