Requiem For A Dream

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Following the blighted lives of four Coney Islanders desperate to rise above stultified lives, Aronofsky's is one of the most visually exciting films about drug dependence. Burstyn's addled game show contestant is a tour de force. Refused a US ratings certificate, and driven by its textured score, this is a magic experience.

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Inc: Directors commentary, deleted scenes, making of doc, trailer, featurette.

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Review by graham cuming on 4th November 2002

This film is an audaciously grim thrill-ride.

Those familiar with the work of Hubert Selby Jnr will have braced themselves already for the coming onslaught of degradation. Yet the victims of life's vicissitudes presented here are themed around the issue of consumption - which is also the basis of the film's social critique. This is no redundant wallow in misery. The compulsive cravings for food, sex, and drugs are the negative manifestations of the consumer society. The requiem of the title is a lament for those who suffer because for them the American Dream turns out to be a hollow fantasy.

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