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A Dirty Shame (2004)

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Suzanne "Honey" Shepherd (née Stern; October 31, 1934 – November 17, 2023) Film and television actress and theater director.

Predominantly a film actress she appeared in the TV series Law & Order (1990), Third Watch (2000),Ed (2000, 2004), The Sopranos (2000-2007), Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2002), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2003), Gravity (2010) and Blue Bloods (2016-2018). (Wikipedia)

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R.I.P. Suzanne Shepherd

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A DIRTY SHAME John Waters USA, 2004

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Where Is Kyra? (2017, Andrew Dosunmu)

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365 Day Movie Challenge (2017) - #277: Requiem for a Dream (2000) - dir. Darren Aronofsky

Requiem for a Dream, adapted by Darren Aronofsky and Hubert Selby, Jr. from Selby’s 1978 novel of the same name, is easily one of the most harrowing films I’ve ever seen. It is a relentlessly sad portrayal of addiction experienced by two men and two women in Brooklyn: Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn), a widow living alone in a Brighton Beach apartment, physically and mentally wasting away because of “uppers” (diet pills) and her increasing obsession with getting a spot on a TV talk show/infomercial about weight loss; Harry Goldfarb (Jared Leto), Sara’s son, who uses and deals heroin; Marion Silver (Jennifer Connelly), Harry’s girlfriend and a fellow addict; and Tyrone C. Love (Marlon Wayans), Harry’s best friend and partner in the drug business. These characters descend further into their private hells as the need for their drugs of choice consumes each of them.

Darren Aronofsky delivered on the ambitious promise of his debut film, Pi, by proving with Requiem for a Dream that he could deliver a brilliant film with a bigger budget and an A-list cast. All four lead actors, including Oscar-nominated Ellen Burstyn, give unforgettable performances, while smaller roles are filled by such notable character actors as Christopher McDonald, Louise Lasser, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Sean Gullette, Keith David, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Dylan Baker, Suzanne Shepherd and Stanley B. Herman. Darren Aronofsky also pushed for technical innovations behind the camera, utilizing the cinematography by Matthew Libatique, film editing by Jay Rabinowitz and the haunting score composed by Clint Mansell to maximum effect. Requiem for a Dream stands as a stern warning against substance abuse and addiction, but it is also a piercing portrait of loneliness. Drugs temporarily provide highs for the characters, but pills and powders are no substitutes for what the characters really yearn for: companionship and love.

P.S. One unexpected element of Requiem for a Dream: the opening credits sequence features Coney Island’s defunct Thunderbolt rollercoaster, which was built around the same time as the still-operational Cyclone in the 1920s. The Thunderbolt was shut down in 1983 but for some reason it remained at the park, disused and covered in moss and looming over the boardwalk, for twenty years. It used to really freak me out when I was a kid, like it was haunted or something. The memory still creeps me out so much that I can’t even tolerate images of the Thunderbolt; I have to look away. I guess I have to thank Requiem for a Dream for teaching me that I might have a form of atephobia regarding this one abandoned (and now, thankfully, nonexistent) structure.