Monday, November 3, 2008

#56. Requiem for a Dream (2000)


Director: Darren Aronofsky
Screenplay: Hurbert Selbry Jr. & Darren Aronofsky (Based on the novel by Hurbert Selby Jr.)
Cast: Jared Leto, Ellen Burnstyn, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Christopher McDonald, Louise Lassar, Sean Gulette, Keith David

Quote: "I like the way I feel. I like thinking about the red dress and the television and you and your father. Now when I get the sun, I smile."

Visionary director, Darren Aronofsky, gives us another disturbing but beautiful piece with this masterpiece about 4 drug addicts who are bound together by a special connection. We have Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burnstyn), an old widow, who starts taking speed as weight-loss pills when she learns she might be on TV and wants to fit into an old red dress. Her son Harry (Jared Leto), who has a business of dealing and an arm that can shock plenty. His girlfriend Marion (Jennifer Connelly) who will do absolutely ANYTHING for drug money. And their best friend, Tyrone (Marlon Wayans), haunted by his pass and makes the wrong moves when dealing with the wrong people.

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