SPOILER ALERT: Drugs are bad.

Like Requiem for a Dream, but a way more realized and less melodramatic take on addiction. Also Mickey Rourke is putting on some great work in this role and certainly indicates what would be his stellar return to acting a few years later in a far more enjoyable Aronofsky film.

Music video director Jonas Åkerlund balances out the pathos of his bizarre characters in Spun by allowing as little space as possible for them to feel comfortable. With over-focused close-ups to the pores of his actors' faces, to the fast-paced editing and shape-shifting camerawork that could make you feel the need to vomit, and finally with the somber over-baked zaniness of the overall events that take place, Spun doesn't take a breath from getting its characters from point A to point B without a little end-of-the-alphabet distractions. Not judging the dispicable junkie characters within only gives it the heart it otherwise wouldn't have held onto. (Mickey Rourke and Brittany Murphy are P-H-E-N-O-M-E-N-A-L.)

DONT DO DRUGS.

ps. Wish Brittany Murphy was still around

Underrated masterpiece.

A really amazing film about drug addicts. Raw, but kinda funny, somehow. It is really a must watch.

Speziell. Sehr sehr speziell.

Bad trip.

An amazing, all-star cast of Jason Schwartzman, John Leguizamo, Brittany Murphy, Mena Suvari, Mickey Rourke, and even a cameos by Billy Corgan and Larry Drake. It's also shot in the style of something like "Domino." All these ingredients make it a stunning, visual piece of cinema, with truly believable performances from every involved. That being said, there's not much going on here in terms of story, but I don't think that's what it's aiming for. It certainly brings you into the world of the meth-head, and gives you an erratic, on-edge feeling for the 100 minute run time. There's also JCW wrestling footage playing on TVs in the background for the whole film, which is the most appropriate wrestling footage to use for this film, as it's the federation owned by the Insane Clown Posse.

"Spoof. Dope. Crank. Creep. Bomb. Spank. Shit. Bang. Zip. Tweak. Chard. Call it what you will. It's all methamphetamine. That's what I'm here for."

My love for this movie has doubled since the first time I watched it. I love the way this film is edited, it's like Requiem For A Dream if it was sped up by 5x. I am pretty sure the longest shot in this film was about 20 seconds. The whole film is filled with abrupt cuts, close up shots of the intake of the dope, animation sequences and close up face shots. It's an brilliant film that exposes drug addicts. To me this is more realistic than Requiem For A Dream, it is far less dramatic and far more enjoyable as an film.

DONT DO DRUGS.

ps. Wish Brittany Murphy was still around

Music video director Jonas Åkerlund balances out the pathos of his bizarre characters in Spun by allowing as little space as possible for them to feel comfortable. With over-focused close-ups to the pores of his actors' faces, to the fast-paced editing and shape-shifting camerawork that could make you feel the need to vomit, and finally with the somber over-baked zaniness of the overall events that take place, Spun doesn't take a breath from getting its characters from point A to point B without a little end-of-the-alphabet distractions. Not judging the dispicable junkie characters within only gives it the heart it otherwise wouldn't have held onto. (Mickey Rourke and Brittany Murphy are P-H-E-N-O-M-E-N-A-L.)

Woman of my dreams, 
I don't sleep so I don't see her.

Knew it was going to fucking explode. Ugh.

This film has an underbelly that stops me from disliking it. 

But goddamn Debbie Harry. Fuck was that.

Oh Murphy.

For some reason I really enjoyed this. It felt so unsettling at times and kept the up pace druggie feel throughout. Surprisingly the characters were really likeable and just the film itself was likeable. Definitely not for everyone, but highly entertaining.