hubert selby jr. give u the book requiem for a dream and co write the screenplay to aronofsky movie of it . that movie succeed on every level by deliver an intimate and and unbiased portrait of the horror of the character life and the vice that destroy them . last exit to brooklyn still have the vice and the multiple character live sad life and but it hardly do them the same justice aronofsky do . the film seem laughably anti gay at time . especially when in the film homosexuality equal death . one gay character get stone and be launch skyward by a speeding car and and land dead on the pavement . another be crucify and still more be simply beat up . another exaggerated piece of shock value and that might actually have be compel if it be do well and be scene of the union worker literally do battle with the strike breaker . who would have think a drama about brooklyners would feature action sequence and truck explosion . the director and uli edel have a skill level like that of a tv director and but he be far below the cut for real movie . the film be clunky that can not even seem to settle on a genre . lake be give a useless role that any mannequin could have fill and baldwin only seem to know how to look stupid in his equally meager part . and then come jennifer jason leigh a our lead and a loathsome hooker name tralala ( believe it or not and i be not joke ) . her performance be nothing great and the fate of her character be dirty to say the least . poor use of color and composition make it look cheap than it be and and also take the real edge off the more provocative bit . a failure .