Everyone who sees it needs to talk about it, I remember hearing a classmate a few rows from me talking with his friend about this movie that was very strong aaaand I guesses which one it was right away lol
Her character hit me the hardest because she reminds me of my late grandmother she was also very alone and watched tv all the time and i tried to see her as much as possible. So it hit me alot harder.
I heard that the film came out to close to the Oscars and didn’t have enough fanfare or promotion to be considered. A few of the committee said that if the film had been promoted the way Erin Brockovich was Ellen Burstyn would have almost certainly won.
Moral of the story: When dreams turn to obsessions, and obsessions become addictions, and addictions becomes the source of your own happiness, the pursuit of a dream can quickly spiral into a nightmare.
When I got addicted to prescription pills.. I watched this movie again and it just opened my eyes. It was a reality check. Checked into rehab, came clean and free for over a year
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." - Heraclitus Same with films. We age, as does the film. Every viewing will always be different.
@@ZR38315 right ot was so emotional and sad. I was hooked on opiates and just can't watch this ever again. This film should be used as a deterent to teenagers to never get in to drugs.
Brilliant movie! I watched this on a saturday night that I didn't go out and my brother came in after being out at the pub and sat down with his chip shop food. There was about 40 minutes left in the movie when he sat down. He didn't say much as he could see I was into the movie. At the end he turned round to me and says 'what the fuck was that?! I'm sweating and I missed most of the the movie' 😅
@@vorox7658 it can only be described as a beautiful nightmare, that you'd probably never want to experience again. I just finished the movie and I still haven't fully processed what I've just seen.
I don't see the point of this movie; too negative. That's what my reaction is right now after just seeing it literally 5 min. Ago. That said, I can see how it would turn people off drugs and that's a great thing.
@@sultanjelle9168 Hell yes. It's the movie where I really appreciated the acting ability of everyone involved... him, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connely, and... OMFG, Ellen Burstyn!! And don't get me wrong, I'm sure the director deserves plenty of credit where it's due.
Being an ex addict though, they don’t glorify it at ALL This is like dare level of propaganda but it’s so believable bc I have done things like this...and you justify it the entire time, saying “ it’s not going to be like that this time” every single time... This movie is HEAVY
@@harvey2217 I have yet to see the film, but from the clips I have seen it is. Think about it. Heroin was the only thing that made me throw my life away. And not think twice about it in the moment. It’s the only thing that will make a man give up on everything he loves, just because it’s really THAT good.
Ellen Burstyn was 1,000% Oscar worthy. Her red dress dialogue scene with Leto, my God, heart-breaking, I was in tears. Everyone was amazing, even Wayans. This is just a superb movie; extremely hard to give it a second viewing too.
Exactly. This movie is Marlon Wayan's "Punch Drunk Love". It makes me furious that he continues to make such garbage when he's capable of so much more.
Wayans i think was probably affected by this movie in a way we can't know. Probably why he makes trash comedy now exclusively. He realized how soul destroying real cinema can be lol
i hated it. and after the movie i realised that was what makes it so great. every time it come on, and it does that a lot, i feel like i just want it to stop. it truly is fitting for a beautifully executed disturbing piece of art.
I always heard it through pop culture and thought it was epic and meant for stuff like Lord of the rings but after seeing the movie as an adult I realize how haunting it is in context
This movie genuinely makes me feel like crap after watching it. So depressing. Im tempted to get one of my friends who's never seen it, Give them a very bare bones summary and watch it with them so I can see their reaction in real time.
Ellen Burstyn's performance was one of the best ever committed to film, period. Just insane. She was completely robbed of that Oscar, and just like you, after she lost I never took the Academy Awards seriously ever again. And the award goes to: the actors that have the agencies with the strongest pimp hand.
I couldn't agree more, to this day after all this time it's always been a serious chip on my shoulder that without question she should have had it. it was at that time that I took the awards as a joke also.
Is anyone watching the Oscars anymore? I remember when I was a kid in the summer I would watch some of the movies that won the Oscar, I don't do that anymore. We went from Dances with Wolves, Legends of the Fall, even Titanic to.... woman loving a fish, 2 black gays doing stuff and so on. We went from good written, acted, directed movies to movies promoting an ideology first and then everything else.
@@sebsebseb1905 Except Moonlight was not only an important film but was actually good? SMH i bet you're one of the idiots who thinks Parasite is some Korean propaganda and not a masterpiece of modern cinema
@@ReflexEight I didn't do any drugs in my teens, but all my friends that did excessively loved this move as well as Party Monster. I never understood their infatuation with films that warned that such a lifestyle could potentially destroy them.
I'm that guy that says, "Have you seen Requiem For A Dream?" Then I watch it with those people to see their reaction. Nobody should see this movie more than 10 times. The feeling of dread and sorrow when it's over is something no other movie has done for me. The soundtrack is phenomenal.
The first time you watch this movie, you were hoping that the characters will make it out okay. The other times you watch this movie, is like being stuck at your mom's funeral on repeat. This movie is not to be trifled with.
“Ass to Ass” one of the most memorable lines to the movie, said by a creepy old man. This movie truly changed about how I saw drug addiction, not as purely a person who is unable resist but showing how some people think there is something to be gained by doing drugs.
@@frankmerker630 I watched it alone in my dorm room because I saw Jared Leto and Marlon Waynes in a film together….. I just started at the screen for a solid 10 minutes in silence
I watched this for the first time tonight..... NEVER AGAIN. I shall recommend it to others for the rest of my days. Movies like this are scarier than horror movies because this is real life.
I know, when it was shot Matthew Libatique accidentally let the camera drift off target because it made him cry and fog up the cameras eyepiece. And the take was used in the movie.
