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Film · 2000 · Drama
Requiem for a Dream
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
2000
★ 6.6 editorial score
Nobody who has seen the last twenty minutes forgets them: Aronofsky films four people chasing different highs around Coney Island in split screen and body-mounted cameras, with Clint Mansell's string theme underneath.
“"Requiem" interweaves the stories of four drug addicts — Harry; his mother, Sara; his girlfriend, Marion; and his buddy, Tyrone — in their pursuit of a reality-blurring high. Still, the picture holds close to the theme of the novel: the real drug we're all hooked on is the American Dream, with its promises of big cash paydays and fame and eventually happiness, which can all no doubt be found around that same corner where prosperity is said to lurk.”
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