You must not have seen the movie. It was tragic. She went permanently insane from the speed in the diet pills. Nobody was close enough to her to see her obvious deterioration until it was too late. One of the most depressing movies I've ever seen.
@@tomasom4497 I have seen the movie, thanks. Having friends like the friends Sarah has, does not mean you will have body dysmorphia and addiction problems. I said I wanted friends like hers. Jesus. And if *you* have seen the movie, you'll know that her friends cared deeply, more deeply than Sarah thought.
@@tomasom4497 I get what you're saying. There are some people who are kind to me and want to be my friend, but I cannot deeply connect to them as they won't be able to understand the experiences I've been through. I think Sarah has that problem too. It's alienating when people are helpful, but you know they'll never understand you so they cannot really help you. I don't have any friends, I could easily make them but I don't feel a real connection to anyone.
I have an aunt and cousin who were once contacted about being on Cash Cab. They sent in all of the paperwork and everything but by the time they were actually gonna be on the show it'd been so long that they'd forgotten about it. "Being on television" is not a quick process.
SAME!!! I saw it in 2000, when it was out in theaters, and I couldn't stop crying for a week. I was a wreck. This and "Dancer in The Dark" are the two movies that I know I could never watch a second time - just profoundly upsetting.
It's NOT depressing! I really hate when people say that. I think the movie had a hopeful ending. When you're at rock bottom, the only place left to go is up. Also, when you have nothing, you have nothing to lose. Sara got what she almost died for: she got to be on the show with Harry. What does it matter it wasn't "real?" It was real to her, and that's all that matters. There's hope in those things.
@@IlaughedIcried OMG Dancer in the Dark did the same for me. Bjork's character being brutalized by every side grabbed my soul to the point I still think about it today. Bjork was superb in that movie!
@@MomMom4Cubs Yes,very hopeful. Ending up in an insane asylum. Time to put on your happy face and smile, smile, smile. That is your personal take on the movie and an interesting opinion it is.
I literally only went here to post this. I can never watch that movie again and she is the reason why it was so damn sad heartbreak I felt for that character. I just can’t bring myself to look at it again.
You need a hug and a chocolate sundae after watching this movie… it’s truly a tough watch but that’s what makes it so good. “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable”
I watched this movie years ago with my brother and his girlfriend and this movie scared the ever living shit out of me. The best depiction of drug addiction on film in my opinion, a very sad movie also.
She could have easily eaten a full and nutritious course of meals, walked, and lost weight comfortably. Near Starvation is never logical. Very dangerous.
I love this movie. That being said it's a movie I haven't been able to watch again for years. After being through severe addiction in my 20s, the disturbing realism of this film is just too much for me to handle. It's that powerful.
Ive been on that diet before, trust me the hunger pangs go away, but one day you find yourself binging at 3am in a Mexican restaurant 2hrs from home. I did lose my 50lbs tho.
The editing and production of this film is just way ahead of its time. This movie really fucked with me as a teen. This film is just as significant as The Matrix if you ask me.
Such an amazing actress, she acted in different cult films that are part of the popular culture, love her and everyone in this film made sn increíble work, you end up feeling empty and drained at the end
Check out Last Exit to Brooklyn as well...Hubert Selby jr had a way to tell a story...he actually portrayed one of the brutal jail guards in Requiem for a Dream
This film was so effective for me because I really cared for Ellen Burstyn's character. My grandmother is a super sweet Jewish old lady with a thick Boston accent (not New York, but they're similar). So when I saw what Sara Goldfarb was going through I began to imagine this happening to my grandmother and I started to bawl my eyes out.
@@danielt.miranda2107its not an external issue. Sara is the issue. Shes been depressed since her husband passed away and her son is a junkie. Shes miserable and seeks a way out. The show becomes her way out and everything that happens after is her choice of making that dream happen 😢
I felt so bad for the mom more than anyone in this movie. The addict BF with his GF left her withdrawaling for days and was a dealer. The GF has to cheat on him for money. (Jobs are an option and so is a methadone clinic) The mixed race guy was a dealer, too, that got into bad things knowingly as well as the rest. And every other character were horrible human beings and they all deserved what happened. The only one who never deserved anything and was only trying to do the right thing but was mislead by doctors completely unknowingly and she suffered horribly for it was the mother. And she deserved none of it because she was only trying to be helpful towards everything. Whilst all the other aforementioned characters knew what they were doing was wrong, yet, still did it anyway. Tragic but amazing movie...
