View more about Requiem for a Dream reviews
The girl in red by the sea and the endless abyss behind
Dax 2022-04-23 07:01:01
Hedonism is like a drug, which makes people addicted and unable to extricate themselves. By alternately describing the stories of the two generations, the film gradually reveals the social phenomenon under the influence of modern Western capitalist values, as well as the bloody nature (the girl in red at the seaside appears many times in the film to symbolize the beauty that people yearn for). But it is the product of too much pursuit of the senses), and it also implies that the human society oriented by the pursuit of material pleasures will eventually decline. Looking around at the moment, behind people's seemingly prosperous material life, there is an extremely illusory soul hidden.
Extended Reading
-
Harry Goldfarb: [Waking up after his arm was amputated] Marion? Marion?
Angelic Nurse: It's all right. Don't worry, you're in a hospital.
Harry Goldfarb: Marion?
Angelic Nurse: Who's that? She'll be sent for, she'll come.
Harry Goldfarb: No.
Angelic Nurse: No?
Harry Goldfarb: No... she won't.
Angelic Nurse: [confidently] She'll come.
Harry Goldfarb: [Crying] No, she...
-
Tyrone: [about the TV] Shit, this muthafucka's startin' to look a little seedy, man.
Harry: What's the matter, you particular all the sudden?
Tyrone: Hey, baby, I don't care if the motherfucker's growing hair just so long as we get our bread.