My brother and most of his friends all died young because of drug abuse. and my mother was all about popping pills for anything that ailed you. I was trapped in a situation where all I could do was watch it all play out and just try my best to survive and stay sane until I had the independence to escape to a better life. I will always carry the scars from that terrible time. It's something I scarcely know how to give voice to and no one would ever guess what I went through. For that reason alone I deeply appreciated Requiem for its uncompromising peak into a world of drug-fueled hell that continues to plague society today.
As the daughter of a decades-long addict, with a little brother dead from an overdose, I relate to this with all my heart. Drugs ruined my childhood and my family.
Though I share the feeling, I just want to say the point of the movie is not “don’t do drugs”, the point is “don’t get obsessed with your dreams”, ultimately the American dream is what caused all this characters to consume drugs
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a movie that made me want to do drugs because haha funny drug trips that looks fun look at Johnny Depp and then this movie was like “haha... *no* “
just watched this last night, god fucking dammit. All I keep hearing in my head are her lines over and over again then I picture her at the end of the film. "ive already lost 25 pounds!"
This is one of the greatest films ever made, and Ellen Burstyn's performance is one of the best in the history of cinema. I agree that it's difficult to rewatch, which is why I've only seen it 3 or 4 times (once in a theater), despite owning the Blu-Ray. I may revisit it soon due to your review.
The only film in my life that scared shit out of me. I had flashbacks from the film for weeks afterward. I said that if I ever have kids, I will not give them 'say no to drugs' speech, I'll just show them Requiem. I will not be in the room.
I remember I started following the Oscars around 2009. All I can say is I think the year that finally made me realize that the Oscars mean nothing is either Hailee Steinfeld not winning for True Grit, or Jake Gyllenhaal not getting the Oscar for Nightcrawler. Add in Tony Collette for Hereditary in there too.
@@jakemitchell1132 the channel be kind rewind goes in depth to why some movies one when they were undeserving. It's due to good marketing etc. The Shakespeare in love video comes to mind
I'm actually too scared to watch this film. I know that sounds foolish, it's just one of those films that I know roughly what happens, which in turn gives me the creeps.
The first 40 minutes aren’t bad at all only a little sad seeing the mom in the beginning but that’s really it, the rest of the movie is not only anxiety enducing but also extremely sad
“Requiem for a Dream” game: Everyone takes a shot every time Jeremy says “Requiem for a Dream” ...Yeah, NOW it’s a party Oh and yes, “Requiem for a Dream” is a masterpiece
His mom's doctors just didn't care about her which left an elderly woman who had no idea what what she was doing and my heart breaks for her everytime. She's on uppers, downers, basically anything to get a doctor to shut her up.
Agreed it hurts me too. Glad that more and more doctors are not like that today. Mainly because doctors have gotten busted for giving patients drugs, when they didn't need them.
I have to say as a physician I was really bothered by the end of the movie when a doctor called the police on Harry. Simply put this just doesn’t happen. We take care of so many drug addicts and the health complications they suffer from. We detox them and help them and then hopefully place them in recovery. It was outrageously inaccurate and lazy writing and I found it insulting to what we as physicians and surgeons do every day to help addicts. Even 20 yrs later that scene angers me. I still remember one night at 3 in the morning when I took an addict with flesh eating bacteria to the operating room and filleted his neck open to clear the infection and his wound literally smelled like feces because of the gangrene. That’s what doctors do in real life. We don’t call the cops to arrest them. 🙄
Maybe your one of the good ones but many doctors these days are very impersonal and quick to jump to conclusions, you go in for anything pain related and they assume you're an addict who's only there for a prescription before the words are even done coming out of your mouth and they ain't shy about putting their thoughts out there and in the end they say take ibuprofen, do absolutely nothing for you and charge you 4000 for their trouble, of course this was only after the DEA cracked down on docs for the opioid epidemic they caused, prior to this they were quick get their pharmacy bonus and pump out prescription after prescription for oxycontin over a sprained wrist.
@@lovegood141 You don't understand some people then. I have family members who have said that "drug users deserve to die." These people live off of a case of Natural Light on a weekly basis.
Requiem For A Dream, Trainspotting and Drugstore Cowboy have helped me understand my father who was a drug dealer and Heroin addict, in his youth. We are not close, but certain movies and tv shows helped me empathize with his situation and what may have lead to his addiction instead of demonizing his actions.
This movie actually broke me out of my addiction when I watched it when I was young. I never want to see it again, but I agree with the feeling that its a necessary watch.
this explains why I dont find the movie to be that scary 😂 and I also watched American Psycho while going to sleep for a proper year or so.. then I did the same with fear and loathing in las vegas. I remember when I had a girl over and did the routine with fear and loathing in las vegas.. I still wonder what went on in her head during that time
This film has a legit message. And when people ask me, is this what heroin addiction is...yeah kinda. But, the best way I can explain it is, One time 8 of us went to bed high in a house and only 7 of us woke up. Heroin addiction in particular is dark and depressing. But yeah that lady is my best friends mom, to a T. She should have won an Oscar, cause I know a mom like that.
@@dgas5904 spoiler ahead ..... She became a real drug addict . To the point where she even becomes a prostitue . And she has no intention to change her life , she just need money for drugs . Unlike other two guys , because they want to change and get rid of this addiction .
Just found your channel, so I'm a bit late, but I subscribed and just want to say thanks. I ended up a heroin addict after a skiing accident and multiple surgeries. Before that, I was the squeaky clean Alex P Keaton of my hippie/beatnik family, ALL of whom drank and took drugs, but not me! So, yeah, I fully agree with your take on addiction: It can happen to anyone, and nobody wants to be an addict. Requiem for a Dream caught the reality of that so well. Great review! Oh, 18 years clean and sober now.