@@rekwa3860 My comment isn't about the movie. I didn't watch it; and won't be watching it. Nevertheless, why do the majority of women lose weight? There are only 3 reasons; and there's 1 that's most relevant.🍿😅
@@originalkingalpha5116no one loses weight to look good for others, majority of people losing weight want to look and feel good about THEMSELVES. jesus not everything is about you all the time
@auralla "No one loses weight to look good for others"? Ever thought about doing stand-up?😂 Yes, most people want to "feel good" good about themselves, but what does weight have to do with it? When speaking of women, it's: Societal standards of beauty. Influences. Internal and external pressures. Aesthetics. Health related. 🥁 1. What men prefer is the majority of all reasons why most women tend to want to lose weight and do! It's directly associated with what she thinks that men prefer. Most women believe that men desire thinner women. She knows what she'll have to do to get that guy with the six-pack abs. Well in her mind, at least. Statistics proves it!🍿😂
@@auralla People (especially women) lose weight or attempt to lose weight all the time for others. That's a fact since as long as most people can remember.😂
You don’t feel sorry for an old woman who just trusted her doctor with her problems? She just did what he told her to do, her addiction is his fault. It was amphetamines you know?
This has always been hilarious to me. Imagine being a woman and the hardest thing is just not stuffing your face lmao. This is what pampered life has done to them.
brother she’s a widow watch the movie her husband is dead and she’s alone and old and depressed and wants to go on her husbands favourite show lmfao you’re acting like death is easy to deal with
This movie broke my heart for that poor mother.
Me too 💔 .. poor woman
Her friends are so supportive and sweet. Imagine having a clique like that at old age. That's how I'd want to be when I'm elderly tbh
You must not have seen the movie. It was tragic. She went permanently insane from the speed in the diet pills. Nobody was close enough to her to see her obvious deterioration until it was too late. One of the most depressing movies I've ever seen.
@@tomasom4497 I have seen the movie, thanks. Having friends like the friends Sarah has, does not mean you will have body dysmorphia and addiction problems. I said I wanted friends like hers. Jesus.
And if *you* have seen the movie, you'll know that her friends cared deeply, more deeply than Sarah thought.
@@tomasom4497 they were very supportive. Sara isolated herself from them, they did nothing wrong
@@themartdog Whatever. OK, you all win, it was the feelgood movie of the century. LOL
@@tomasom4497 I get what you're saying. There are some people who are kind to me and want to be my friend, but I cannot deeply connect to them as they won't be able to understand the experiences I've been through. I think Sarah has that problem too. It's alienating when people are helpful, but you know they'll never understand you so they cannot really help you. I don't have any friends, I could easily make them but I don't feel a real connection to anyone.
Ellen Burstyn should have won the Oscar that year.
Had she not gone against what everyone was recommended and went for Best Supporting Actress instead she would have.
@@Stefan-ji2ek jank she was a lead
@@Stefan-ji2ek but she was the lead.....
I have an aunt and cousin who were once contacted about being on Cash Cab. They sent in all of the paperwork and everything but by the time they were actually gonna be on the show it'd been so long that they'd forgotten about it. "Being on television" is not a quick process.
So they never went?
Such a heart warming film. Fun for the whole family
Truly one of the best wholesome family films to ever be made ❤️
At Christmas dinner?
😂
Movie haunts me til this day.
I think food is even a drug in this film. Very ahead of its time
yes. every person in this movie is having cravings
Yes addiction comes in all shapes and sizes 😢
This movie was brilliant but i would never, ever watch it again. Horrifically depressing.
SAME!!! I saw it in 2000, when it was out in theaters, and I couldn't stop crying for a week. I was a wreck. This and "Dancer in The Dark" are the two movies that I know I could never watch a second time - just profoundly upsetting.
It's NOT depressing! I really hate when people say that.
I think the movie had a hopeful ending. When you're at rock bottom, the only place left to go is up. Also, when you have nothing, you have nothing to lose.
