Product reviewsRequiem For A Dream (DVD, 2001)

film making lesson

I am a film maker, which is why i loved the texture of the filming in this. time lapse / fish eye lens' / soundtrack pro exercises / sound speed varying / overlapping story lines / graphic suggestion/ yada yada yada…as i say, it's like a demo of cool film making effectsRead full review...

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Lived up to expectations

Brilliant film - lasts the test of time.

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Requiem for a Dream

Great movie!

AMAZING FILM

I really enjoyed this DVD film and would watch it again. The quality was excellent.

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Perfect thanks

Perfect thanks

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NEEDS TO BE WATCHED

Very thought provoking and real film. Acting excellent and would recommend this film.

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Great value for money

Great sealed condition. Price very respectful. Its a great film about peoples life's shattered with addiction. A very heart wrenching but straight to the point film.

not really worth watching except for Jared.

Its a bit arty farty although Jared Leto is worth watching at any time,yum! If he hadn't been in it,I wouldnt have bothered to finish watching it,disappointing.

Haunting

Darren Aronofsky’s directorial follow-up to ‘Pi’ has gained a degree of notoriety in recent years because of its graphic scenes showing the consequences of drug addiction, but ‘Requiem For A Dream’ in many ways lives up to its elegant title.

It is a moving and captivating film showing how drug addiction can utterly ruin the dreams and lives of a diverse group of characters. The most affecting story strand follows Sarah Goldfarb, the TV-fixated mother of Jared Leto’s character Harry, whose desire to lose weight to appear on a gruesome lifestyle show leads her to a disreputable doctor and a prescription of ‘diet pills’. These uppers and downers certainly give her more weight loss than she bargained for but also lead her down the path of mental breakdown.

The acting is superb throughout, but a special mention must go to Marlon Wayans who I had only previously seen in asinine comedies, but excels as Harry’s drug-dealer accomplice.

The most remarkable feature of the film, however, is Aronofsky’s direction, which is visually dazzling. He employs split screens, speeded-up and slowed-down scenes and fantasy/dream sequences to portray the disorientation of his characters.

Viewing to the very end requires a certain grim will. The final ten minutes make ‘Trainspotting’ look like a jolly outing, but ‘Requiem For A Dream’ is a haunting modern fable which remains with you long after it has finished. Recommended.Read full review...

Extreme nightmare

I don't know how I got to find this film.Read a few reviews.And thought how can a simple film ever be so disturbing as people say.I have seen PI and liked that film by the same director,so gave Requiem for a dream a try.From the offset I could tell this film was about addiction,And lives were going to end bad.But watching the film style sucks you in to the routine loop of the lives of these people.slowly getting sucked down by addiction.the down hill spiral speeds up until you feel like you are going down the plug hole with them.I found my self questioning my own simple addictions.Thats the disturbing bit.Opens your eyes to a lot of things..Read full review...