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PopMatter's Essential Film Performances - 2012 (50 movies items)"THE DARK SIDE Ellen Burstyn Burstyn’s Requiem for a Dream transformation is a cinematic cousine to the great character work of Lon Chaney or Boris Karloff, or perhaps even Robert De Niro in Raging Bull, which makes Sara Goldfarb a classically-defined monster in many ways. In Monster Culture (Seven Theses), writer Jeffrey Jerome Cohen says that “everyone is a monster on Halloween night”, but what connects everyday “monster” Sara to the traditional creature narrative discussed by Cohen i"
Favorite Drama Films: 2000-2001 (61 movies items)" Directed by: Darren Aronofsky Produced by: Beau Flynn, Scott Franklin, Stefan Simchowitz, Eric Watson, Nick Wechsler, and Palmer West Written by: Darren Aronofsky Based on the novel by: Hubert Selby, Jr. Cinematography: Matthew Libatique Edited by: Jay Rabinowitz. Music by: Clint Mansell Distributed by: Artisian Entertainment "
Movies Exploring Human Psychology (65 movies items)"The unquenching and all-encompassing power of addiction on the human psyche"
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Great Nihilistic Movies (72 movies items)"In this film the viewer is not situated with nihilistic characters but with a nihilistic milieu. The story revolves around drug addiction in several aspects from start to finish. The way this manifests itself could result in the film becoming a thriller but the theme is handled in another way entirely. Aronofsky has created a series of short edits in order to evoke a sort of hallucination effect on the viewer. What will hit home for many is the absolute devastation brought about by this situati"
Top Favorite Films of 2000 (62 movies items)" Directed by Darren Aronofsky Starring Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Ellen Burnstyn, Marlon Wayans, Christopher McDonald, Louise Lasser, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Mark Margolis, Ajay Naidu, Darren Aronoffsky, Abraham Aronofsky, Denise Dowse, Peter Maloney, Ben Shankman, Keith David, Dylan Baker, Gregg Bello, and Jimmie Ray Weeks "