The film Requiem for a Dream was directed by Darren Aronofsky and was published in 2000. It explores the American society and its addiction to drugs, while criticizing its ridicule consumerism. Like its name, the film is followed by its phenomenon soundtrack and interesting sounds. To understand the life of an addict, this scene,begins with a few quick shots that portray what physically happens to the body as the addict takes in the substance. With quick editing of the chemical process of the drug itself before it enters the body, shots of blood vessels and pupils expend (which is a big and repetitive part in the film), and the sound of relief once the substance entered the blood system, accompany the viewer through the journey of the drug through the addicted mind and body.
In the scene I selected, you could see the quick edited shot of this sort, followed by an interesting shot of what the addicts experience after the drug already took over their systems. The quick soundtrack as well as the eerie one when they sit at the counter of the hot dog stand all drugged up, shows the euphoria they are in. Then we get another look into the protagonist's mind and watch a scene of "what will happen if" which cuts right back to the reality. The flickering light and editing between shots remind us this was not happening in reality but only in the character's imagination. The fast pace of the first shot of the drugs' entering the body, shows the control they have over us and the slow pace demonstrates in what state humans are under the influence of a drug.
Those quick shots mirrored against slow ones, and the contrast between the fast pace and eerie soundtrack intense the juxtaposition addicted people are in as opposed to clean ones, and how they deal and behave while on and off of the drugs' influence.
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