Finally got round up watching Requiem for a Dream... (hexbear.net)

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... and it kinda sucks? Dgmw there are things I liked about it (Ellen Burstyn and Jennifer Connelly give great performances) , but between the gimmicky edits and the palpable lack of insight into drug use/abuse/addiction, it just comes across as a less entertaining Reefer Madness. Imho.

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[-] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

how's it a rip off? haven't seen perfect blue but the synopsis doesn't seem to have much in common with requiem

[-] Carcharodonna@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

He basically ripped entire scenes from the movie without getting any kind of permission and then copied it again with Black Swan. Good article about it here: https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-real-history-of-perfect-blue

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