Post by Boz on Jan 21, 2007 21:05:57 GMT
Requiem For a Dream 
(2000/Aronofsky)
A long overdue rewatch, although so strong are the images and themes in this film that I had remembered much of it. Perhaps the most accurate depiction of the lives of drug users next to the last half of Goodfellas. Memorable for its unapologetic portrayal of extreme pain, humiliation, and tragedy, made even more effective because of the interweaving four storylines all with the similar theme. Aronofsky utilizes perhaps the most blazingly unconventional, in-your-face, edit-happy directorial style in modern or in all cinema, which makes it one of the most emotionally difficult but aesthetically rewarding viewing experiences in memory. Eagerly awaiting The Fountain.
(2000/Aronofsky)
A long overdue rewatch, although so strong are the images and themes in this film that I had remembered much of it. Perhaps the most accurate depiction of the lives of drug users next to the last half of Goodfellas. Memorable for its unapologetic portrayal of extreme pain, humiliation, and tragedy, made even more effective because of the interweaving four storylines all with the similar theme. Aronofsky utilizes perhaps the most blazingly unconventional, in-your-face, edit-happy directorial style in modern or in all cinema, which makes it one of the most emotionally difficult but aesthetically rewarding viewing experiences in memory. Eagerly awaiting The Fountain.