Requiem for a Dream is based on the novel by Hubert Selby Jr. Selby's writing style and the themes he explored in the novel greatly influenced the creation of the film.
The movie may have condensed some events. The true story probably had a lot of day - to - day minutiae that couldn't all be included in the film. Also, the movie uses certain visual and auditory techniques to enhance the impact. In the true story, those might not have been as pronounced. For instance, the rapid - cut editing in the movie to show the chaos of addiction might be a more stylized version compared to the real - life events.
Requiem was a fantasy novel. The story was about a world that was divided into Yin and Yang. Humans lived in the Yang Realm while ghosts wandered in the Yin Realm. The protagonist of the story was a youth called Chen Changsheng. He possessed a mysterious power that allowed him to communicate with ghosts. In the world of the living, Chen Changsheng met a mysterious woman called Bai Jingjing. Bai Jingjing told Chen Changsheng that there were some evil spirits in the netherworld that had been searching for a way to return to the world of the living. Chen Changsheng decided to help these evil spirits and embark on a thrilling journey with Bai Jingjing. In this process, Chen Changsheng and Bai Jingjing encountered many difficulties and challenges, but in the end, they defeated all the evil spirits and restored the balance of the world.
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