Oscar worthy stuff. they say that the cameraman started crying during that scene that's why the camera panned over to the right because he was shaking.
I've loved this movie the first time i saw it. For a time, I couldn't watch it due to recovery from my addiction to "diet pills". Loved Marlon Wayans in a dramatic roll. I always say that Ellen Burstyn makes any movie enjoyable.
@Universal Space Expeditioner definitely. I used to have friends that went down the same addiction path that ended up selling their bodies for drugs. The emotions the scene puts off of even just hearing the true stories ive heard is very accurate
Actually I would think the opposite, watching this movie you might feel better about your situation. Thinking to yourself, "Hey I'm not in an asylum, in jail, or prostituting myself, and I even got all my limbs!"
I saw this when I was in college in a Film appreciation class. It was generally an up beat class that night,😳 we were warned by the Prof. We all went in happy and 2 hours later we were all just really down and introspective.
One of the best comments I've heard about this film is that instead of simply observing the characters and their actions and decisions, it accomplishes a _participatory_ interaction with the viewer which makes for brilliant and economical storytelling. The viewer is brought inside the mental headspaces of the characters via direction, sound design, and cinematography. It establishes a vocabulary and shorthand above and beyond "show don't tell". Like in the drug consumption montages where the film is able to communicate in five seconds "okay, you know the drill; an hour goes by and they all get high again bam bam bam" - and you are right on the same page with the characters without unnecessary dialogue nor wasted screen time. So much is conveyed via closeups and editing without the characters needing to speak their internal monologue. The scene where Marion and Harry are as close as they can be but still divided via split screen tells you everything they don't say, and accomplishes a cinematic intimacy that is consistent throughout every moment of the film.
Regarding the camera technique where the camera follows a character's face, I think one of the earliest films to do that/popularize it was Mean Streets, which was one of Martin Scorsese's first films (1973)
By the time this movie ends the tension is cranked up so high it feels like someone is simultaneously squeezing you and screaming at you at the same time. This is a masterful movie that I’ll probably never watch again. Also features a score that is both mesmerizing and haunting.
16 when i first watched this movie, alone in my room. I had no idea. All i knew was a friend told me to watch it. I had some other friends that were definitely the wrong crowd and I was making bad decisions. They were starting to get into really heavy drugs. After I saw this movie I stopped hanging out with them. Later I found out one of them overdosed on heroine and passed. It was sad, but my first thought was literally about this movie, and how it potentially saved my life.
That scene where Harry calls Marianne on the pay phone... Jesus Christ one of the most harrowing scenes I’ve ever seen in film and some of the most incredible acting as well
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Jeremy, you ought to review the Expanse
Hey you going to do one about Run hide fight??
Are you going to review Trainspotting? Its 25th anniversary is coming up in February.
This is a movie no one talks about but everyone remembers.
LMAO watching it with family or friends is like exiting a crime scene and is never brought up again!
Everyone who sees it needs to talk about it, I remember hearing a classmate a few rows from me talking with his friend about this movie that was very strong aaaand I guesses which one it was right away lol
Ass to ass *shudders*
Cos it's so fricking dark *shudders*
This and Natural Born Killers are the two best movies ever made. Could watch a thousand times over and still find something new every time.
- I'm lonely, I'm old...
That monologue is the epitomy of her character. She didn't only deserve the Oscar, she deserved a standing ovation.
Her character hit me the hardest because she reminds me of my late grandmother she was also very alone and watched tv all the time and i tried to see her as much as possible. So it hit me alot harder.
i cried watching that part, felt like a knife that kept twisting
in this situation atm. don't know what to do@@Chamiliatic
Fucking TRUTH! Bullshit she didn’t get it
I heard that the film came out to close to the Oscars and didn’t have enough fanfare or promotion to be considered. A few of the committee said that if the film had been promoted the way Erin Brockovich was Ellen Burstyn would have almost certainly won.
Moral of the story: When dreams turn to obsessions, and obsessions become addictions, and addictions becomes the source of your own happiness, the pursuit of a dream can quickly spiral into a nightmare.
They should of put that in the end tbh
Actually a super fire quote. Well done XD
sexy way of putting it
Nice phrasing 👍👍
Wow
When I got addicted to prescription pills.. I watched this movie again and it just opened my eyes. It was a reality check. Checked into rehab, came clean and free for over a year
Congrats man have u reached 2 years clean ?
Yeah, there's really no reason to create.
I just watched this last night.
Congratulations on your accomplishment! How are you doing in 2024?
Requiem For A Dream is a film you endure, not watch. It's masterfully made, but a simply brutal experience.
Exactly dude towards the end I just wanted to turn it off but I knew I shouldn’t because I have a responsibility to finish it
The movie goes from being tear-jerking to horrifying
The camera work, close ups and distorted imagery is really haunting. Haven't seen it for 10 years but it's still burned to my mind lol.
Hell yeah!
I never want to see this movie ever again...
Nope....Been 20 years since I've seen it. Never want to see it again.
That is the correct response to seeing it.
My feelings exactly. It is a good film but its not fun to watch.
Same but it’s one of my favorites but I just can’t ever bring myself to watch it again😂😂
Because it sucked or?
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." - Heraclitus
Same with films. We age, as does the film. Every viewing will always be different.
Lol I used to be sub to you
Every viewing might be different but Imma pass on giving this thing another viewing lol
@@ZR38315 right ot was so emotional and sad.
I was hooked on opiates and just can't watch this ever again.
