Movie you might have missed: Requiem for a Dream

I totally stole the idea from Will at our game site. The basic Idea is we will focus on a movie that might have slipped through the cracks.

Our first movie is Requiem for a Dream. Directed by Darren Aronofsky (PI) and staring Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans. The movie follows the four stars in a chaotic downward spiral of addiction. Not only chemical but also mental(television). Harry (Leto) and girlfriend Marion(Connelly) and Harry's friend Tyrone(Wayans) are all Heroin junkies with the dream of a big score so they'll become rich. Sara Goldfarb(Burstyn) is the films most sympathetic figure. Widowed and dealing with her son taking her television weekly to pawn for drug money. She becomes delusional and starts to believe she is going on a TV game show. After figuring out she can't fit in her favorite red dress her television addiction leads her to taking speed pills to keep from eating and lose weight.
The movie is the most intense hour and forty minutes one is bound to experience. At almost ever turn you can't wait for it to end but like a car accident you can't look away. While requiem isn't for everyone it is a roller coaster of emotion that must be seen to believe.

One would be remiss not to mention the wonderful score composed by Clint Mansell with the Kronos Quartet.