Now presenting a movie review by V. Hasita Krishna.
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
Q: Does some movie like this even exist?
Well, the answer is yes. For all you people who think this is a movie conjured up from my imagination, let me tell you that not only has the movie come into existence way back in the year 2000, but also struck the jugular with its harsh portrayal of reality. For those of you who have seen it anyway, I’m sure you agree with me when I say it is just wonderful!
“Requiem for a Dream” is director Darren Aronofsky’s way of making a mark. The movie is an adaptation of a book and revolves around the lives for four ordinary people who nurture different dreams, but have a common weakness-addiction. Harry (Jared Leto) and Marion (Jennifer Connelly) are blissfully in love and live in Brooklyn, envisioning a small business venture of their own and a fairytale life that ends with “happily ever after.” So where is the flaw in the plan? Both of them are hopelessly addicted to heroin. Meanwhile, Harry’s mother, Sara Goldfarb is a couch potato and dreams of being on her favourite show on TV. One fine day, she comes to know that she has been selected to appear as a guest on the show. But when her favourite dress, as she discovers, is way too tight for her, she pops pills to slim down. Eventually she gets addicted to them. Tyrone (Marlon Wayans), Harry’s friend, completes the group, but his story is not dealt with in as much detail as the rest.
Towards the end, all of them end up in a mess of strained relations and a criminal record as well, thanks to their drug dumped bodies.
The movie is a horror flick of a different kind. It does not stop you from putting out the lights in the night; it stops you from venturing towards the murkier and harsher facets of human life. The best thing about the movie is that it is dark reality expressed without the usual cover ups and censure.
Verdict: Watch the movie for the way the subject of addiction has been explored. Watch it, not in a packed auditorium, but alone, so that you get to feel the story and it’s amazing depiction of things that could go wrong with you and me and every other living being, if only we dared to cross the threshold.
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