Review of Requiem for a Dream (2000) by Nazgulero — 01 Mar 2011

I really do not see the fascination a lot of filmmakers and other artists have with the bottom feeders of society. I find addicted people disgusting, as simple as that. I find it evenly disgusting how deep certain humans can sink. We must be the only species without a clear genetically determined spectrum of behaviour. I have seen people who live in dirt, who smell, who dump their waste on the street, who destroy themselves with alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, food, or whatever poison they can find. No animal does that. Animals spend most of the day cleaning themselves, because they instinctively know that their body is pretty much their most important asset.

With regard to this movie, what is the purpose of making it ? Drugs are dangerous ? Thanks, by now everybody should know that.

The only thing tha bothers me is that apparently a lot of people can actually relate to that movie. That spells trouble for humanity...