Requiem for a Dream is an American psychological drama directed by the Famous Darren Aronofsky. The movie was based on the 1978 novel by Hubert Selby Jr, whereby Aronofsky played a key role in writing the screenplay. The film talks about the four individuals who were affected by the addiction to drugs, and it played a critical role in affecting their emotional and physical states. Their addictions to drugs imprisoned them in a world of desperation and delusion. As the film progressed, it was noticed that each character’s health deteriorated, and also their reality was completely taken by misapprehension, which led to a catastrophe. This paper will look at how drug use is represented in the film and what makes the characters use drugs.
The movie is a true reflection of drug addiction and its impacts on people’s day-to-day activities. In addition, the movie also shows the struggle individuals undergo while trying to fit into a society that has a disastrous impact. This indicates the reason why individuals turn to use drugs to fit in that society. However, the movie’s music, dialogue, and sound effects were used creatively. They were also used strategically hence creating a masterful soundtrack. This made the viewers filled with intense emotions while watching, especially the part where Sara was laid on a hospital stretcher.
The movie follows four individuals and characters as well as their drug addiction in Brooklyn. The main character is Harry Goldfarb, who is perceived as a typical addict and has plans to generate money and use drugs with his girlfriend Marion and his friend Tyrone, who were cocaine abusers. The three individuals decided to traffic heroin as they thought it was their only gate pass towards the road to success. Additionally, the widowed mother, Sara Goldfarb, who was addicted to watching Television, also abused medication as she could not live without taking the dietary pills, pushing herself into drug enslavement.
In conclusion, the film exposed how the four main characters have their menacing addiction to cocaine, diet pills, and heroin. In addition, all the four characters were dream-chasing their ambitions, hence why they decided to engage themselves in abusing drugs. Harry wanted to be rich; his mother wanted to be married, and Marion wanted to be part of his life. This is common even in contemporary society; individuals may not realize it when they become addicts.