Product Description

Genre: Horror
Rating: UN
Release Date: 8-SEP-2009
Media Type: Blu-Ray

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #921 in DVD
• Brand: BURSTYN,ELLEN
• Released on: 2009-09-08
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .16 pounds
• Running time: 102 minutes

Customer Reviews

Darren Aronofsky's Best Film, a Sublime Surreal Nightmare
It's as if Darren Aronofsky filmed your very own worst nightmare, assuming you had anything to do with drugs or drug addicts. If ever a viewer wondered about the interior state of being of drug addiction, this is the movie for you. Aronofsky used Hubert Selby Jr.'s book and screenplay as his source material and the source material is brilliant.

I love movies which explore surreal states. This must come in part from my fascination with surrealist art. Aronofsky's film probably owes more to the late Salvador Dali than to any other film director. I'm also fascinated by movies which move as if you were viewing them in a dream state. We do spend a great deal of our lives in a dream state and see life from an entirely different perspective in REM time. Aronofsky seems to understand this very well. Aronofsky and Selby, in intended irony, load their characters with dreams of their own which are destined to remain unfilled in large part because of their drug addictions.

Ellen Burstyn plays the easiest addict to understand and she does her usual masterful job. She wants to lose weight so takes diet pills (speed) to do so. Her dream is to be on tv which is what spurs her to the speed. Her son Harry, his girlfriend Marion, and his best friend Tyrone use the outright illegal street drugs and dream of becoming big drug dealers instead of low level pushers. On the way to drug fortune, they themselves become addicted.

Jared Leto as the son Harry Goldfarb does a first rate acting job. Frankly, prior to this role, I didn't think he had any acting talent. There is a growing problem with his injection infected arm which will remain visually with you long after the movie is over. Jennifer Connelly as Marion Silver is every bit as wonderful as Burstyn in this film. She is Harry's girlfriend, soon to enter a life of degradation due to the nightmarish descent into drugs.

Because this film is so visual, it is an ideal one for seeing in the best possible format available. Blue-ray was invented for just this kind of film.

Blu-ray A/V Excellent and a Real Bargain Too!
This film is rated #65 on the IMDb list of the best films ever. I'll confine my comments to the quality of the disc itself. I'm fairly picky, and I find both the audio and video quality to be quite good. The black levels, color saturation, contrast and sharpness are all good. The sound in both lossless and lossey audio is also good. I use high-end equipment and I can't fault the technical aspects of this release. Don't let the low price scare you...this disc is a bargain.

Good movie, Ill never watch it again.
This movie was original to say the least for it. Crossing three stories of different addictions rolled into one big intertwining plot. Definately entertaining, but also heartbreaking. The movie slowly turns into a very depressing display as you get closer and closer to the end. If you like happy endings, stay away from this one! As much as I enjoyed the movies acting, writing, and premise, I don't think it has any replay value. A good rental if anything. Thank god Im not addicted to drugs!!!