# Movies (and books and such) people should see/read

**URL:** <https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/movies-and-books-and-such-people-should-see-read/15660>\
**Category:** RPGC Main Forum\
**Created:** [November 17, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/movies-and-books-and-such-people-should-see-read/15660 "2005-11-17T18:34:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hades\_Vulvuhzela](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/8c91f0/32.png) [@Hades\_Vulvuhzela](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/Hades_Vulvuhzela)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/movies-and-books-and-such-people-should-see-read/15660/21 "2005-11-19T14:20:29Z")

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I STRONGLY disagree with Requiem for a Dream. That has to be the most pointless and meaningless shit I’ve ever beheld.

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**Author:** ![Cavelcade](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/user_avatar/discourse.rpgclassics.com/cavelcade/32/84_2.png) [@Cavelcade](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/Cavelcade)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/movies-and-books-and-such-people-should-see-read/15660/22 "2005-11-19T15:35:02Z")

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…Hades, I’m just gonna go ahead and assume you meant that it was pointless and meaningless to YOU.  
kthxbai

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**Author:** ![BlueMageOne](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@BlueMageOne](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/BlueMageOne)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/movies-and-books-and-such-people-should-see-read/15660/23 "2005-11-19T15:50:48Z")

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> [@Silhouette2](#):
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> there are few works of art that have changed my life. the novel Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse.

I would recomend Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse as well.

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**Author:** ![Sinistral](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/user_avatar/discourse.rpgclassics.com/sinistral/32/6_2.png) [@Sinistral](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/Sinistral)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/movies-and-books-and-such-people-should-see-read/15660/24 "2005-11-19T16:20:11Z")

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> [@Cavelcade](#):
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> …Hades, I’m just gonna go ahead and assume you meant that it was pointless and meaningless to YOU.  
> kthxbai

What the hell is it anyway?

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**Author:** ![Gila-Monster](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@Gila-Monster](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/Gila-Monster)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/movies-and-books-and-such-people-should-see-read/15660/25 "2005-11-19T19:42:14Z")

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> [@Sinistral](#):
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> What the hell is it anyway?

To summarise it, “Requiem for a Dream” is a film, based on a novel, about drug addiction. The characters consist of a heroin addict, his mother(who gets addicted to diet pills), his girlfriend(who has to whore herself off to support her addiction), and his black friend(normally I wouldn’t bother pointing out the race of the characters, but it plays a vital role in his fate). It’s a very visual aswell as audio inclined film, for there are a lot of scenes in it that flow well with the haunting soundtrack. I think you might enjoy the movie, for the very reason that it does not glamorize drug use at all. Mind you, it isn’t a movie about how drug use is bad, it’s more about addiction than anything else.

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