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* OnceOriginalNowCommon: The film's use of the "hip hop montage", a series of rapid cuts accompanied by sound effects, looks normal now, despite the fact that this was the film that popularised its use (Creator/DarrenAronofsky previously used it in ''Film/{{Pi}}''.) This extends to the point where ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E12ImSpellingAsFastAsICan I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can]]" used a similar montage to show Homer's reaction to eating a "Rib-wich", which UsefulNotes/McDonalds themselves then copied for a bacon wrap ad.



* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The film's use of the "hip hop montage", a series of rapid cuts accompanied by sound effects, looks normal now, despite the fact that this was the film that popularised its use (Creator/DarrenAronofsky previously used it in ''Film/{{Pi}}''.) This extends to the point where ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E12ImSpellingAsFastAsICan I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can]]" used a similar montage to show Homer's reaction to eating a "Rib-wich", which UsefulNotes/McDonalds themselves then copied for a bacon wrap ad.
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* AngstAversion: ''Requiem for a Dream'' holds a rightful reputation as being one of the most bleak and depressing movies in existence. Unsurprisingly, even the most dedicated of movie watchers steer clear of this flick for that very reason.
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* TrueArtIsAngsty: If so, then this film is a masterpiece.
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* CompleteMonster: "[[ScaryBlackMan Big Tim]]" is a local drug dealer and pimp who takes advantage of addicted women to [[SexualExtortion force them into sexual favors]] in exchange for drugs. After coercing Marion Silver into sexual acts by withholding drugs she's current suffering withdrawal from, Big Tim manipulates her into taking part in an orgy of other women under his sway, for the viewing pleasure of wealthy clients. Big Tim dopes up all of the women to make them more malleable, and watches on with smug satisfaction as they are pushed into the most debasing acts possible, uncaring of the {{empty shell}}s they are left as.
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* AlternateAesopInterpretation: [[spoiler: Since the worst consequences of the main characters’ drug addictions come at the hands of others, especially institutions like prisons and mental hospitals, it can be argued that the movie is a message on less how drugs are the problem and more on how the legal system and society at large need to treat drug addicts like people in need of help instead of criminals/lunatics in need of brute force solutions.]]
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* RealismInducedHorror: While there's no central villain, each of the four characters suffer in extremely unnerving ways. The consequences of their drug usage is portrayed in a disturbingly realistic way as their lives slowly decay throughout the story. Seeing what happens to them can easily scare anyone from wanting to try heroin even once, since one dose is enough to get addicted.

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* RealismInducedHorror: While there's no central villain, each of the four characters suffer in extremely unnerving ways. The consequences of their drug usage is portrayed in a disturbingly realistic way as their lives slowly decay throughout the story. Seeing what happens to them can easily scare anyone from wanting to try heroin even once, since one dose is enough to get addicted. There’s a reason the movie is considered one of the most depressing and disturbing of all time.
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* IdiotPlot: {{Justified}}, as all of the main characters spend most of the movie on heroin or meth, which predictably leads to a lot of irrational behaviour. A rare example of this trope being used deliberately and PlayedForDrama.
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* AwardSnub: The film received a single UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination and won nothing. Considering the film's staying power [such as being ranked 80th on IMDB's top 250 films, as well as it's visual style being the subject of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkDL50mXbbI thoughtful video essays]], it's absence in the Best Director and Best Picture categories seems increasingly questionable in retrospect.

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* AwardSnub: The film received a single UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination and won nothing. Considering the film's staying power [such (such as being ranked 80th on in the IMDB's top 250 films, films to this day), as well as it's its visual style being the subject of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkDL50mXbbI thoughtful video essays]], it's its absence in the Best Director and Best Picture categories seems increasingly questionable in retrospect.



** The film did not receive nominations for either cinematography nor editing despite both the camera work and storytelling style being unforgettable elements critical to the film's power.

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** The film did not receive nominations for either cinematography nor or editing despite both the camera work and storytelling style being unforgettable elements critical to the film's power.
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* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Marion's ass to ass scene is infamous for being FanDisservice in context (she's prostituting herself for drugs) but porn sites have recycled clips from it without the context - turning the horror of the original into straight tittilation.