This film should be used as a deterent to teenagers to never get in to drugs.
We change, not the movies.
Go pandas!
I remember when my mates and I first watched it. We swiftly put on a Pixar film right after it finished 😂
You should be good, unless the movie is UP. If it was, my God have mercy on your soul.
@@Saavryn lol so true.
lol
@@Saavryn 10 minutes into that movie and I was a mess 😂
Brilliant movie! I watched this on a saturday night that I didn't go out and my brother came in after being out at the pub and sat down with his chip shop food. There was about 40 minutes left in the movie when he sat down. He didn't say much as he could see I was into the movie. At the end he turned round to me and says 'what the fuck was that?! I'm sweating and I missed most of the the movie' 😅
The last 30 minutes of this movie was a bone chilling nightmare
Never watching it again
@@XDarkBrotherhoodHD i had never seen it so tell me something before I watch it
@@vorox7658 it can only be described as a beautiful nightmare, that you'd probably never want to experience again. I just finished the movie and I still haven't fully processed what I've just seen.
@@vorox7658 it's what psychosis feels like.
I don't see the point of this movie; too negative. That's what my reaction is right now after just seeing it literally 5 min. Ago. That said, I can see how it would turn people off drugs and that's a great thing.
Probably the most horrifying movie I’ve seen and it’s not even a horror movie
That refrigerator is top 10 horror movie monster of all time for me though lol
I feel the same way about "The Big Short." Why people call that a comedy I'll never know.
It messed me up for 2 weeks
@@bluetaigax1747 same here man
I had a friend who legit watched it while stoned, and he went cold turkey the next day and never touched drugs again.
Ellen Burstyn's slow descent into madness lingers with me to this day. The fucking refrigerator is the stuff of nightmares.
"I'm gonna be on tell-uh-vision!"
The refrigerator is evil, didn't you know?
@@Charlotte8591 only if ur a meth head
WE GOTTA WINNER!
Am I the only one that felt indifferent? I mean yea they all ruined their lives, not gonna cry about it for the rest of my life
Marlon Wayans was amazing in this film. Extremely underrated.
His performance was "dynamite"
Literally the only movie I don't hate him in.
It was the movie we’re I realised he could actually act
@@sultanjelle9168 Hell yes. It's the movie where I really appreciated the acting ability of everyone involved... him, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connely, and... OMFG, Ellen Burstyn!! And don't get me wrong, I'm sure the director deserves plenty of credit where it's due.
It's funny, bc we have an advertisement at my work (a casino) that he is coming soon, and the only role I can ever think about him in is this one
It’s truly a soul-crushing movie.
and yet the movie does peal in comparison to reality.
I finished it 2 goddamn minutes ago..
I just want a hug before I fucking end myself.
Flint _ I send you a virtual hug right now 🤗
@@abdulkhafidsulaymaan I dealt with psychosis for about a year. This is about as accurate as you can get without being unwatchable
@@flint_3790 I already want to, just started the movie now, I need a mf hug already
That's some pick. That's in my list of movies that are great and I will be okay with not watching it again.
oh, hi there.👀
@@abishek_01 Hi👋
Exactly how I describe it to everyone!
My thoughts exactly. The overused heroine veins scene is still burned into my memory. No need to reburn it
@@Screened oh my god!! ❤❤love your work.
Being an ex addict though, they don’t glorify it at ALL
This is like dare level of propaganda but it’s so believable bc I have done things like this...and you justify it the entire time, saying “ it’s not going to be like that this time” every single time...
This movie is HEAVY
From your experience would you say that it's accurate?
@@harvey2217 I have yet to see the film, but from the clips I have seen it is. Think about it. Heroin was the only thing that made me throw my life away. And not think twice about it in the moment. It’s the only thing that will make a man give up on everything he loves, just because it’s really THAT good.
damn dude you did ass to ass?
@@tHeWasTeDYouTh This comment 😂 no but really, did he?
@@tHeWasTeDYouTh haha quality sir 👌
Ellen Burstyn was 1,000% Oscar worthy. Her red dress dialogue scene with Leto, my God, heart-breaking, I was in tears. Everyone was amazing, even Wayans. This is just a superb movie; extremely hard to give it a second viewing too.
Exactly. This movie is Marlon Wayan's "Punch Drunk Love". It makes me furious that he continues to make such garbage when he's capable of so much more.
She was robbed! Plain and simple .... she was beyond phenomenal
Wayans i think was probably affected by this movie in a way we can't know. Probably why he makes trash comedy now exclusively. He realized how soul destroying real cinema can be lol
The song to the film is the most haunting composition I've ever heard.
I never saw the movie, but I always heard it through shitty subliminal message and illuminati videos I watched as a kid lol it always freaked me out
@@citrusblast4372 SAME OMG
i hated it. and after the movie i realised that was what makes it so great. every time it come on, and it does that a lot, i feel like i just want it to stop. it truly is fitting for a beautifully executed disturbing piece of art.
I always heard it through pop culture and thought it was epic and meant for stuff like Lord of the rings but after seeing the movie as an adult I realize how haunting it is in context
This movie genuinely makes me feel like crap after watching it. So depressing. Im tempted to get one of my friends who's never seen it, Give them a very bare bones summary and watch it with them so I can see their reaction in real time.
Let us know if you ever do so
I make all my friends watch this 😂
Yes but also doesn't it make you want to be a better person.
Ellen Burstyn's performance was one of the best ever committed to film, period. Just insane. She was completely robbed of that Oscar, and just like you, after she lost I never took the Academy Awards seriously ever again. And the award goes to: the actors that have the agencies with the strongest pimp hand.
