As someone who works in Production, I’m always looking out for a fresh voice that pushes the medium into exciting new places. A movie can survive on quality acting and writing, but you basically have a filmed play and not using the available tools. The flip side is a movie loaded with stylish visuals, often covering up mediocre writing and/or acting. The film can still be entertaining, but it’s often a soulless piece of craft.
At first glance, Requiem For a Dream closely resembles the second case. The film is more visually kinetic than a restless Edgar Wright. However, Darren Aronofsky tells a story of such emotional force that it not only supports such a visual tone, it demands it. The two ends fuse together to create one of the most disturbing hypnotic films ever made. In the sub-genre of drug movies, this is the best.
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