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...Requiem For a Dream, the latest film effort from Darren Aronofsky '91, might be most effective if it were screened at an ADDICTS anonymous meetings or shown to recovering alcoholics. It is a movie about addiction, but also about the despair that people spiral into by trying to pursue their DREAMS through escaping reality...
...Requiem chronicles two stories of addiction. One centers on a lonely, elderly housewife, Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn) and her addiction to weight-loss pills. Goldfarb's addiction begins when she is informed that she might have the possibility of being on television, which for her represents the only ESCAPE from her loneliness. The other story revolves around Sara's son Harry (Jared Leto), his girlfriend Marion (Jennifer Connelly) and his best friend Tyrone (Marlon Wayans in a surprisingly serious role). These two LOVERS and their best friend try to find the drug that will lift them out of the ugliness...
...Harvard Crimson: What is your reaction to the Motion Picture Association of America giving Requiem an NC-17 rating...
...know that they're getting involved with something intense. I want everyone to know that if you want to see a straight down the middle film, then go see Bounce. But if you want to see something that is a more punk, youthful, fucked up movie, come see Requiem. And if anything the controversy (over the rating) will help us. It will get our core audience out. And I don't want people who don't know what it's going to be, to walk out of the theaters with a bad experience- it's a pretty fucked up film...
...That's not to say there weren't some great moments. The musicality and lyrics of "Requiem For A Mouse" were superb and moving live, and near the end of the set the energy picked up somewhat, through such things as the trumpet flourishes on "Hello Little One," a definite lively plus. The side comments from the band on the pleasant-smelling popcorn (and the subsequent audience member who bestowed the band with a tub) and the intra-band bantering were also amusing. However, Luna's set was underwhelming, either because of the too-hip-to-be-wild atmosphere...