I couldn't agree more, to this day after all this time it's always been a serious chip on my shoulder that without question she should have had it. it was at that time that I took the awards as a joke also.
@@beer2041 Exactly.
Is anyone watching the Oscars anymore? I remember when I was a kid in the summer I would watch some of the movies that won the Oscar, I don't do that anymore. We went from Dances with Wolves, Legends of the Fall, even Titanic to.... woman loving a fish, 2 black gays doing stuff and so on. We went from good written, acted, directed movies to movies promoting an ideology first and then everything else.
@@sebsebseb1905 Except Moonlight was not only an important film but was actually good? SMH i bet you're one of the idiots who thinks Parasite is some Korean propaganda and not a masterpiece of modern cinema
@@cameronharrington6813 I loved 'Parasite'.... totally deserved the best picture of the year.
A more effective anti-drug message than any of those PSA's they showed us as kids.
Which is funny because that movie kickstarted my interest in trying drugs xD
@@ReflexEight that's pretty fucking stupid then
Using shocking imagery as a prevention method is highly ineffective.
Not really
@@ReflexEight I didn't do any drugs in my teens, but all my friends that did excessively loved this move as well as Party Monster. I never understood their infatuation with films that warned that such a lifestyle could potentially destroy them.
Joaquin phoenix: I based my joker off of the madness displayed in requiem for a dream
Jared leto: surprised Pikachu face
Wait for real?Joaquin did?
@@yuuyoya417 sure why not
Yeah when i saw the mother putting on the lipstick and was dancing, my mind directly went to the Joker
haha, ironic
@@AJ-fp8jj thought i was the only one.
I'm that guy that says, "Have you seen Requiem For A Dream?" Then I watch it with those people to see their reaction. Nobody should see this movie more than 10 times. The feeling of dread and sorrow when it's over is something no other movie has done for me. The soundtrack is phenomenal.
Guess I'm pretty fucked up then LOL
wait till you watch enter the void
@@icarus9980 wanna watch this when i try acid
The first time you watch this movie, you were hoping that the characters will make it out okay.
The other times you watch this movie, is like being stuck at your mom's funeral on repeat. This movie is not to be trifled with.
I've seen it more than 10x. They shouldn't have swept the awards.
"But I will say this: Requiem for a Dream is easier viewing than the news."
OOF! I felt that.
Agreed
DAMN!!!!!
I mean... *Find the lie?*
I mean... *Find the lie?*
That is true.
“Ass to Ass” one of the most memorable lines to the movie, said by a creepy old man. This movie truly changed about how I saw drug addiction, not as purely a person who is unable resist but showing how some people think there is something to be gained by doing drugs.
I did drugs it was good fun I quit drugs no regrets
Ash to ash...
Just seeing the phrase “ass to ass” made that scene play in my head
Isnt it “ess to ess”?
@@keelanleavy311 obviously didn't have a bad addiction
I'll never watch this movie again. Watched it in the college dorms with a group of peeps, after we all just silently went back to our rooms lmao
This is one that is better just seeing by yourself
@@frankmerker630 I watched it alone in my dorm room because I saw Jared Leto and Marlon Waynes in a film together….. I just started at the screen for a solid 10 minutes in silence
I watched it alone, and I could give it another spin (given time)
But I’d want friends on my 2nd or 3rd watch.
I feel like Jeremy is in 90% of his transformation into Keanu Reeves
No moist critical is the only generic Keanu I recognize.
Oh he looks similar to Keanu Reeves i didnt notice im surprised nobody in this comment section has picked up on that
More like a mafioso Jesus!
It'd be funny if he started to acknowledge it, then actually get Keanu Reeves to do a review, but have his voice over it.
I didn't know Keanu implanted his Karma into Jeremy
I watched this for the first time tonight..... NEVER AGAIN. I shall recommend it to others for the rest of my days. Movies like this are scarier than horror movies because this is real life.
This film was the first time I said “you can’t unsee it”
The mom's speech to her son that she's getting old while they're both on that downward spiral hurt mah sooooooooul.
I know, when it was shot Matthew Libatique accidentally let the camera drift off target because it made him cry and fog up the cameras eyepiece. And the take was used in the movie.
Holy shit, i just finished watching this, that was the most harrowing experience i've had in a movie ever
Where can you watch it
@@kermitsewrside410 where are you from?
Dr. Tarique Hussain Khan The USA
Whatch basketball diaries,candy, and trainspotting
My brother and most of his friends all died young because of drug abuse. and my mother was all about popping pills for anything that ailed you. I was trapped in a situation where all I could do was watch it all play out and just try my best to survive and stay sane until I had the independence to escape to a better life. I will always carry the scars from that terrible time. It's something I scarcely know how to give voice to and no one would ever guess what I went through. For that reason alone I deeply appreciated Requiem for its uncompromising peak into a world of drug-fueled hell that continues to plague society today.
wow, thanks for sharing this
Yeah, thanks for sharing!
I have witnessed the same thing happen to my parents. And then to my girlfriend. Now i am a single dad with dead parents. Happens quick.
I wish you, and your child, nothing but healing, peace an good fortune.
As the daughter of a decades-long addict, with a little brother dead from an overdose, I relate to this with all my heart. Drugs ruined my childhood and my family.
This movie single handedly kept me away from drugs
Though I share the feeling, I just want to say the point of the movie is not “don’t do drugs”, the point is “don’t get obsessed with your dreams”, ultimately the American dream is what caused all this characters to consume drugs
Single handedly solidified my lack of desire to ever ever ever try or do heroin. Fuck. that. or any needle induced substance.
Unfortunately it didn’t keep me away from drugs.. but it definitely kept me from shooting dope.
