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Requiem for a Dream (Director's Cut)
starring: Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Connelly, Keith David, Louise Lasser, Christopher McDonald

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0012236118152
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Artisan
Manufacturer: Artisan
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Artisan
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 14, 2001
Running Time: 102 minutes
Sales Rank: 3256
Studio: Artisan
Theatrical Release Date: October 27, 2000

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
Employing shock techniques and sound design in a relentless sensory assault, Requiem for a Dream is about nothing less than the systematic destruction of hope. Based on the novel by Hubert Selby Jr., and adapted by Selby and director Darren Aronofsky, this is undoubtedly one of the most effective films ever made about the experience of drug addiction (both euphoric and nightmarish), and few would deny that Aronofsky, in following his breakthrough film Pi, has pushed the medium to a disturbing extreme, thrusting conventional narrative into a panic zone of traumatized psyches and bodies pushed to the furthest boundaries of chemical tolerance. It's too easy to call this a cautionary tale; it's a guided tour through hell, with Aronofsky as our bold and ruthless host.

The film focuses on a quartet of doomed souls, but it's Ellen Burstyn--in a raw and bravely triumphant performance--who most desperately embodies the downward spiral of drug abuse. As lonely widow Sara Goldfarb, she invests all of her dreams in an absurd self-help TV game show, jolting her bloodstream with diet pills and coffee while her son Harry (Jared Leto) shoots heroin with his best friend Tyrone (Marlon Wayans) and slumming girlfriend Marion (Jennifer Connelly). They're careening toward madness at varying speeds, and Aronofsky tracks this gloomy process by endlessly repeating the imagery of their deadly routines. Tormented by her dietary regime, Sara even imagines a carnivorous refrigerator in one of the film's most memorable scenes. And yet... does any of this have a point? Is Aronofsky telling us anything that any sane person doesn't already know? Requiem for a Dream is a noteworthy film, but watching it twice would qualify as masochistic behavior. --Jeff Shannon

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Prententious Crappola (of rocknrola)!!!!
Spun (Unrated Version)This is what happens when people who have never gotten hiiiiiigh in their life try to make a movie about gettin high. Get "Spun", instead....pretty much on the money. Or, maybe even:Blow (Infinifilm Edition)"Blow" which, at least, had the immortal line: "I once did 10 grams in 10 minutes....what can I say? I guess I have a high tolerance." Skip this second-rate bit o' fluff and read:PILATE: A Brutal Bible Taleinstead. Ever seen a vampire stoned? Ever seen the Christ smoke ... Read More

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- painful, candid and essential
Requiem For A Dream is one of the best films I have ever seen. Brilliantly co-written and directed by Darren Aronofsky, Requiem For A Dream does in fact attack you with a dramatic and remarkably candid portrayal of what a "drug" can mean to someone--and what that "drug" can do to someone. For Aronofsky, that drug could be watching television, taking diet pills or street drugs. This film is sure to have a deep emotional impact on you; and as a former social worker I could empathize with the struggles ... Read More

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- amazing,shocking,crazy,powerfull movie
I've heard about this movie for quite a few years and never decided to watch it until now becuase i heard so much hype about it, all i knew was it was about "drug abuse". Well the movie is about 4 people, everything seems fine at the beginning and the movie is slow to start but a half hour later it starts to pick up pace, thier drug use turns into drug abuse and obsession, thier dreams take a turn for the worse when it gets out of control and the movie gets darker and darker as it progresses.
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- This review is not helpful
Fell asleep on it. I'm sure it was good, but I took some medication and it wasn't interesting enough to keep me awake. I'll tell you one thing, the change of seasons woke me up. The wife liked it, if that's helpful. I'm sure Aronofsky did a great job, as he did with his lo-budget Pi.

Rating:

- Over the years
i watched this movie back when it first came out and didn't really get it. i recently re watched it and found it to be extremely thought provoking and true to life. this is a true glimpse into the life of a world most don't know. one thing that really grabbed me the second time is how the cycle of addiction really is a family problem. not for the faint of heart but a great movie if you want to see something that will make you think.

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