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The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.
Requiem for a Dream
2000 Directed by Darren Aronofsky
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Ellen Burstyn Jared Leto Jennifer Connelly Marlon Wayans Christopher McDonald Keith David Louise Lasser Marcia Jean Kurtz Janet Sarno Suzanne Shepherd Joanne Gordon Charlotte Aronofsky Mark Margolis Michael Kaycheck Peter Maloney Denise Dowse Olga Merediz Ben Shenkman Dylan Baker Bill Buell Lianna Pai Stanley B. Herman Gregg Bello Shaun O'Hagan Jimmie Ray Weeks Jack O'Connell Chas Mastin Ajay Naidu Sean Gullette Show All…
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Alternative Titles
梦的挽歌, 夢之安魂曲, 레퀴엠, Реквієм по мрії
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Intense violence and sexual transgression Humanity and the world around us Crime, drugs and gangsters drugs, violence, crime, gritty or cops gambling, unpredictable, casino, drama or engaging sexuality, sex, disturbed, unconventional or challenging emotional, emotion, sad, drama or illness teenager, friendship, sad, adolescents or coming of age Show All…
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I never want to hear the phrase, "Ass to Ass" ever again in my entire life.
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This was an incredible movie but I am never ever ever ever ever EVER going to watch it again.
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Gonna sit on this for a lil bit and rate later.
But jesus christ I don’t even wanna take Advil after watching this. I hate Darren Aronofsky and all the anxiety he has given me with his films. Gonna go check on my mom now. -
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Darren Aronofsky's breakthrough feature after his excellent debut is an extremely grim, depressing, hard-hitting & emotionally devastating tale of drug addiction leading to delusions of a dream world which is then ultimately overtaken & destroyed by reality. Undeniably one of the most powerful, disturbing & gut-wrenching films I've ever come across, Requiem for a Dream remains Aronofsky's finest effort to date and is an uncomfortable film to sit through for anyone n everyone.
Divided into three segments, namely Summer, Fall & Winter with each season showing the progression of their drug addiction, the story follows four people: Harry, his mother Sara, his girlfriend Marion & his friend Tyrone. Summer is the time when everything is going fine for these folks and all their dreams seem…
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There is something uniquely invigorating when a film can stomp on your soul so hard it makes you re-evaluate where you stand in the world and find new appreciation for your own life. That is what Aronofsky's film did to me.
At its centre lie cancerous thoughts that will gnaw at you for a long time if you allow them. What are your dreams worth? Why do you have them? What is the point of having them? Aren't you better off without them?
Aronofsky asks you these questions by overwhelming you with a perfect harmony of audio and visuals. It is rare when a film can give you so much sensory input without overloading you and ripping you away from…
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"Drugs are bad mkay" - Mr. Mackey.
I watched this once on a first date. There was no second.
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