Drugs are tasty 😋
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a movie that made me want to do drugs because haha funny drug trips that looks fun look at Johnny Depp and then this movie was like “haha... *no* “
Whoever thinks that Marlon wayan cannot act should watch this movie. He did amazing!!!!
He's a good actor, he just chooses some really shitty films.
Marlon could always act! And I really wanna see this movie? But I heard this shit was too dark
Everyone in the movie was fantastic. Yes even jared leto
“Every time I watch it”. Meaning you’ve watched it more than once?! Jeremy is the strongest among us.
I mean it's evident on his appearance. Dude's a badass
This shit messed me up for 2 weeks waiting for the showing of Doctor Strange
“My Red Dress” “I’m gonna be on Television”....,
STOP IT! 🥺
Shit killed me
just watched this last night, god fucking dammit. All I keep hearing in my head are her lines over and over again then I picture her at the end of the film. "ive already lost 25 pounds!"
Why? why would you do this 🥺
Heartbreaking
This is one of the greatest films ever made, and Ellen Burstyn's performance is one of the best in the history of cinema. I agree that it's difficult to rewatch, which is why I've only seen it 3 or 4 times (once in a theater), despite owning the Blu-Ray. I may revisit it soon due to your review.
Recommending this movie and not warning people about "ass to ass" is risky lol.
Heh..the guy screaming that called me for tech support once when I was working on a helpline..
I knew someone was going to mention it. 🤣
Absolutely legendary movie scene lmfao
The scene disturbed me to the core and I watched that part on my phone and skipped through half of it
This is the movie that made me fall in love with Marlon Wayans as an actor.....wish he did more serious roles.
The only film in my life that scared shit out of me. I had flashbacks from the film for weeks afterward. I said that if I ever have kids, I will not give them 'say no to drugs' speech, I'll just show them Requiem. I will not be in the room.
Glad I'm not the only one who doesn't take the Oscars seriously anymore.
I'm still pissed Goodfellas lost to Dances With Wolves in 1990
You’re far from the only one.
I remember I started following the Oscars around 2009. All I can say is I think the year that finally made me realize that the Oscars mean nothing is either Hailee Steinfeld not winning for True Grit, or Jake Gyllenhaal not getting the Oscar for Nightcrawler. Add in Tony Collette for Hereditary in there too.
@@jakemitchell1132 the channel be kind rewind goes in depth to why some movies one when they were undeserving. It's due to good marketing etc. The Shakespeare in love video comes to mind
@@jakemitchell1132 how was arrival not nominated for best film
This is one of those movies that you recommend to people and when they ask “Want to watch it with me?” you reply with “NOPE”
Hard Candy is another one. I own the DVD, and let people borrow it, usually saying "You are gonna hate me for at least a week.".
Thats what I do with my friends 😌
@@MajorNash-SC i love hard candy...really amazing acting in that one, and phenomenal directing, writing...
I'm actually too scared to watch this film. I know that sounds foolish, it's just one of those films that I know roughly what happens, which in turn gives me the creeps.
It's harrowing and it's a masterpiece in cinema very hard to watch but still beautifully done
I thought the same and I just watched it for the first time. I think you should give it a go
I ain't watching this
This comment annoys me a lot more than it should 🤣
The first 40 minutes aren’t bad at all only a little sad seeing the mom in the beginning but that’s really it, the rest of the movie is not only anxiety enducing but also extremely sad
“Requiem for a Dream” game:
Everyone takes a shot every time Jeremy says “Requiem for a Dream”
...Yeah, NOW it’s a party
Oh and yes, “Requiem for a Dream” is a masterpiece
Jeremy is the most underrated person in this world
Umm..not really. He has over a million (near 2 million).
@@ggt47 still not enough
@@ggt47 exactly. UNDERRATED
He has more subscribers than RLM.... criminal.
@@coleyounger6256 but he is not most underrated.
This is one of the movies that made me truly realize the power of film and its ability to put you in someone else's perspective
His mom's doctors just didn't care about her which left an elderly woman who had no idea what what she was doing and my heart breaks for her everytime. She's on uppers, downers, basically anything to get a doctor to shut her up.
I think that was the worst part for me. Heart broke for that woman every time she was on screen and all she wanted was love from those closest to her
Sarah's fate definitely hit me the hardest
I think that's what makes Ellen Burstyn's performance so good, she makes the character so easy to sympathise with.
Agreed it hurts me too. Glad that more and more doctors are not like that today. Mainly because doctors have gotten busted for giving patients drugs, when they didn't need them.
We love you, Jeremy’s mom for bringing Jeremy into this world.
😜
One of the most disturbing films ever made. Definitely felt like showering after viewing
This should have been the movie the war on drugs movement championed. I’ve never done hard drugs partly because of this film
@@Dan-ch8kv good
Depression: The Movie
It was about addiction.
"Ass to ass"
You only get depressed if you know your life is as hopeless as the addicts.
@@ChineduOpara The empathy you feel is an empty platitude in a hopeless bleak world.
Have you seen Irreversible?
How to prevent people from taking drugs? Just show them Requiem for a Dream.
Trainspotting as well
Using shock tactics to prevent that people (and especially kids) start using substances is highly ineffective.
@Trashthlete 3 words vs 1hr & 41mins and a kickass soundtrack....
I know which I'd choose.
@@dwaalgeest8591 3 words vs 1hr & 41mins and a kickass soundtrack....
I know which I'd choose.