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* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Marion's ass "ass to ass ass" scene is infamous for being abject FanDisservice in context (she's (as she's prostituting herself for drugs) drugs), but online circles such as porn sites and NSFW subreddits have recycled clips from it without the context - context, turning the horror of the original scene into straight tittilation.titillation.
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* HarsherInHindsight:
** Harry losing an arm got even more horrific after reports of Russian synthetic heroin Krokodil made the rounds.
** Mrs. Goldfarb becoming addicted to a prescription medication was already harsh enough. Then came the Opioid Crisis...
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* ValuesResonance: In late 2017, when opioids are now considered an epidemic, the book and the film have a great resurgence to a highly positive degree.

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* {{Anvilicious}}: A common complaint about this movie, as it reassures you in the most ''depressing'' ways imaginable that DrugsAreBad.

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* {{Anvilicious}}: A common complaint contentious point about this the movie, as it reassures you in the most ''depressing'' ways imaginable that DrugsAreBad.



* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Don't do drugs, kids, they'll ruin your life.
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** Marlon Wayans was best known for comedy, and really shocked people with his performance here. Shocked them in a good way.

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** Marlon Wayans Creator/MarlonWayans was best known for comedy, and really shocked people with his performance here. Shocked them in a good way.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Don't do drugs, kids, they'll ruin your life.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Be honest: [[spoiler:Harry not only noticing the infection on his arm but deciding to ''shoot into it'']] was not smart.
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* AwardSnub: The film received a single [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]] nomination and won nothing. Considering the film's staying power [such as being ranked 80th on IMDB's top 250 films, as well as it's visual style being the subject of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkDL50mXbbI thoughtful video essays]], it's absence in the Best Director and Best Picture categories seems increasingly questionable in retrospect.

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* AwardSnub: The film received a single [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]] UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination and won nothing. Considering the film's staying power [such as being ranked 80th on IMDB's top 250 films, as well as it's visual style being the subject of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkDL50mXbbI thoughtful video essays]], it's absence in the Best Director and Best Picture categories seems increasingly questionable in retrospect.

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** The film's score has enjoyed a particular following long after the film's release, yet received no nomination.

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** The film's Music/ClintMansell's score has enjoyed a particular following long after the film's release, yet received no nomination.



** Jennifer Connelly to an extent. While acclaimed as being better than the material she was given, most of her roles catered to her beauty and she was in the process of becoming a respected actress. The process started with ''Film/DarkCity'', continued here and was solidified with her Oscar win for ''Film/ABeautifulMind''.
** While Jared Leto has become a polarizing figure in recent years, even his biggest detractors are willing to admit that he's quite good in this film.

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** Jennifer Connelly Creator/JenniferConnelly to an extent. While acclaimed as being better than the material she was given, most of her roles catered to her beauty and she was in the process of becoming a respected actress. The process started with ''Film/DarkCity'', continued here and was solidified with her Oscar win for ''Film/ABeautifulMind''.
** While Jared Leto Creator/JaredLeto has become a polarizing figure in recent years, even his biggest detractors are willing to admit that he's quite good in this film.



** Creator/DylanBaker playing a doctor who is involved in an amputation? Wouldn't be the [[Film/SpiderMan2 last time]].

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** Creator/DylanBaker playing a doctor who is involved in an amputation? Wouldn't be the [[Film/SpiderMan2 [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy last time]].



** The scene of Marion being seen at the end of a pier had previously been done in another Jennifer Connelly movie (''Film/DarkCity'', and Darren Aronofsky had no idea of the similarities). It would be done again in ''Literature/HouseOfSandAndFog''.

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** The scene of Marion being seen at the end of a pier had previously been done in another Jennifer Connelly Creator/JenniferConnelly movie (''Film/DarkCity'', and Darren Aronofsky Creator/DarrenAronofsky had no idea of the similarities). It would be done again in ''Literature/HouseOfSandAndFog''.''Film/HouseOfSandAndFog''.



* MemeticMutation: “So what're we gonna do now?” "Ass to ass." "ASS TO ASS!"

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* MemeticMutation: “So MemeticMutation:
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what're we gonna do now?” now?" "Ass to ass." ass". "ASS TO ASS!"



* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The film's use of the "hip hop montage", a series of rapid cuts accompanied by sound effects, looks normal now, despite the fact that this was the film that popularised its use (Creator/DarrenAronofsky previously used it in ''Film/{{Pi}}''.) This extends to the point where ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' used a similar montage to show Homer's reaction to eating a "Rib-wich", which [=McDonald's=] themselves then copied for a bacon wrap ad.

