Requiem for a Dream

This movie is AMAZING. It's by Darren Arenoffsky and is just great. it's very intense and well made. The actors and actresses are SUPERB and the cinematography was EXCELLENT. The soundtrack is amazing, too. Everything is great. Why hasn't anyone seen it? It's by the same director who made Pi. Both great films!

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I hope someone else recognizes this film for what it is - a MASTERPIECE.

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I hope you didn't see the video version, from blockbuster or hollywood...

WEll, Steve, it looks like I'm the only other person who's seen it. I loved it, although I am rather upset that I only have seen the Hollywood Video version. But, for that version, it's still really an excellent piece of work.

I think that if adults REALLY wanted to prevent their children from doing drugs, they should think long and hard about showing them this film. And Ellen Burstyn turns in the best performance I've seen from her. Plus, Jared Leto and Jennifer Connelly somehow learn to act and not just look good. And I always liked Marlon Wayans.

But, most interesting was the cinematography. The lighting, the gels, it's all really excellent. And what about that odd technique where he divides the screen in half and you can see Ellen in one looking at Jared and Jared in the other from outside. I thought that was spectacular!

Aronofsky is so excellent. I just hope he doesn't dim my faith in him with this upcoming Batman thing he's doing...

That Batman is going to be sick...

You ought to check out the dvd. It's the original directors cut, with commentary and all that noise.

Jared Leto could always act! (Btw...what an agent he has! He was in this, Fight Club, and American Psycho within a year!)

I found the editing to be superb...in that last 15 minutes or so, there must be hundreds of cuts, yet everything is still comprehensible.

I still haven't gotten through Pi yet. I've tried several times, but I always put it on late at night, and I fall asleep really early on (not a comment on the movie. I just wait to long to put it in to watch it).

Nah, I have the Director's Cut for DVD

The cinematography is one of my favorite parts in the whole movie! Pulse Skips, Slit Screens, Frame Shakes, Tracking Perspectives, Fisheye Worldviews, Special Effects...EVERYTHING is so great with this movie. I loved it when Ellen was taking her breakfast, and everything would just disapear. One thing that I did notice which was similar in both this and Pi, was that when the characters take pills, it's the same type of sound, angle, etc.
Also, about making kids see this, yes, it would be effective, yet the characters could have ended up completely different. The whole story is about people pursuing (sp?) their dreams until they have them.
Also, the music in this movie is EXCELLENT. It's from the same people who gave you the music for Pi. I recommend you go out and by the Director's Cut DVD and pick up the soundtrack, too.

Remember Jennifer Connely in 'Labyrinth'?Kind of a stretch from that to that gritty '*** to ***'scene.I was so greatfull that this movie wasn't another one of you're typical drug films where everybody is sticking needles in their arms-Requiem gives you eyes dialating and blood streams...genius.as hard as it was to watch it I loved every minute of it;even when I felt like barfing.The best movies are the ones that move you to do something.barf,cry,laugh,flip the screen off,whatever.

Does the dvd have the edited out scenes from the hollywood video version??

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Jeez,I don't even know.you should ask Laura over on the DVD question thingie...she'll know.You know,just get on the home page and click on the DVD one.

It's got many a deleted scenes. And good ones, too

The menu on it the first time I saw it was freaky. I thought I had it on the wrong channel or something...LOL

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Me too...that's so cool.lol...I kept trying to change the channel,when I finally got it I felt like a dumb-*** so I didn't tell anyone till now.lol.....awe,that's great,made my day.

Man that really pissed me off. I rented the film from Blockbuster when it first came out and saw "Edited Version" in the title and was like "WTF"...

I still don't understand why they release such 'editied' versions as marketable. The same holds true with certain 'soft-core' pornographic movies..they make R rated and NR rated versions......

Now, if you're renting a soft-core porno film, you want to see flesh/sex, etc. Why get the R-rated version??

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The probably figure someone might get it for the storyline...LOL

Requiem was a very twisted and bizarre movie, saw it on DVD, and have to say that it's sad that people pretty much go through life with a very bad drug habit.

This is a great movie, i will never think about doing drugs after watching this. They should show this movie to all those addicts. I am changing my top ten for this. That last scene with the shocl therapy, i was crying.

I had trouble with the R version, i dont know if i could take the NR one.

I don't think there's a difference in the actual movie itself between the edited and director's cut. I think it's just that the D.C. has deleted scenes and stuff like that....Am I right?

probably, but whats the actual version? Like the one realesed in theatres.

Aronofsky's audio commentary is also really cool.

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