At least those that are just bored
I have to say as a physician I was really bothered by the end of the movie when a doctor called the police on Harry. Simply put this just doesn’t happen. We take care of so many drug addicts and the health complications they suffer from. We detox them and help them and then hopefully place them in recovery. It was outrageously inaccurate and lazy writing and I found it insulting to what we as physicians and surgeons do every day to help addicts. Even 20 yrs later that scene angers me. I still remember one night at 3 in the morning when I took an addict with flesh eating bacteria to the operating room and filleted his neck open to clear the infection and his wound literally smelled like feces because of the gangrene. That’s what doctors do in real life. We don’t call the cops to arrest them. 🙄
Maybe your one of the good ones but many doctors these days are very impersonal and quick to jump to conclusions, you go in for anything pain related and they assume you're an addict who's only there for a prescription before the words are even done coming out of your mouth and they ain't shy about putting their thoughts out there and in the end they say take ibuprofen, do absolutely nothing for you and charge you 4000 for their trouble, of course this was only after the DEA cracked down on docs for the opioid epidemic they caused, prior to this they were quick get their pharmacy bonus and pump out prescription after prescription for oxycontin over a sprained wrist.
not lazy writing
Was it not a common occurrence at some point in history? Perhaps before newer policies?
Yeah I don’t get how someone can be sent to jail just for being suspected of being an addict but not having it on them
@@lovegood141 You don't understand some people then. I have family members who have said that "drug users deserve to die." These people live off of a case of Natural Light on a weekly basis.
Requiem For A Dream, Trainspotting and Drugstore Cowboy have helped me understand my father who was a drug dealer and Heroin addict, in his youth. We are not close, but certain movies and tv shows helped me empathize with his situation and what may have lead to his addiction instead of demonizing his actions.
This movie genuinely scared the shit out of me
wow really?
@@caracre Are you talking him literally or have you just never walked on the wrong side of the tracks?
Okay but Jeremy warning his mom about how heavy the movie was gonna be is really sweet
The fact that Jeremy Jahns was able to get a sponsor for a review on this movie in particular is impressive
This movie actually broke me out of my addiction when I watched it when I was young.
I never want to see it again, but I agree with the feeling that its a necessary watch.
I watched this movie with my mom. I've never seen her cry like that in my life. That movie and that memory will remain with me forever.
"Requiem for a Dream is easier viewing than the news" Quote of the year.
this explains why I dont find the movie to be that scary 😂 and I also watched American Psycho while going to sleep for a proper year or so.. then I did the same with fear and loathing in las vegas. I remember when I had a girl over and did the routine with fear and loathing in las vegas.. I still wonder what went on in her head during that time
I mean he’s not wrong 😑
It’s less depressing that’s for sure.
Ellen Burstyn got robbed for the best actress Oscar that year....the gave it to Julia Roberts....which was a joke.
You can always tell when Jeremy REALLY likes a movie
Honestly, it was one of the most uncomfortable movies I've seen.
One of the most emotionally heavy/draining movies I've seen for sure. Still an excellent film on all accounts!
This film has a legit message. And when people ask me, is this what heroin addiction is...yeah kinda.
But, the best way I can explain it is,
One time 8 of us went to bed high in a house and only 7 of us woke up. Heroin addiction in particular is dark and depressing. But yeah that lady is my best friends mom, to a T. She should have won an Oscar, cause I know a mom like that.
I knew a friends Mom who was like that but she was hot. Unfortunately, I was too young and stupid to use the situation.
I hope you're doing better
@@radhiadeedou8286 2 years sober.😁
@@panchigancedo6247 that's rape
@@panchigancedo6247use the situation? Seduce her?
This movie broke me in 2000. I can't recall another flick that left me this utterly speechless after watching. It's a brilliant nightmare.
Boy Jennifer Connelly at the end of the movie gets real.
I had a huge crush on her when I first saw this movie.
Afterwards I was like, fuuuuuck.... Wtf did I just see? xD
Amazing movie, though.
Watching labyrinth after this is different
Ass to ass
@@dgas5904 C'mon bruh.
@@dgas5904 spoiler ahead .....
She became a real drug addict . To the point where she even becomes a prostitue . And she has no intention to change her life , she just need money for drugs . Unlike other two guys , because they want to change and get rid of this addiction .
Just found your channel, so I'm a bit late, but I subscribed and just want to say thanks. I ended up a heroin addict after a skiing accident and multiple surgeries. Before that, I was the squeaky clean Alex P Keaton of my hippie/beatnik family, ALL of whom drank and took drugs, but not me! So, yeah, I fully agree with your take on addiction: It can happen to anyone, and nobody wants to be an addict. Requiem for a Dream caught the reality of that so well. Great review! Oh, 18 years clean and sober now.
The message of the movie is very simple: "Don't do drugs."
Edit: Thanks for all the likes guys.
It’s more about general addiction emphasized by drugs. The mother was addicted to the hope of fame and social growth which led to the drug addiction.
"Don't, do drugs." FTFY
Yeah!😐
But ass2ass?
@@jmssun O_O I forgot about that line... oh no
And now we're getting an Arronofsky film starring Brendan Fraser. The Brendanaissance goes on!
I hadn't heard that! So nice to hear good news!
Oh yeah, Him in Doom Patrol was awesome!!!
I don't care who stars in his films. I would watch a Darren Aronofsky film. I love his stuff
After watching The Whale, Wrestler and Requiem, one thing that all connected them are their endings. Aronofsky's films dont have happy endings
The final 20 minutes of this movie made me wish it would've ended several times! It wasn't bad, it was just so stressful and unnerving. It was brutal!
This movie should be shown in every psychology 101 class.
I agree
I studied the Psychology of Addiction and wrote a report on this movie. It was between this and "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" for me.
@@WhatPlantsCrave-ur1ht Having seen both... idk. Depends on what state of mind I’m in. Right now I’d have gone with Fear and Loathing.