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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The film's use of the "hip hop montage", a series of rapid cuts accompanied by sound effects, looks normal now, despite the fact that this was the film that popularised its use (Creator/DarrenAronofsky previously used it in ''Film/{{Pi}}''.) This extends to the point where ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E12ImSpellingAsFastAsICan I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can]]" used a similar montage to show Homer's reaction to eating a "Rib-wich", which [=McDonald's=] UsefulNotes/McDonalds themselves then copied for a bacon wrap ad.



** Tyrone, too, though he's not nearly as completely a victim of circumstance as Sara is. Of the four main characters, he's the only one who manages to get through the entire movie with his affection for his loved ones intact, and he's motivated primarily by his love for his mother... and then he ends up doing vomit-inducing hard labor as a young, black drug dealer in a Southern prison under openly racist guards. Some of the only touching moments in Winter are Tyrone holding Harry's hand in the work line, and calling for help because his friend is sick.

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** Tyrone, too, though he's not nearly as completely a victim of circumstance as Sara is. Of the four main characters, he's the only one who manages to get through the entire movie with his affection for his loved ones intact, and he's motivated primarily by his love for his mother... and then he ends up doing vomit-inducing hard labor as a young, black drug dealer in a Southern prison under openly racist guards. Some of the only touching moments in Winter are Tyrone holding Harry's hand in the work line, and calling for help because his friend is sick.sick.
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* {{Anvilicious}}: A common complaint about this movie, as it reassures you in the most ''depressing'' ways imaginable that DrugsAreBad. However, for a good amount of viewers, the brutal enforcement of its message [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped was more than necessary]].

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* {{Anvilicious}}: A common complaint about this movie, as it reassures you in the most ''depressing'' ways imaginable that DrugsAreBad. However, for a good amount of viewers, the brutal enforcement of its message [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped was more than necessary]].



* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: A viewer who agrees that DrugsAreBad is likely to see it this way.
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** In the behind-the scenes footage, Marlon Wayans is seen making fun of [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Jar Jar Binks]], but immediately afterward he went on to play a similar annoying, cowardly black sidekick in ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons''.

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** In the behind-the scenes footage, Marlon Wayans is seen making fun of [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Jar Jar Binks]], but immediately afterward he went on to play a similar annoying, cowardly black sidekick in ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons''.''Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000''.

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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: For some people, though by no means all. The quote on the main page really sums it up...


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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: For some people, though by no means all. The quote on the main page really sums it up...

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Opioid crisis makes Sarah Goldfarb's downward spiral oh so much worse


* HarsherInHindsight: Harry losing an arm got even more horrific after reports of Russian synthetic heroin Krokodil made the rounds.

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* HarsherInHindsight: HarsherInHindsight:
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Harry losing an arm got even more horrific after reports of Russian synthetic heroin Krokodil made the rounds. rounds.
** Mrs. Goldfarb becoming addicted to a prescription medication was already harsh enough. Then came the Opioid Crisis...
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** While Jared Leto has become a [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment polarizing figure in recent years]], even his biggest detractors are willing to admit that he's quite good in this film.

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** While Jared Leto has become a [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment polarizing figure in recent years]], years, even his biggest detractors are willing to admit that he's quite good in this film.
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** The scene of Marion being seen at the end of a pier had previously been done in another Jennifer Connelly movie (''Film/DarkCity'', and Darren Aronofsky had no idea of the similarities). It would be done again in ''Film/TheHouseOfSandAndFog''.

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** The scene of Marion being seen at the end of a pier had previously been done in another Jennifer Connelly movie (''Film/DarkCity'', and Darren Aronofsky had no idea of the similarities). It would be done again in ''Film/TheHouseOfSandAndFog''.''Literature/HouseOfSandAndFog''.
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* {{Anvilicious}}: A common complaint about this movie, as it reassures you in the most ''depressing'' ways imaginable that DrugsAreBad. However, for a good amount of viewers, the brutal enforcement of its message [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped was more than necessary]].
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* RealismInducedHorror: While there's no central villain, each of the four characters suffer in extremely unnerving ways. The consequences of their drug usage is portrayed in a disturbingly realistic way as their lives slowly decay throughout the story. Seeing what happens to them can easily scare anyone from wanting to try heroin even once, since one dose is enough to get addicted.

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