Requiem for a Dream

Requiem may seem like a typical story of a bunch of kids who are addicted to drugs and lose all of their money in the process, but the film shows us four people who just want to be successful and liked. Hopes and dreams that are shattered by a drug addiction. Sarah, a old women living alone, her son Harry, and his friends Marion and Tyrone all want to achieve their dreams, which vary from fitting into a dress to owning a business, and revert to drugs to make those dreams happen, whether using or selling. These addictions take them on a dark and unforgiving journey as the drugs become the most important thing in their lives. And although these four characters are in it together, we see in the final minutes of the film the desperation and loneliness that is inevitable. The portrait that we see of the effects of drugs on the mind and body is one that is real, and has an impact that rests with viewers for a long time after credits roll. Aronofsky uses original camera techniques and film methods that capture this organic feeling and creates a believable world of desire, hope, pain, disappointment, and despair. The four characters come full circle with each other, as we see in the end, and prove that no matter what the drive, the drugs will get ya.