Sara got what she almost died for: she got to be on the show with Harry. What does it matter it wasn't "real?" It was real to her, and that's all that matters.
There's hope in those things.
@@IlaughedIcried OMG Dancer in the Dark did the same for me. Bjork's character being brutalized by every side grabbed my soul to the point I still think about it today. Bjork was superb in that movie!
@@MomMom4Cubs Yes,very hopeful. Ending up in an insane asylum. Time to put on your happy face and smile, smile, smile.
That is your personal take on the movie and an interesting opinion it is.
I agree but I think they should make high school students watch it
I literally only went here to post this. I can never watch that movie again and she is the reason why it was so damn sad heartbreak I felt for that character. I just can’t bring myself to look at it again.
You need a hug and a chocolate sundae after watching this movie… it’s truly a tough watch but that’s what makes it so good. “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable”
What a quote
The hallucinating cheeseburgers should have been an early red flag
It was like half a dream so ...
I watched this movie years ago with my brother and his girlfriend and this movie scared the ever living shit out of me. The best depiction of drug addiction on film in my opinion, a very sad movie also.
She could have easily eaten a full and nutritious course of meals, walked, and lost weight comfortably. Near Starvation is never logical. Very dangerous.
They should show this in schools to keep kids off drugs
Many years ago my gf at the time said she might double up her prescripted drugs, I showed her the fridge scene, she stuck to what the doctor said
And Trainspotting
Yeah the dead baby scene from TS and the ass to ass scene in RfaD would be super for the kids
@@Bigtleem Im talking about high school kids. High school is about the time kids start rebelling and this would be a reality shock for them.
The Basketball diaries too
Honestly no movie makes me feel quite like this one. Very powerful, raw, real and confronting. The music and filming style is epic. Tragic art.
First time watching this movie I felt sooooo dirty. I needed 2 showers
Its just about broken dreams
Fun fact: requiem are a type of mass only done for the dead, so the dreams aren't just broken they're dead
@@crunchyoats1862 that fact isn't so fun in this case but I appreciate the info lol
They forgot to put a stamp on the envelope 😩
one of the friends is actress Louise Lasser.... she was amazing in Happiness. both haunting movies.
I love this movie. That being said it's a movie I haven't been able to watch again for years. After being through severe addiction in my 20s, the disturbing realism of this film is just too much for me to handle. It's that powerful.
One of my all time favorite films.
Ive been on that diet before, trust me the hunger pangs go away, but one day you find yourself binging at 3am in a Mexican restaurant 2hrs from home. I did lose my 50lbs tho.
Shooter Mcgavin back at it again
4:39 reminds me of The Sims lol
Pupils going in the wrong direction
This movie is amazing.
The editing and production of this film is just way ahead of its time. This movie really fucked with me as a teen. This film is just as significant as The Matrix if you ask me.
Such an amazing actress, she acted in different cult films that are part of the popular culture, love her and everyone in this film made sn increíble work, you end up feeling empty and drained at the end
This movie is the reason I never tried hard drugs . My big brother made me watch this ...
How did Ellen B not get the Oscar but Julia no Talent Roberts did
Both are super talented
@Rash23215 not saying Julia isn't talented I just thought that Ellen B performance was on a different level
@@jrzygurl bro u literally said that..... ur comment is still there
@Rash23215 🫠yup..u r correct..lol..😜 too much wacky tobaccy🤷♀️.. Merry Christmas☃️
@@jrzygurl it's fine.... i agree with the part that ellen deserved it more than julia though....
1:09 How it feels to chew 5 gum
Theeir eyes shouldnt be dialating on opiates.
She’s doing meth
She’s on meth bruh👌
Cocaine isn’t an opiate.
Check out Last Exit to Brooklyn as well...Hubert Selby jr had a way to tell a story...he actually portrayed one of the brutal jail guards in Requiem for a Dream
Honestly i wish the movie was just about her
This film was so effective for me because I really cared for Ellen Burstyn's character. My grandmother is a super sweet Jewish old lady with a thick Boston accent (not New York, but they're similar). So when I saw what Sara Goldfarb was going through I began to imagine this happening to my grandmother and I started to bawl my eyes out.
