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With out a doubt one of, if not the best drug movie of our time, perhaps only beaten by scarface though not by much. To the guy that stopped watching it after the scene where she gets the television phone call, thats about a 1/4 of the way through, watch it again and be blown away by it. I think Marlan Wayans was perfect for the role in this film, sure he has been type cast because of doing movies like scary movie, and the wayans name sort helps the type casting along, but i cant think of anyone who could fill the role better.
The imagery and cinematography was also amazing. Darren Arronofsky's 'hip hop montages' are sometimes over used, but, always good and used properly. They help the transfer between scenes, and show repition, such as when Jared and Marlon are shooting up, and the montage is intertwined with Ellen's character repetitively drinking coffee. Sounds in these montages are also great, sounding sharp, but dirty. The scene where ellen is cleaning the house extremely fast is also great. That scene lasted either 8 or 18 seconds on screen, and took over 30 minutes to shoot. The imagery of Jared's arm towards the end and his disregard for it until its beyond repair really shocks the audience into watching the ending parts. The Tabby Tibbons infomertials and the way they look while Ellen's character is watching them on speed is great too, notice how you never see number three "This drives most people crazzzzzy"? Check the end of the post if you have the dvd 
The soundtrack is great as well and is so perfectly used through out the own film. Ive watched it a few times (3 or 4, I bought the dvd) and one time I just listened to the soundtrack since it if you get caught up in watching the movie you will miss it, which is good, it shows how subtle it is in conveying feelings. As in summer is light and happy, fall gets a bit darker, and by winter its all messed up.
The characters are good. However, summer should have been shown as much more happier. Maybe the main characters (except Ellen) just starting to get into drug use or being new at using drugs. I say this because in the end the only person I feel sorry for is Ellen (The scene after her friends visit her and sit on the bench holding each other brings tears to my eyes) since she doesnt knowingly become involved with illegal drugs and her dream of television and not questioning what the doctor gives her ultimately leads to where she ends up. But then again you could say that she should have stopped taking insane amounts of pills.
Last but not least, one of last scenes, where everything comes together and the soundtrack presents it self, along with the graphic imagery of *SPOILERS* the arm, ass to ass, prison, and the mental hospital, slowly building up until Jareds arm is cut off is unbelievable.
So in conclusion to this mammoth post, go watch requiem for a dream if you havent already. If you have the dvd which is loaded with extra stuff you can watch all of the tabby tibbons infomertials, go to the main menu and select marlon wayons joint. Do this by going through the three options, then going through the top to again and press left or right on the third option. I cant remember exactly how to do it, but fiddle with it and the joint is defineatly selectable.
If anyone got through that, well done
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