The best movies are those that end up having a profound emotional impact on the audience… but this can have some notable consequences: if the emotional impact is too profound, what you have is a great movie that can really only ever be stomached a single time . In the modern era, Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem For A Dream is a title that stands out in this specific category – and it’s not just the film-going public that can’t watch it more than once. That’s also the opinion shared by Marlon Wayans , who plays one of the principal roles in the feature’s ensemble.
This October (specifically on October 6) will mark the 25 th anniversary of Requiem For A Dream first arriving in theaters, and given this milestone event, I felt it proper to bring up the film when I had the chance to sit