Superb anti drugs movie

Rating: 9/10 (25 August 2004)

SPOILERS:
Darren Aronofsky already surprised me with his breakthrough yet underground movie PI,but this time he shows his talents to a bigger audience.With REQUIEM FOR A DREAM Aronofsky makes quick shots,fierce editing and a convincing story all in one.
Although it doesn't have the power,humor and sublime acting of TRAINSPOTTING(a movie that is very similar to this one yet a true masterpiece)it still is one of the best films I've ever seen.Sure the acting of Burstyn is very good(yet sometimes a little overdone)but it just isn't masterclass like the actors in TRAINSPOTTING.
What I really enjoyed was the editing in the film.With quick,sometimes hallucinating shots Aronofsky gives the audience a trip of it's own. This technique comes to full effect in one of the last sequences in which all the three(possibly four)stories become one in a mind blowing editing frenzy.In raging tempo several shots of the several characters are shown,almost like the end of a psychedelic song in the late 60's(for instance THE END by The Doors). Then all stories come together in one similar shot of a character lying in a certain way.
It is impossible to explain everything in this movie,you really have to see it for yourself.But a recommendation it definitely is!
Not for the Squemish!
9/10 (currently number 46 in my all time top 100 list)