Film Reviews Drama Family Life Requiem for a Dream
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| Written by Alexander Zaitchik |
| Sunday, 28 December 2008 13:33 |
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Requiem for a Dream starts out like a designer jeans commercial shot by Michaelangelo Antonioni: heroin chic evoked through gorgeous camera work and performed by Beautiful People.
Addiction, infection, despair, chemical bliss; Requiem for a Dream (get the Director's Cut) Thinky says: Unforgettable on many levels. |
| Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 December 2008 21:38 |
Indeed, thirty minutes into Darren Aronofsky's acclaimed sophomore effort, the only two things you know are that Aronofsky is a genius in the editing room and that maybe smack isn't so bad after all.
depicts all of the elements of junkie life in a white heat of unforgettable images, and does so more realistically than anything in the genre since Pacino's Needle Park. Ellen Burstyn plays Leto's pill popping mother in a spellbinding performance that should win her an Oscar. The film is rumored to have more cuts than any other in history - over 2,000 - but doesn't feel like it, and the editing wizardry only assists this already powerful film.Cast from this movie also appeared in:
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