The Before and After "Black Swan" Special Effects Video is Stunning

Take a moment to watch the above VFX Breakdown video that reveals the incredible layers of special effects that are used in Black Swan. It boggles the mind how much an image can be altered and shaped. The amazing visual effects (vfx) artists are the frosting on the cake that is Matthew Libatiques's dynamic cinematography. Gorgeous performance by Natalie Portman and some great dancing in the really difficult scenes by her dance double, Sarah Lane.

PS - There is a controversy over who did most of the on-camera dancing - Portman or Lane.
http://www.okmagazine.com/2011/03/sarah-lanes-natalie-portman-dance-double-claims-denied-by-filmmakers/

Gentle words from one of our interview subjects.

Dave Tatsuno of San Francisco prepares to leave for the internment camp on April 13, 1942.

One of the joys of our documentary, These Amazing Shadows, being selected to be part of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival is that it gives us a reason to reach out to our interview subjects. We would like to share a few words from an email we recently received from, Arlene Damron, who is featured in our segment on, Topaz, a home movie that depicts life in a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II. Her father, Dave Tatsuno, was the filmmaker responsible for this remarkable cultural document.
Arlene writes:
"Congratulations on Sundance. Your title, These Amazing Shadows, truly captures the message of your film. Dad was amazed and awed by the power of film...of being able to see his departed best friend again in the fullness of life. Aren't we all better for it that he did?
Most sincerely,
Arlene

Topaz was selected to The National Film Registry in 1996. For information on Dave Tatsuno's film please click on the following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topaz_%281945_film%29