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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 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 Keith David Dylan Baker Bill Buell Lianna Pai Stanley B. Herman Gregg Bello Shaun O'Hagan Jimmie Ray Weeks Jack O'Connell (II) Chas Mastin Ajay Naidu Sean Gullette Show All…
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Darren Aronofsky's breakthrough feature after his strong debut is actually an intensely 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. Easily one of the most powerful, shocking & extremely moving films you're ever going to come across, Requiem for a Dream remains Aronofsky's finest work to date & is a difficult film to sit through for even the most hardened souls out there.
Divided into three segments, namely Summer, Fall & Winter, with each season showing the progression of their drug addiction, Requiem for a Dream tells the story of four people; Harry, his mother Sara, his girlfriend Marion & his friend Tyrone. Summer is the time when…
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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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“Ass to ass”
The guy saying that line in this movie is the best ‘villain’ with less than three seconds of screen time in cinematic history. His fantasy is kind of hot though, although certainly not as it plays out in that particular scene - it gives me the shivers. Jennifer Connelly. Holy fucking shit. She’s absolutely, utterly, insanely gorgeous (and that whilst playing a junkie). Jared Leto doesn’t even have to show any acting skills to convince the viewer he loves her, because who the fuck wouldn’t? Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream is one to split audience opinions, but I firmly belong on the most positive end of the spectrum, judging it to be the ultimate anti-drugs movie.…
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I never want to hear the phrase, "Ass to Ass" ever again in my entire life.
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It doesn’t happen often. I’ll sit through a film in a movie theater that will make me forget about everything going on in my life. Not once will I check my watch or be distracted by audience members or take a bathroom trip.
"Requiem for a Dream" took me in for 100 minutes, deep into its psyche, and spit me out very shaken and very disturbed.
It’s a harrowing experience, an absorbing trip into four minds spiralling out of control. Ellen Burstyn truly gets into her character, and creates a realistic, sympathetic addict. It’s an amazing performance. The rest of the cast more than hold their own in lesser developed stories, but combined, as a whole, this group of lost souls captures the true essence of helplessness.
This movie achieves so much, but it's really a masterpiece in sound, cinematography and editing.
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Ich bin der Meinung, dass man diesen Film in den Schullehrplan mit aufnehmen sollte. Absolutes Meisterwerk!
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It got to a point where I was hoping all the characters would die and some how that would make it easier. If a film makes me feel that strongly I think it's done a good job.
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Tender and heartbreaking like pretty much nothing else. One of the best ensemble casts I’ve ever seen. Masterpiece from beginning to end .
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