Film Review: Requiem for a Dream

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Film Review: Requiem for a Dream

Now, despite being a big fan of Darren Aronofsky's first outing as a Writer/Director (π), I had never got around to seeing this generally more well-known followup. Now I have (many thanks to jadedphoenix ), and I thought I'd say a few words. There'll be minor spoilers I imagine, but nothing too harsh, and it's a now ten-year-old

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[mostlyfoo]

Yeah it is a truely epic film, its been a few years since I've seen it but the thing that struck me (apart from people trying and being dragged back by themselves) was the idea of connections and alienation between a lot of the characters.

They're concentrating so much on themselves and what they're trying to achieve that they slip away from each other, using drugs to cope and keep themselves going they isolate themselves more, their lives running in broken parralell until the last scene where they all curl up similarly but alone.

I generally find that film needs a Unicorn chaser, so here you go