Requiem for a Dream

This film reminded me of a poem from the opening track of the album “F#A#∞” by Godspeed You! Black Emperor.  “The car's on fire, and there's no driver at the wheel And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides And a dark wind blows The government is corrupt And we're on so many drugs With the radio on and the curtains drawn We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine And the machine is bleeding to death The sun has fallen down And the billboards are all leering And the flags are all dead at the top of their poles” I haven’t had a visceral reaction to a film like this since I watched Schindler’s List. And like Schindler’s List, I’ll do absolutely anything to never have to watch this movie again.