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''Requiem for a Dream'' is a 2000 American psychological drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, and Marlon Wayans. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Hubert Selby, Jr., with whom Aronofsky wrote the screenplay. Burstyn was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance. The film was screened out of competition at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Festival de Cannes: Requiem for a Dream )〕 The film depicts four different forms of drug addiction, which lead to the characters’ imprisonment in a world of delusion and reckless desperation that is subsequently overtaken by reality, thus shattering their hopes and dreams and leaving them as hollow shells of their former selves.〔("Requiem for a Dream :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews" ). ''Chicago Sun-Times''. Retrieved 2011-04-13.〕 ==Plot summary== During the summertime in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, elderly widow Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn) is a lonely television addict whose only comfort is eating boxed chocolates and watching TV shows, particularly infomercials hosted by Tappy Tibbons (Christopher McDonald). One day Sara receives an unexpected phone call informing her that she has won a spot to participate on her favorite television game show. Sara is ecstatic and becomes obsessed with regaining the more attractive appearance she once possessed in an old photograph from her son Harry's (Jared Leto) graduation. In order to fit into her old red dress seen in the picture, (the favorite one of her deceased husband Seymour) she goes on a crash diet. In order to reach her goal sooner, Sara takes the advice of her friends and goes to a doctor to discuss weight loss. The doctor gives her a prescription for weight-loss amphetamine pills throughout the day and a sedative at night. Harry warns her about amphetamine dependence and risk of life-threatening consequences, but she rebuffs him and insists that the chance to be on television has given her a reason to live. As the months go by, Sara's tolerance for the pills adjust and she is no longer able to feel the same kick the pills once gave her. When wintertime comes, her invitation has still not arrived, so she wrongfully increases her dosage from double to triple and, as a result, begins to suffer from amphetamine psychosis. Soon, her delusions worsen and she is driven to the brink of madness when she suffers a bizarre hallucination that she appears on the game show as the principal subject while being attacked by her monstrous, anthropomorphized refrigerator. Meanwhile, Harry is a young heroin addict, who regularly steals and pawns his mother's television set for dope money. He has a girlfriend Marion Silver (Jennifer Connelly), whose drug of choice is Cocaine. Both Harry and Marion dream of having a promising and adventurous future together. Harry's best friend and partner in crime Tyrone C. (Marlon Wayans) decide that in order to support themselves and their drug habit, they should enter the illegal drug trade around Coney Island. With the promised money, each addict hopes to achieve their dreams: Harry wants to start his own business, Marion wants become a Fashion Designer and escape her oppressive parents, and Tyrone just wants to move out of his family's low-income neighborhood and honor his late mother's memory. At first, the trio's drug dealing business thrives. However, Tyrone is imprisoned after fleeing the scene of a drug-gang assassination and Harry uses most of their earned money to post bail. Having spent all their money, the three find it much more difficult to find heroin. Escalating drug-baron violence around New York City and rising drug prices make matters worse, which leads to a brutal state of deprivation. Harry suggests that Marion earn money by having sex with her psychiatrist, which she does, but as a result it strains their relationship. After one of Harry's drug deals goes awry due to unexpected gunfire, he and Marion have a falling out and he leaves her after giving her the number of a pimp who would have access to heroin. Overnight, he and Tyrone flee the city and decide to travel to Miami in order to buy wholesale product and make their money back. After her nightmarish hallucination, Sara immediately flees her apartment and wanders the snowy streets aimlessly. She takes a subway to a television studio in Manhattan to confirm when she will be on the show, only to be informed that there is a very long waiting list. Concerned about Sara's obvious psychotic state, the staff and the secretary at the studio calls for paramedic assistance, and Sara is involuntarily committed to a psychiatric ward. In an attempt to bring her back to normalcy, she is force fed and put on several different medications, but all are unsuccessful. As a last resort, Sara is given painful shock therapy treatment, which is also unsuccessful, completely destroying her sanity to the point of no return. On the way to Miami, Harry’s increasingly infected left arm from his daily heroin injections forces them to visit a hospital in Georgia. Seeing they are obvious drug addicts, a Doctor calls the police instead of treating them. Harry and Tyrone are arrested for drug possession and are incarcerated. Tyrone must deal with hard labor, racist prison guards, and severe drug withdrawal. Harry's arm worsens so he is transferred from prison to a hospital. His arm cannot be saved, therefore he goes into surgery to have it amputated. Back in New York, Marion meets with Big Tim, a misogynistic pimp who supplies her with drugs in exchange for sex and her participation in a private and graphic sex show. Here, she shamefully partakes in performing degrading sexual acts with another woman as a large circle of business men watch and throw money at them, while cheering them on. As the film comes to its intense climax, and then to its end, each character struggles with disappointment, despair and hopelessness. To cope with their pain, the four are shown curling into a fetal position ; Tyrone on a cot in jail, Marion on her living room sofa and Harry in his hospital bed with his left stubbed arm wrapped in layers of medical bandages. Altering back to Sara's story, two of Sara's elderly friends from her apartment building eventually visit her in the hospital. They are so shocked and horrified upon discovering the heartbreaking reality of what has happened to their friend, that they hug one another and sob heavily at the bus stop on the way back home. In the final moments, the film enters into Sara's last dream where she is wearing her red dress and has won the grand prize on Tappy Tibbons. She is joined by her son who is the guest of honor. Harry is now a well dressed and successful business man. He and Marion are also engaged. Under the glowing stage lights, they embrace and declare their love for one another. Sara smiles and sheds tears of joy when the crowd claps and cheers for her. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Requiem for a Dream」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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