REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (2000)—Honey, You Had Me at "Heroin"

Cinema of Cruelty (Movies for Masochists)

On this week’s annotated deep dive, The Cultists Present Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream (2000). Benji ponders Brooklyn’s flat A vowels, SnorriCam vision, and the plight of depressed grandmas, while London remains positively enthralled with the cinematographer’s abuse of gel filters. Featuring a most special guest, clinical psychologist Dr. Michelle Vaughan, to give us some professional consultation on opioids and addiction. Episode Safe Word: “optimism”