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IN THE MOVIE REQUIM FOR A DREAM WHAT DOES THE WORD REQUIM MEAN ......BEST MOVIE EVER !!!!!?

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so is the movie title spelt requim....or requiem.....and are they 2 different meanings????

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  1. Requiem refers to liturgical services in churches where they pray for the salvation of the soul(s) of the departed, and it is used both at services immediately preceding a burial, and on occasions of more general remembrance.

    In the book (and movie), author Selby refers to the "American Dream" as amorphous and unattainable, a compilation of the various desires of the story's characters. All the characters use some form of addiction as a substitute for the actual fulfillment of a dream, choosing immediate sensory placation over a struggle for some higher good. Selby explains the title of his book in this context — it is a requiem for some specific dream ("A" dream) as opposed to the larger, overarching "American Dream" ("THE" dream). While an individual dream can wither and die, the American Dream is persistent and cannot be easily overcome, certainly not by those who are so entangled in it that they cannot see it.

    All of the characters in the movie hold on to memories of better times and long for meaningful connection with others. These, along with the fantastic dream worlds and delusions they gradually withdraw into, are violently and jarringly shattered in the film's dénouement by the bleak and brutal reality of their present circumstances. In the DVD commentary for the film, Aronofsky stresses the idea that by choosing to escape reality with denial and delusion, the characters are only destroying themselves further. The hopes they have for connection with each other and with their happier pasts give way as they are separated and subjected to indifferent and exploitative treatment at the hands of strangers.

    Hence Requiem for a Dream.

    Great movie and amazing book.

    ** The correct title/spelling of both the book and movie is  Requiem for a Dream.   Requiem is also the correct spelling when just referencing the word itself.


  2. A requiem is a mass sung for the repose of the dead.

    (And if you ask me what "repose" means, I'm gonna come over there and smack you) NOT!

  3. Requiem means a 'Death Mass", a religious ritual honoring the dead and involving prayers for the repose of their souls. I think the drug addicted people were like the "Living Dead" in the movie.

  4. Yes - excellent movie!!!

    Reqium in this title means (from Latin requiem) - rest  

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