requiem for a dream

Requiem has several meanings. It is a Mass for the repose of the souls of the dead or it can also be an act or a token of remembrance. I think both of these meanings are exemplified in the movie. Harry, Mrs.Goldfarb, Marion, and Tyrone are all searching for happiness. Sarah Goldfarb wants to not be alone anymore, she just wants to be loved by all and on tv in front of millions who will love her too. She is so determined that she puts her life at risk to achieve happiness. I have known this act also. Sometimes happiness seems like it is within reach if you could only reach a little further but what you may end up doing is reaching too far and fall; fall into an endless pit of troubles that never leave and that destroy everyone and everything around you. Just as with Marion and Harry, they both are addicts an it drives them to do crazy and what seems to be unethical things. Whichever way you look at it, they pushed it to the limit. Marion slept with people for money and drugs while Harry wanted that last bit of bliss so he shot up into his infected arm. No matter how far they reached, they lost a little of themselves in the process. So is it all worth it? Is happiness worth the pain or destruction. I don't think it is. There are actually healthy ways to find happiness. But when you get mixed up in the wrong things those tunnels of hope seem dark and far away so you end up taking the route that could in the end be fatal to your well-being. They all searched for happiness and in the end got something, but not truly what they wanted.They try and lift their souls with what they think is happiness while really it just drowns them even further to the bottom of the lake. Every time they live on the memory over and over in their heads trying too constantly find that same feeling whether its through drugs, having sex with strangers, or taking diet pills so you look as thin as you did 20 years ago. It is all part of life I suppose and if you concentrate on what was good in the past then you will miss what is happening in the future. That's a very true statement now and I hope I will head its hidden warning.