tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265014241875110812.post7556122932623464145..comments2024-03-10T14:04:48.024-04:00Comments on The Projection Booth Podcast: Episode 212: Requiem for a Dream (2000)Mike Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690940782275888014noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265014241875110812.post-53246797123967936492017-05-22T22:01:19.507-04:002017-05-22T22:01:19.507-04:00Possibly the best film you will never want to see ...Possibly the best film you will never want to see again. So stirring, so moving and so sobering. So glad I found this podcast, and so sorry this title did not garner more critical acclaim and success. Super Deluxehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14862839804355036795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265014241875110812.post-56437086110182450702015-04-08T03:51:31.109-04:002015-04-08T03:51:31.109-04:00I agree with you that Requiem for a Dream is remin...I agree with you that Requiem for a Dream is reminiscent of 1970s filmmaking. Over most of the past decade I have been drawn to movies produced in the 1960s and 1970s. In European art films, New Hollywood, Italian genre films, exploitation films, and many other kinds of cinematic fare of the era there is a spirit of creative freedom that is invigorating to me. I wish I could derive as much enjoyment from modern-day Hollywood productions as I do from films like Spider Baby, Supervixens, or The Red Queen Kills Seven Times. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265014241875110812.post-85801284008940912802015-04-08T00:34:34.765-04:002015-04-08T00:34:34.765-04:00Thanks for the kind words on the show.
This is o...Thanks for the kind words on the show. <br /><br />This is one of those films that feels like, what I consider, the last great era in American film - the 1970s. It's a hard film to talk about, but I was so honored to have all the guest we had for this episode - great stuff. <br /><br />ALL THE BEST, <br /><br />Rob St. Mary <br />co-host of "The Projection Booth" Rob St. Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03993994965210555040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265014241875110812.post-51253054893056397322015-04-07T19:17:25.500-04:002015-04-07T19:17:25.500-04:00This was another great episode. With its unique bl...This was another great episode. With its unique blending of film technique with storytelling, Requiem for a Dream is certainly is not an easy film to discuss.<br /><br />I watched Requiem for a Dream for the first time a few weeks ago. It was a great (and harrowing) film experience. Not being a big fan of the output of American cinema over the last twenty years, it was refreshing to come across a movie with a vision and a cast and crew more than capable of bringing that vision to life. I appreciate the way the film relentlessly assaults the sensibilities of the viewer. <br /><br />The DVD of the movie is undoubtedly one of the most amusing I have ever come across. Anticipating a menu to appear right away, I was confounded when the commercial for Tappy Tibbons' system began. The smooth transition from this commercial to the DVD menu, in the style of those blue-colored information stills for infomercials, elicited a laugh from me. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com