Favorite movie from favorite director

Rating: 9/10 (19 February 2020)

One of my favorite movies. From one of my favorite directors. Each character descends into their own kind of drug hell. It's a beautiful train wreck you can't look away from. Sara Goldfarb's joyous need to fit into her red dress is doped into a psychosis that consumes her. Marion Silver surrounds her clothes-designing talent with heroin until only heroin is left. Her descent is painted on her face as her make up becomes more garish with each scene. Tyrone C. Love loses his freedom and Harry Goldfarb loses his very arm. The gut-punch is so real - the heartbreak so well communicated. It's kind of hard to believe that this movie is so beautifully wrought, but it is.