Same here, apart from being Jewish or from NY. Take care of your relatives is what I took from your comment. ✌
Would Sara have turned out well had she just followed her Diet and not upped the Dosage?
I think she’d been better off if that one elderly woman hadn’t recommended her that doctor who gave her the pills
@@danielt.miranda2107its not an external issue.
Sara is the issue. Shes been depressed since her husband passed away and her son is a junkie. Shes miserable and seeks a way out. The show becomes her way out and everything that happens after is her choice of making that dream happen 😢
Stress - best diet, tested and tried 👍🏼
Stress was the reason I got fat 😂
@@tarabooartarmy3654 scream a bit, you'll lose it ❤️
@@m.m.199 sounds way easier and more fun than the way I’ve been doing it. 😁
Total opposite for me right now
Scene starts at 1:19
Alguien sabe donde verla en español?
they really wanted to shake us up with showing a sweet lady like her and then have things go so horribly wrong.
I felt so bad for the mom more than anyone in this movie.
The addict BF with his GF left her withdrawaling for days and was a dealer.
The GF has to cheat on him for money. (Jobs are an option and so is a methadone clinic)
The mixed race guy was a dealer, too, that got into bad things knowingly as well as the rest.
And every other character were horrible human beings and they all deserved what happened.
The only one who never deserved anything and was only trying to do the right thing but was mislead by doctors completely unknowingly and she suffered horribly for it was the mother.
And she deserved none of it because she was only trying to be helpful towards everything. Whilst all the other aforementioned characters knew what they were doing was wrong, yet, still did it anyway.
Tragic but amazing movie...
Too scary for me😭
I got slim like this tho.... But I regained in 2yrs 😞😞😞
Eggs and grapefruit
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Couldn't she have just 1 piece of turkey sausage too?
Prescription amphetamines sound tastier
That mom got on my nerves,so annoying and desperate
Clearly never had a severe addiction, desperate is a under statement
Clark Daniel Thomas Joseph Lopez Sharon
Clark Daniel Johnson Brian Miller Thomas
Martinez Deborah Smith George Jackson Christopher
Brown Karen Jones Frank Lopez Mary
Sara is actually a good size in my opinion. Some of us men do indeed enjoy meat with our potatoes.🍻😂
You watched the movie and somehow thought that she did all that to impress a man?
@@rekwa3860 My comment isn't about the movie. I didn't watch it; and won't be watching it. Nevertheless, why do the majority of women lose weight? There are only 3 reasons; and there's 1 that's most relevant.🍿😅
@@originalkingalpha5116no one loses weight to look good for others, majority of people losing weight want to look and feel good about THEMSELVES. jesus not everything is about you all the time
@auralla "No one loses weight to look good for others"? Ever thought about doing stand-up?😂
Yes, most people want to "feel good" good about themselves, but what does weight have to do with it? When speaking of women, it's:
Societal standards of beauty.
Influences.
Internal and external pressures.
Aesthetics.
Health related.
🥁 1. What men prefer is the majority of all reasons why most women tend to want to lose weight and do! It's directly associated with what she thinks that men prefer. Most women believe that men desire thinner women. She knows what she'll have to do to get that guy with the six-pack abs. Well in her mind, at least. Statistics proves it!🍿😂
@@auralla People (especially women) lose weight or attempt to lose weight all the time for others. That's a fact since as long as most people can remember.😂
Jennifer connelly nice bush
Men like you are the reason why women can't just exist without thinking every man is a creep.
My fave movie especially the sex show🤑
She could have put salt, cayenne and pepper on the boiled egg. I dont feel sorry for her at all.
You don’t feel sorry for an old woman who just trusted her doctor with her problems? She just did what he told her to do, her addiction is his fault. It was amphetamines you know?
This has always been hilarious to me. Imagine being a woman and the hardest thing is just not stuffing your face lmao. This is what pampered life has done to them.
It’s almost like this is a movie… from over 20 years ago and you’re just bitter at women for not liking you. 😂
He's triggered. 😂@@Raysworld101
Based on your profile picture your comment is not surprising at all 😂
This comment and your profile picture are GAY.
brother she’s a widow watch the movie her husband is dead and she’s alone and old and depressed and wants to go on her husbands favourite show lmfao you’re acting like death is easy to deal with