Willy Loman's Requiem For A Dream

Requiem for a Dream is a movie masterpiece, even though it is not a movie of beautification. Everything required for an incredible film is in there; great acting, cinematography, story, and the viewer's reaction. The title alone can fill one in on what this movie is, it's a 'death of a dream'. Even though this is not a movie made to beautify anything, it takes a serious problem and makes it as least glamorous as it could, therefore making it an anti-drug movie without preaching it. "Rober Ebert (EBERT AND ROEPER AT THE MOVIES), Peter Travers of Rolling Stone, Elvis Mitchell of the New York Times, and Jack Matthews of the New York Daily News named Requiem for a Dream one of the 10 best films of 2000" (Rottentomatoes.com) With distinctions such
Many claim it either to be too depressing, that it is simply an 'MTV project', or that it "celebrates the dubious glamour of the junkie lifestyle" (Arnold, Seatlepi). Yet I would disagree with all these claims as to why this movie is bad. First off, yes, this movie is not happy, but should all movies leave us with nothing but 'Oh, that was a fun movie!'? No, it's nice to see an intellectually good movie, which makes the audience really FEEL something. It is a movie which doesn't sit easily, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Secondly, there are claims that it is a MTV project. The director himself understands this feeling. He says that the MTV style is, "a style without substance" (Aronofsky, DVD extra). He argues that by saying, every shot and his way of filming is based on the truth and the story, he claims that he has substance behind his style. Finally, he doesn't just mean for this to be a movie about drugs. It is about addiction, whether that be a drug, coffee, sex, or hope. It may be unsettling how the kids turn to drugs, but not everything we see or deal with in life is a pretty
There was also some symbolism in all of this. The use of the three seasons could be one example. Summer generally is supposed to represent a happy time, a time of hope. While it is summer, all these dreams or hopefully and possibly coming true. Sara gets a call from a television station saying she's going to be on TV. Tyrone and Harry get this idea to make money by dealing. And Marion has the possibility of opening up her own clothing store. Yet when fall comes around, we see problems starting. The drugs aren't working, their loving relationship is being tarnished by the drug use. And Tyrone then gets put in jail. Summer is in sight, but winter is coming as well. Finally in winter, winter represents death. Death, is exactly what happens. The death of all their dreams. Sara becomes a vegetable. Harry's arm gets cut off. Tyrone is lying in jail, dreaming of his mother. And Marion has lost all of her morals and becomes a prostitute in order to hook her up with some blow. The use of the seasons represents the downfall, and it also makes the story flow right where it