Guess where I say it
I think everyone would be too broken to speak on it and crying probably.
It was the movie that made me pay attention to performances. Still to this day, Marlon Wayans performance blows my mind and mesmirizes me.
The dialogue Ellen gives about the red dress just tore me apart. I’m tearing up just thinking about it
Oscar worthy stuff. they say that the cameraman started crying during that scene that's why the camera panned over to the right because he was shaking.
@@beer2041 one of the very best performances I’ve ever seen
@@JordanMaitlen For sure, just amazing stuff.
“I know it’s pretty...but I didn’t take it out for air”.
Best line in the movie.
😂😂😂😂😂
No, it is and always will be...."Ass to ass!"👴
Ass to ass .
I've loved this movie the first time i saw it. For a time, I couldn't watch it due to recovery from my addiction to "diet pills".
Loved Marlon Wayans in a dramatic roll.
I always say that Ellen Burstyn makes any movie enjoyable.
Damn, may i ask was it triggering at any point in the movie when she takes the diet pills?
Awesome that Jeremy Jahn’s mom watches his videos and is so supportive
Just why? The Ass to Ass alone scene leaves you scarred.
That’s exactly why. The movie is about the consequences of drug addiction
@Universal Space Expeditioner is any scene in any movie necessary?
that was a shocking scene for sure. the 1st scene I think about when I think of Requiem
@Universal Space Expeditioner definitely. I used to have friends that went down the same addiction path that ended up selling their bodies for drugs. The emotions the scene puts off of even just hearing the true stories ive heard is very accurate
@@benjamincox4211 i find it's about addiction in general not just drugs
Movies in the memory bank like Kids and Trainspotting.
Kids is really fucked up...
This and Darren Aronofsky's later movie The Wrestler are just all time great movies for sure
I agree!! Black swan is my favorite ! The ending of each movie has me thinking all day !
definitely one of those movies you tell friends not to watch if they're depressed.
I'm depressed and it actually uplifts me to know movies like that exist
Actually I would think the opposite, watching this movie you might feel better about your situation. Thinking to yourself, "Hey I'm not in an asylum, in jail, or prostituting myself, and I even got all my limbs!"
I watched this movie once when I was a teenager and I have never watched it again, it freaked me out so bad it scared me away from ever trying drugs.
Should be a high school requirement to watch this like Saving Private Ryan.
Yep
Been saying this since 2003
Lux Aeterna sounds like its a music score based around the biblical apocalypse.
It was actually designed for the lotr franchise.
I saw this when I was in college in a Film appreciation class. It was generally an up beat class that night,😳 we were warned by the Prof. We all went in happy and 2 hours later we were all just really down and introspective.
"Are you guys ready to change...as humans " facts
This movie is a masterpiece... and the score is just perfect.
One of the best comments I've heard about this film is that instead of simply observing the characters and their actions and decisions, it accomplishes a _participatory_ interaction with the viewer which makes for brilliant and economical storytelling. The viewer is brought inside the mental headspaces of the characters via direction, sound design, and cinematography. It establishes a vocabulary and shorthand above and beyond "show don't tell". Like in the drug consumption montages where the film is able to communicate in five seconds "okay, you know the drill; an hour goes by and they all get high again bam bam bam" - and you are right on the same page with the characters without unnecessary dialogue nor wasted screen time. So much is conveyed via closeups and editing without the characters needing to speak their internal monologue. The scene where Marion and Harry are as close as they can be but still divided via split screen tells you everything they don't say, and accomplishes a cinematic intimacy that is consistent throughout every moment of the film.
"It's easier viewing than the news!" "..."
Nightcrawler next, Jeremy??
He has already reviewed 'Nightcrawler' and gave it an Awesometacular.
this is a movie that made me so uncomfortable that I couldn't finish it! :D
"Can you hear me? Can you see me?"
"Yes sir".
"Okay for work".
The way they edited this movie makes it even more effective than it already was.
Regarding the camera technique where the camera follows a character's face, I think one of the earliest films to do that/popularize it was Mean Streets, which was one of Martin Scorsese's first films (1973)
I was going to say raging Bull, awesome! Scorsese set the bar so high
Spike Lee, as well.. She Gotta Have It, Do The Right Thing, and basically every movie he has a shot like that.
Guy Ritchie also used it in Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. Gives the viewer vertigo (like the character).
By the time this movie ends the tension is cranked up so high it feels like someone is simultaneously squeezing you and screaming at you at the same time. This is a masterful movie that I’ll probably never watch again. Also features a score that is both mesmerizing and haunting.
16 when i first watched this movie, alone in my room. I had no idea. All i knew was a friend told me to watch it. I had some other friends that were definitely the wrong crowd and I was making bad decisions. They were starting to get into really heavy drugs. After I saw this movie I stopped hanging out with them. Later I found out one of them overdosed on heroine and passed. It was sad, but my first thought was literally about this movie, and how it potentially saved my life.
I was in drug and alcohol counseling at a very young age (16), they showed this movie at one of the meetings one night. I was not prepared.
My friends and me at 17: "Wonder if we should try something harder than pot."
My friends and me after watching this movie: "Actually nah…we're good."
Well then everyone should watch it....
my exact reaction
That scene where Harry calls Marianne on the pay phone... Jesus Christ one of the most harrowing scenes I’ve ever seen in film and some of the most incredible acting as well
i completely agree. totally soul crushing and phenomenal
I love it when someone make a video about a old movie
I agree. Especially when they analyze it
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I just watched the movie and oh my god! I would watch it again. It’s such a downward spiral, I love/hate it. It’s so scary because it’s realistic!