#103 - Requiem for a Dream

Drugs destroy their lives.

Did you know ?..

According to Darren Aronofsky, Tyrone is the only person capable of reclaiming his life. This can be seen in his last scene: in prison, he recalls memories of his mother fondly.
The word 'heroin' is never actually said by any of the characters in the film.
Darren Aronofsky shot the film like a hip-hop montage (a sequence of extremely short shots) to get the sense of overwhelming addiction and loss of control. An average 100-minute film contains 600 to 700 cuts; this one contains over 2,000.