REQUIEM FOR A NIGHTMARE

a loose recommendation lead to myself and 3 pals watching Requiem for a dream on a "relaxed" friday night in. we were not expecting what has to be one of the most forceful and abrasive anti-drug narratives ever. the film presents the darkest take imaginable on a story of hopes and dreams shattered by drug addiction. there was no preaching or sermonizing, just a hypnotic and almost-clinical depiction of lives laid to waste. Aronofsky's chillingly graphic vision succeeded in giving us a nightmare not lightly forgotten.