Requiem for a Dream is a 2000 film adaptation of the 1978 novel of the same name. The novel was written by Hubert Selby, Jr.; the film adaptation was directed by Darren Aronofsky, and starred Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly and Marlon Wayans. E. Burstyn was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance. The film describes different forms of addiction, leading to the characters’ imprisonment in a dream world of mania and reckless desperation, which is then overtaken and destroyed by reality.…
