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Darren Aronofksy's sophomore follow-up to Pi tells the story of four drug addicted people. It received very little box office glory, but the critics hailed it, as I do now. It's one of the most unsettling portraits of drug addiction ever put to film. It's imagery is haunting and calling this movie a "horror" film isn't a stretch, even though there is no slasher or killer, nor any monsters in sight. It tells the story of Sara Goldfarb, a woman so obsessed with being on television that she becomes addicted to diet pills. Her son, Harry, is trying to make ends meet so he can help his girlfriend Marion get her fashion store started and his friend, Tyrone, who is in dire need of a mother figure. The movie has beautiful, yet disturbing, imagery that is shot wonderfully and directed marvelously by Aronofsky. What it all stems from though is its screenplay, which was written by Aronofsky and Hubert Selby Jr., the author of the book from which it was taken. The movie works well because of all the amazing performances and the beautiful imagery that will haunt you for days after you've seen it. |