Still haunted by Requiem
It's incredible...it's been days after I've watched Requiem for a Dream and I'm still haunted by the music and the images. I'm gonna have to buy the DVD.
Why is it such a powerful show?? It's mercilessly brutal and honest, and extremely depressing in the unconventional sense. There are things that are sadder than death, as no one dies in the show, but what happens to them is worse. Ellen Burstyn really deserves an award for her performance as Sara Goldfarb, a character that you really feel for but all you can do is watch her destroy herself as she chases the phantoms of her slimmer self long ago.
Unlike what most people say, I don't think it's a "drug" show...it deals with addiction in general. Its other title, "Delusion over Addiction", may help set the context more clearly, but since the film is based on Requiem of a Dream, the book by Hubert Selby Jr, I feel that it's the more effective title. I read his Last Exit to Brooklyn many years ago, and its violence and depression left an indelible impression. And my new quest is to hunt down the book Requiem as well as to get the Director's Cut DVD, and my collection of one of the most dark and depressing shows I have ever seen will be complete.
It's incredible...it's been days after I've watched Requiem for a Dream and I'm still haunted by the music and the images. I'm gonna have to buy the DVD.
Why is it such a powerful show?? It's mercilessly brutal and honest, and extremely depressing in the unconventional sense. There are things that are sadder than death, as no one dies in the show, but what happens to them is worse. Ellen Burstyn really deserves an award for her performance as Sara Goldfarb, a character that you really feel for but all you can do is watch her destroy herself as she chases the phantoms of her slimmer self long ago.
Unlike what most people say, I don't think it's a "drug" show...it deals with addiction in general. Its other title, "Delusion over Addiction", may help set the context more clearly, but since the film is based on Requiem of a Dream, the book by Hubert Selby Jr, I feel that it's the more effective title. I read his Last Exit to Brooklyn many years ago, and its violence and depression left an indelible impression. And my new quest is to hunt down the book Requiem as well as to get the Director's Cut DVD, and my collection of one of the most dark and depressing shows I have ever seen will be complete.
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