Burstyn (left) and Leto (right) received critical acclaim for their performances as Sara and Harry Goldfarb, respectively. [38] [39] McDonald: Everyone asks me, What’s the third thing? No red meat, no refined sugar — what’s the third thing? Just between us? No orgasms. That’s the one that puts people over the edge. Chinlund: It was important that we show these people as people with lives and creative output. Marion and her loft and all her dreams of a career in fashion, and Tyrone was a DJ and we had installed DJ equipment in his loft. It was a story about people and how easy it is for them to get derailed. It was the responsibility of the sets to show the optimism, the potential of these characters against the darkness of the path it followed. Aronofksy: All of the younger actors got there a month before or something. We even went to a nightclub — to Twilo or the Tunnel one night. I remember it only because in the middle of the night they turned on the lights. I guess they got raided by the police.

a b c d e f g h Denson, Thom (September 14, 2017). "Stories From The Set: Requiem for a Dream". One Room With A View . Retrieved March 14, 2020.A number of actresses were considered for the role of Sara Goldfarb, but many of them rejected the part. Faye Dunaway turned it down. [12] Ellen Burstyn also initially rejected the part due to the depressing content, but her manager convinced her to see Aronofsky's previous work; she was impressed and agreed to be cast in the lead role. [8] [13] [14] Giovanni Ribisi, Neve Campbell and Dave Chappelle were considered for the roles of Harry Goldfarb, Marion Silver and Tyrone C. Love, respectively. All three declined. [8] The producers settled with Jared Leto, who was keen on the challenge, followed by Jennifer Connelly. "When I read the script, it was really something I wanted to do. I thought the script was brilliant. It was so creative. I thought it was really brave. It was talking about really important issues", she said. [15] Marlon Wayans read the novel three times and auditioned five times for the role of Tyrone before he was offered the part, eager to work with the director. [16] a b "DREAMS FULFILLED: A DARREN ARONOFSKY INTERVIEW". Film Threat. November 10, 2000. Archived from the original on August 24, 2019 . Retrieved March 14, 2020. Chinlund: I think people recognize it as being sincere and real and entirely devoid of irony. We meant everything we said, we met everything we did. Connelly: It was a scene that was important to the film. But I don’t remember personally feeling comfortable doing it. Image credit: Artisan Entertainment) The Requiem For A Dream Novel Was ‘So Intense And Honestly Brutal’ Darren Aronofsky Initially Couldn’t Finish Reading It

From top: Ending with the iconic shot of Jared Leto’s eyeball. Photo: Courtesy of Artisan Entertainment Photo: Courtesy of Artisan Entertainment Ellen Burstyn: my biggest challenge". Evening Standard. January 17, 2001 . Retrieved February 28, 2022. Austin Film Critics Association Awards". Austin Film Critics Association . Retrieved December 20, 2007.This story follows the lives of Sara Goldfarb, her son Harry, his girlfriend Marion Kleinmitz, and his best friend Tyrone C. Love, who are all searching for the key to their dreams in their own ways. In the process, they fall into devastating lives of addiction. Harry and Marion are in love and want to open their own business; their friend Tyrone wants to escape life in the ghetto. To achieve these dreams, they buy a large amount of heroin, planning to get rich by selling it. Hubert Selby Jr is one of the masters of gritty, Beat-era stories peopled by the homeless, the poor, the desperate. Dismissed from the merchant marines for ill health at the age of 19, Selby decided to try writing. The lung problems he suffered through his life led him to become dependent on painkillers and heroin, experiences that informed Requiem, a novel that is utterly convincing and terrifying on the subject of how our habits can destroy us. Clint Mansell, music: Darren had wanted a hip-hop score to reflect the music he’d listened to growing up in Brooklyn. I remember him sending me a clip of the scene where Ellen Burstyn first takes the speed pills. He put “She Watch Channel Zero?!” by Public Enemy under it. It was fantastic, just brilliant, but it didn’t do anything but say, “Oh, that’s cool.” There was no subtext to it. We realized at that point we were in trouble. I had written a lot of stuff in advance, but in this hip-hopish vein. When I started seeing the rough edit, we put the music to it, and nothing really latched on. I nearly quit at one point because I didn’t think I could do it.

a b Howe, Dessen (November 3, 2000). "A Hopeless 'Dream' ". Washington Post. Archived from the original on May 2, 2018 . Retrieved February 28, 2022. a b c d Erbland, Kate (February 24, 2012). "32 Things We Learned From the 'Requiem For a Dream' Commentary". Film School Rejects . Retrieved March 14, 2020. Toronto International Film Festival Coverage: List of Films (TIFF 2000)". DigitalHit.com. Archived from the original on September 25, 2019 . Retrieved March 14, 2020.

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The visual style of the film is incredibly effective in conveying the tension and emotion of the characters. Sterritt, David (October 6, 2000). "Two versions of American dream: one warm, one grim". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Archived from the original on October 5, 2015 . Retrieved December 10, 2020.

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian lauded the film as an "agonising and unflinchingly grim portrait of drug abuse" and "a formally pleasing piece of work—if pleasing can possibly be the right word". [45] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote that "no one interested in the power and magic of movies should miss it". [46] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly, who gave the work an "A" grade, argued that it "may be the first movie to fully capture the way drugs dislocate us from ourselves" and said, "The movie, a full-throttle mind-bender, is hypnotically harrowing and intense, a visual and spiritual plunge into the seduction and terror of drug addiction". [47] Scott Brake of IGN gave the film a 9.0 out of 10 and argued, "The reason it works so well as a film about addiction is that, in every frame, the film itself is addictive. It's absolutely relentless, from Aronofsky's bravura cinematic techniques (split screens, complex cross-cutting schemes, hallucinatory visuals) to Clint Mansell's driving, hypnotic score (performed by the Kronos Quartet), the movie compels you to watch it". [48] Ebert, Roger (November 3, 2000). "Requiem for a Dream". RogerEbert.com. Ebert Digital LLC. Archived from the original on July 17, 2018 . Retrieved May 31, 2018.

a b " Requiem for a Dream (2000)". Box Office Mojo. January 1, 2002. Archived from the original on February 13, 2013 . Retrieved February 28, 2022. In a 2016 international critics' poll conducted by the BBC, Requiem for a Dream was tied with Toni Erdmann (2016) and Carlos (2010) at 100th place in a list of the 100 greatest motion pictures since 2000. [81]