Episode 38: Darren Aronofsky loves a Mental Illness Movie - Part 1. Requiem for A Dream (with Nic Fornasier)

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Our first foray into the Darren Aronofsky Mental Illness Universe, today we have the editing genius and dead-pan-ly funny Nic Fornasier to talk about the slap in the face that is REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (2000). Join us as Nic takes us throw what he relates to in the film (and what he absolutely does not relate to), how it compares to other ‘Don’t do drugs!’ films of the 2000’s, and whether Darren Aronofsky’s style of filmmaking is genius or film school 101. Also is method acting good or bad?

 

CONTENT WARNING: This one is a doozy. Drug use, substance addiction, sexual assault, rape, sex shaming, body horror, cancer, medical abuse and trauma, elder abuse, ableism, diet culture, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).

 

Follow Nic on instagram  @4nic8r (mainly for slightly puerile humour) but more importantly check out his website here for his incredible portfolio of work!

Also here is that video with Maz giving birth to our beloved family dog Lote. 

 

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REFERENCES:

• An Oral History of ‘Requiem for a Dream’ (ESSENTIAL READING)
• Requiem for a Dream: An Analysis. A film based on the novel of the same… | by Fatema Taher | Medium
• Requiem for a Dream at 20: Aronofsky's nightmare still haunts 
• Why is no one talking about Jared Leto’s history of paedophilia and predatory behaviour? - SCREENSHOT 
• The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Jared Leto 
• Jared Leto Was Never The Same After Requiem For A Dream 
• Marlon Wayans Didn't Shower to Get Role in 'Requiem For a Dream' 
• Totally Fucked Up: REQUIEM FOR A DREAM | Birth.Movies.Death. (birthmoviesdeath.com)
• Shouting but not saying much—Requiem for a Dream - World Socialist Web Site (wsws.org)
• Hate To Be The One To Tell You But ‘Requiem For A Dream’ Is A Bad Movie | by John DeVore | Humungus | Medium
• F This Movie!: Sh!#ting on the Classics: Requiem for a Dream
• 'Requiem': An Overdose of Tricks  By Stephen Hunter Washington Post Staff Writer