Just a thought..

Rating: Null/10 (11 January 2001)

I think everything has been said about this film so I won't repeat how powerful, orginal and audacious this film is.
What I found striking though, reading many of the comments, is that almost every review focused on the drug use and some even thought the film is anti drug propeganda that should be seen by schools. I think that is slightly naive and shows, with respect to the commenters, an ignorance and detachment from the issue.
Furthermore, and this is really the main point I am trying to make, I disagree that this film is about drugs. This film, in my humble opinion, is about addiction. As such, it is not real or hyper real. It is, following my thesis, a surreal analysis of human obssession, addiction, and the effects thereof. To support this view, merely look at the way Aronofsky juxtaposes the story of Ellen Burstyn's obssession with appearing on TV and the means taken with that of the kids' obssession with 'finding a way out' and the consequential drug addiction.