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Requiem for a Dream (2000) [Director's Cut] [Re-UP]

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Requiem for a Dream (2000) [Director's Cut] [Re-UP]

Requiem for a Dream (2000) [Director's Cut]
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 16:9 | Scans (4 JPGs) | 01:41:03 | 7,83 Gb
Audio: English AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps + 2 Commentary tracks | Subs: None
Genre: Drama

Director: Darren Aronofsky
Writers: Hubert Selby Jr. (based on the book by), Hubert Selby Jr. (screenplay) | 1 more credit »
Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly

Darren Aronofsky follows up his acclaimed debut Pi with this gritty, emotionally charged film set amidst the abandoned beaches and faded glory of Coney Island, Brooklyn. Based upon the novel by celebrated author Hubert Selby Jr., the story intricately links the lives of a lonely widowed mother (Academy Award Winner Ellen Burstyn), her son Harry (Jared Leto), his beautiful girlfriend Marion, (Jennifer Connelly) and his best friend Tyrone (Marlon Wayans). Requiem for a Dream is a hypnotic tale of four human beings each pursuing their vision of happiness. Even as everything begins to fall apart, they refuse to let go, plummeting with their dreams into a nightmarish, gut-wrenching freefall.

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I love my job. I really love my job. I get DVDs for free. As you may have read in my theatrical review, Requiem For A Dream was my favorite film of 2000, so I'm ecstatic to be able to review it again on disc. After watching it, I realized something: I'm addicted to DVDs, and indeed to movies in general. Such is the power of this film that it allowed me to analyze my own life in a way that I could not before. While I won't curb my addiction, hopefully the realization alone will prevent me from going over the deep end. I now see that the thrill I get, when the title card for Requiem slams onto the screen, is my cinematic version of a heroin high, and the whole rest of the film is my overdose. The fact that I've watched the film four times now shows the fear I have of going through withdrawal.

Requiem for a Dream (2000) [Director's Cut] [Re-UP]

Requiem for a Dream is the story of four characters and their struggle with addiction. Harry Goldfarb (Leto), his girlfriend Marion (Connelly), and his friend Tyrone (Wayans) have a dream. If they can sell enough drugs, they can make enough money to buy a pound of pure heroin. Then, they can live out the rest of their lives, as Harry puts it, "on easy street." Meanwhile, Harry's mother, Sara (Burstyn), gets a call telling her that she will be on television. In anticipation of this event, she tries on the red dress she wore to Harry's high school graduation. Finding that she has put on too much weight to fit into it, she goes on a diet. Unable to stay on the diet, she turns to diet pills.

Requiem for a Dream (2000) [Director's Cut] [Re-UP]

Requiem is not a drug film. It is a film about addiction. Sara is addicted to TV, to coffee, to food. A few of the characters are addicted to sex. In the forward to the latest edition of the novel,Requiem for a Dream, Aronofsky describes addiction as a character in the story. That is why, after seeing the film, I recognized my own addiction to movies. The film looks at the deeper nature of addiction in all of its forms, not just in connection with drugs.

Requiem for a Dream (2000) [Director's Cut] [Re-UP]

Darren Aronofsky blasted into the cinematic world with his 1998 release, Pi. Exhilarating and innovative, Pi showed Aronofsky to be a director of great promise. Requiem for a Dream fulfills that promise. Aronofsky uses the techniques created for Pi (such as a camera attached to the actor's body) and with them creates an entirely different atmosphere. If Pi is Aronofsky's Eraserhead, then Requiem is his Blue Velvet, and Aronofsky graduates from a hot newcomer to a truly great director.

Requiem for a Dream (2000) [Director's Cut] [Re-UP]

Part of what makes Requiem so great is the writing. In the commentary for the film, Aronofsky said that he began reading the novel, but couldn't finish it—not because it was bad, but because it talked about the same things that he had been trying to talk about, and did so much better. And the screenplay by Aronofsky and the novel's author, Hubert Selby Jr., is also more fleshed-out than Pi, which had some loose ends that were mostly forgotten through breakneck pacing. Requiem is a less complex story that doesn't leave many loose ends hanging around. You understand what is happening at each moment, and how each character got to where they are.

Requiem for a Dream (2000) [Director's Cut] [Re-UP]

The performances in this film are powerful. In my theatrical review, I said that Jared Leto's wasn't as good as Jennifer Connelly's or Marlon Wayans'; how wrong I was. Watching it again, I realize that Leto is the strongest performer of the three. Jennifer Connelly, meanwhile, has really grown as an actress. You won't believe that this is the same girl from Labyrinth, playing Marion. You can read the emotion on her face, but it seems sincere, not put on. Marlon Wayans is the surprise of the trio. With only comedy under his belt, it's a pleasure to see him taking on a dramatic role and turning in a solid performance. I always like to see good actors branching out, and this is just the start for Wayans.

Requiem for a Dream (2000) [Director's Cut] [Re-UP]

Of course, the best actor in the film is Ellen Burstyn. In what Roger Ebert called an "egoless" performance, Burstyn completely sublimates herself and becomes Sara Goldfarb. This is one of the great performances in all of film history. I found myself either crying or on the verge of tears just by watching her; she is so subtle, yet direct and powerful. Her performance in Requiem is the kind that artists strive their entire lives for. What we have here is just a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Requiem for a Dream (2000) [Director's Cut] [Re-UP]

Another crucial aspect here is the music. The film is, after all, a requiem, and a requiem without music is like a story without visuals. Clint Mansell composed the score, and the Kronos Quartet performs it. This is one of the most effective and haunting film scores I've heard in a long time. I bought the soundtrack, something I almost never do, and have listened to it innumerable times. The way it works with the film raises the emotional stakes without manipulating the audience.

Requiem for a Dream (2000) [Director's Cut] [Re-UP]

While too honest and harrowing for some, I recommend everyone who wants to see a meaningful film with great acting, writing, directing, and music to see Requiem For A Dream.
Requiem for a Dream (2000) [Director's Cut] [Re-UP]

Special Features:
- Commentary by director Darren Aronofsky
- Commentary by director of photography Matthew Libatique
- 16:9 Wide-screen Digitally Remastered Version
- Documentary: "The Making of Requiem for a Dream," with optional commentary by director Darren Aronofsky (35 mins)
- Nine short deleted scenes with optional commentary by director Darren Aronofsky
- "Memories, Dreams and Addictions": Ellen Burstyn Interviews Hubert Selby, Jr. (20 mins)
- The Sundance Channel's "Anatomy of a Scene" (5 mins)
- Theatrical trailer and TV Spots
- Cast And Crew Information
- Production Notes
Requiem for a Dream (2000) [Director's Cut] [Re-UP]


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