REQUIEM FOR A DREAM ADDICTION MONTAGE

Requiem for a Dream Montage.
A requiem: an act of remembrance for something departed

The Structure of Self-Destruction. The structure of the film is linked to its editing, camera, and sound design, all working together to weave an interconnected tale of four connected characters. And then, one by one, it leaves each of them alone. 

“We didn't want, in any way, to be accused of being an MTV movie, because those videos and those commercials are basically style without substance.... In the film you have this theme which is your mantra...with every single camera technique we use, we tried to face the truth." - Darren Aronofski

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Unlike most films that have a pretense of "objectivity" posing as realism, Requiem's stylisation is so amped up that it actually becomes a far more "realistic" film as a result.
The technique captures the experience of addiction by finding its cinematic objective correlative. The use of the fast montage is, perhaps, the best example: the characters spend so much in the search for relief from addiction that when they finally get it, "the effect of montage makes it pass so quickly that there's no time to enjoy any of the temporary enjoyment." This, in turn, distorts their perceptions, driving the editing and camera work.
Justin Morrow (NoFIlmSchol)