Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, with special guest Richard Drumm, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT.
This week, Darren Aronofsky Requiem for a Dream.
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At time of recording, it was ranked 84th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 11th August 2022.
- Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely. We suspect, going forward that a lot of our episodes will be until the crisis resolves.
- Requiem for a Dream at The Internet Movie Database.
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- Nathaniel Rogers at The Film Experience considers Darren Aronofsky’s recurring faces, January 2011.
- Brendan Bettinger at Collider discusses how The Wrestler and Black Swan began as a single film, August 2010.
- Shaun at YouTube considers how Wikipedia struggles with interpretations of Ex Machina, July 2022.
- David Carr at The New York Times looks at the long and troubled production history of The Fountain, March 2005.
- George Gene Gustines at The New York Times considers the various interpretations and understandings of The Fountain, November 2006.
- Darren Aronofsky talks to Empire about how his Batman movie fell apart, April 2020.
- Josh Wigler at MTV considers Darren Aronofsky as a potential Superman director, March 2014.
- Philip French reviews Requiem for a Dream for The Observer, January 2001.
- Nathan Rabin reviews Requiem for a Dream for The A.V. Club, October 2000.
- Nathan Rabin reconsiders Requiem for a Dream for The Dissolve, January 2015.
- Darren Aronofsky writes at The New York Times about his decision to direct Noah, March 2014.
- Darren Aronofsky talks to Variety about the perceived controversy around Noah, March 2014.
- Jennifer Lawrence talks to Us Weekly about how mother! affected her relationship with Darren Aronofsky, November 2017.
- Jennifer Lawrence reflects on her relationship with Darren Aronofsky for USA Today, April 2019.
- Alissa Wilkinson at Vox considers mother! and Noah as an interesting duology from Darren Aronofsky, September 2017.
- Darren Aronofsky and William Friedkin debate mother! and religion in The Director’s Cut, September 2017.
- Eric X. Jarrard at The Harvard Divinity Bulletin considers Darren Aronofsky’s films through the lens of his Judaism, Autumn/Winter 2018.
- Darren Aronofsky talks to The Jewish Chronicle, January 2011.
- Alison Willmore puts together an oral history of Requiem for a Dream for Vulture, October 2020.
- John Lucas at The Guardian looks back on the life and work of Hubert Selby Jr., September 2010.
- Darren Aronofsky talks to The Guardian about the complicated response to his films, September 2006.
- Christopher McDonald talks to BullzEye about his work on Requiem for a Dream, February 2010.
- Owen Gleiberman reviews Requiem for a Dream at Entertainment Weekly, October 2000.
- Anthony Lane reviews Requiem for a Dream at The New Yorker, October 2000.
- Kevin Thomas reviews Requiem for a Dream for The Chicago Tribune, Octobr 2000.
- Roger Ebert reviews Requiem for a Dream at The Chicago Sun Times, October 2000.
- Mark Caro at The Los Angeles Times considers the legacy of Requiem for a Dream compared to the same year’s other awards fare, March 2007.
- Bettina Makalintal at Vice looks at the long afterlife of the soundtrack to Requiem for a Dream, October 2020.
- Jacob T. Swinney at Slate looks back on the history of the Snorricam, April 2015.
- Laura Kern at The New York Times positions Iowa in the context of Requiem for a Dream, March 2006.
- Daniel M. Gold reviews Requiem for the American Dream at The New York Times, January 2016.
- Thomas Curwen at The Los Angeles Times considers Steve Earle’s life through the lens of Requiem for a Dream, June 2001.
- Jelani Cobb at The New Yorker considers the life and career of Barack Obama under the headline Requiem for a Dream, August 2013.
- Kate Ward at Entertainment Weekly reports on Darren Aronofsky’s actual anti-drug PSAs, November 2011.
- Julia Teti at The Playlist considers Darren Aronofsky’s recurring fixation on obsession, September 2017.
- Francis Fukuyama ponders “the end of history” in The National Interest, Summer 1989.
- Charles Krauthammer argues for “the unipolar moment” in Foreign Affairs, January 1990.
- Joseph S. Nye Jr. ponders President Bush’s “new world order” in Foreign Affairs, Spring 1992.
- Jim Bizzocchi at Simon Fraser University considers the popularity and ubiquity of split screen at the turn of the millennium, 2009.
- Abraham Reisman at Vulture considers the use of split screen in Ang Lee’s Hulk, June 2018.
- Gregory Lawrence at Collider considers the film making craft employed in Requiem for a Dream, October 2020.
- Animation Obsessive considers the relationship between Requiem for a Dream and Perfect Blue, March 2022.
- Joseph Clark at Total Film considers the similarities between Perfect Blue and Requiem for a Dream, July 2021.
- GREGandLOU consider the tasteful way to add the “ass-to-ass” guy to the Oscar memoriam, February 2016.
- Garry Walter at Psychiatric Times considers the portrayal of ECT in popular cinema, June 2004.
- The Los Angeles Times reports on Aronofsky receiving a Prism award for Black Swan, April 2011.
- Elvis Mitchell at The New York Times considers Requiem for a Dream as a film about “the American appetite for something better”, December 2000.
- Elvis Mitchell reviews Requiem for a Dream at The New York Times, October 2000.
- Kristina Murkett reflects on Requiem for a Dream at The Film Magazine, October 2020.
- Darren Aronofsky talks to The New York Times about Requiem for a Dream, September 2000.
- Guy Lodge at The Guardian considers Requiem for a Dream, two decades removed from its original context, October 2020.
- Stephen Farber considers Requiem for a Dream as a maximalist awards contender, November 2000.
- Victoria Rose Caister at Total Film reports on the controversy around the “gifts” that Jared Leto reportedly gave his co-stars on Suicide Squad, November 2021.
- Darren Aronofsky talks to /film about wanting to cast Dave Chappelle in Requiem for a Dream, December 2008.
- Courtney DeLong at L’Officiel looks at “the cult of Jared Leto”, October 2020.
- Chelsea McLaughlin at Mama Mia looks at the long history of allegations around Jared Leto, April 2022.
- Jennifer Connelly talks to The Guardian about the roles that helped her breakout of his child actor phase, September 2009.
- Jennifer Connelly talks to The BBC about having to take a long holiday in Puerto Rico after Requiem for a Dream, January 2001.
- Darren Aronofsky talks to The Los Angeles Times about working with Ellen Burstyn, October 2000.
- Ellen Burstyn talks to The New York Times about working with Darren Aronofsky, October 2000.
- Richard Natale at The Los Angeles Times talks about Requiem for a Dream as part of a shift in how Hollywood sees and treats older actresses, October 2000.
- Kyle Buchanan at Vulture considers the rock monsters from Noah, March 2014.
- Judith I. Brennan at The Los Angeles Times looks at the ratings controversy around Requiem for a Dream, October 2000.
- Christopher Stern at The Washington Post reports on the controversy over the movies marketted directly to children, August 2000.
- Michael Kilian at The Chicago Tribune reports on the Hollywood executives summoned to testify to the Senate Congress Committee on movie ratings, September 2000.
- Clint Mansell talks to NPR about composing the score for Requiem for a Dream, October 2020.
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