Requiem For A Dream

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Starring:	Keith David \| Sean Gullette \| Keith David \| Keith David \| Christopher McDonald \| Louise Lasser \| Jared Leto \| Ellen Burstyn \| Jennifer Connelly \| Marlon Wayans
Director:	Darren Aronofsky
Run time:	97 mins
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Genres:	Drama
Released:	June 27, 2006
Also available on:	Requiem For A Dream is also available on DVD

Darren Aronofsky follows up his acclaimed debut with his gritty emotionally charged film set amidst the abandoned beaches and faded glory of Coney Island, Brooklyn. Based upon the novel by celebrated author Hubert Selby Jr., the story intricately links the lives of a lonely widowed mother (Ellen Burstyn) and her son harry (Marlon Wayans). Requiem for a Dream is a hypnotic tale of four human begins each pursuing their vision of happiness.

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8 out of 13 people found the following review helpful:

Requiem for a nightmare?

dexedrine from wythenshawe, 15th September, 2006

This is a really good movie to watch if you want to learn about what drugs can do to you, and drug users alike will see the same pattern in there own lives. It follows a mid twenties son, of a mother who goes to see the doctor, and is given the drug Dexedrine.

It catches the fear and paranoia excellent, especially at the end when she really looses it. So many people don’t understand the dangers off a drug like amphetamine and what it can do to you. That’s why it was prohibited.....?

Watch with an open mind, yet imagine being stuck in this hell 24/7

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4 out of 4 people found the following review helpful:

this is my all time favourite movie

Narmour from from Newtownards, 17th April, 2007

I cannot think of enough good things to say about this movie. It is beautiful, dark, harrowing, extremely moving, and a lesson in how films should be made. This film captures the despair and torture of drug addiction, both through the son and his friends, who have seemingly brought their pain upon themselves, and the mother, who is completely unaware of what is happening to her. Whilst both stories are about denial and ignorance of the problem, it is hard to sympathise with the son whereas the mother is such a sad character. Hence the most harrowing aspect of the film is the story of the mother, who blindly trusts that her doctor knows best and she should follow his instructions to the letter. It teaches us about an aspect of Selby Jr's attitude towards authority and how we shouldn't blindly trust those who claim to know best. The contrast between the good times (summer) and bad (winter) is stark and the film thrusts this down your throat. Coupled with an amazingly haunting soundtrack from Clint Mansell, this is one of the very few literary adaptations which truly captures the essence of the original work.

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