Requiem For A Dream

[A9X]

Mmmm, Jennifer Connelly

Suddenly, all the blood drained from my head.

 

[GregC]

A really good movie. I liked Pi more, but the performances in Requiem really stayed with me, esp. Ellen Burstyn. I've only seen it once, in the theater, because it was so brutal. I need to watch it again.

 

[A9X]

I saw it and it took me a while to recover after that. One of the heaviest movies I've ever seen.

I found it hard to watch too. Since I saw it I've worked with a lot of recovered herion addicts and I can see the truth in it.

However, Irreversible was the hardest movie I ever watched.

 

[Jiggybass]

Cool, thread from the dead

For those who enjoy this and Pi, check out "The Fountain" That movie is pretty sweet aswell

 

[sparktone]

Jennifer Connelly has the dubious distinction of starring in the two most depressing movies I've ever seen -- "Requiem for a Dream" and the equally bleak "House of Sand and Fog."

 

[scottice]

... and two films at the beginning of her career that made her look oh so yummy "Opportunity Knocks" and "The Rocketeer". Mmmm....

 

[arbitrary]

... and two films at the beginning of her career that made her look oh so yummy "Opportunity Knocks" and "The Rocketeer". Mmmm....

Don't forget Labyrinth with David Bowie!



and the Fountain was amazing!

 

[scottice]

Labyrinth... good call. I plan on checking that out again soon. It's been a LONG time.
The Fountain? I am not familiar with that one...

 

[enderwaves]

my problem with requiem for a dream is that everyone focuses on the heroin part of the story, and misses the larger thesis of everyone having an addiction that has the ability to destroy their life.

ie. myself and talkbass. just imagine this scene...
jared sits in front of a computer
[closeup of location bar "www.talkbass.com"]
[cut to pupil dilating]
[cut to blood flowing through a vein]
[cut to blue sky]

all that said, it's a pretty darn good anti-drug commercial. i know i've never been tempted to try heroin because of it (or maybe just because i have some sense...).