#DarrenAronofsky took audiences into the harsh world of addiction 25 years ago when #RequiemforaDream opened on October 6th, 2000 #EllenBurstyn #JaredLeto #JenniferConnelly #ChristopherMcDonald #MarlonWayans #HubertSelbyJr #00sMovies

“I suspect there will never be a requiem for a dream, simply because it will destroy us before we have the opportunity to mourn it's passing.”

✒️ #HubertSelbyJr, American author (Last Exit to Brooklyn), was #BOTD 23 July 1928. #Literature

Hubert Selby Jr. American writer Hubert Selby Jr. was BOTD in 1928. Born in Brooklyn, New York to a working class family, he left school at 15 to work on in the city docks, and became a merchant seaman in 1947. He …

American writer Hubert Selby Jr., best known for his harrowing portraits of New York’s omnisexual underworld in “Last Exit to Brooklyn” and “Requiem for a Dream”, was BOTD in 1928. #hubertselbyjr #bornonthisday

I was reading earlier and just thinking “Last Exit to Brooklyn” by #HubertSelbyJr and “The Killer Inside Me” by #JimThompson are two books that every lover of darker (to say the least) literature should absolutely read. Check them out if you haven’t already. #Booksky💙📚 #Read #Art #SupportArtists ✌🏻✊🏻

Cover of the 1978 book Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.

Choose 200 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 200 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

20/200

#HubertSelbyJr #RequiemForADream
#books #booksky
#200bookschallenge

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"Bu ülkenin gitgide batmasına şaşmamalı. Ortalama bir televizyon günde 6 saat açık. Geri zekâlılar ülkesi. Bu ahlaki bir yozlaşma değil. Bir ahlaksızlaşma vakası."
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“I suspect there will never be a requiem for a dream, simply because it will destroy us before we have the opportunity to mourn it's passing.”

✒️ #HubertSelbyJr, American author (Last Exit to Brooklyn), #DOTD 26 April 2004. #Literature

#HenryMiller and #CharlesBukowskii. These men, along with #HubertSelbyJr should always be remembered. I wonder how many lives they changed and simply touched. I’ve never been the same. Thank god… #Booksky💙📚 #literature #poetry #writers

Hubert Selby Jr.- McCabe’s Guitar Shop Santa Monica 6/10/90 full spoken word performance Master Tape Here is one from Anonymous 1’s tape collection. This is from the same weekend when he drove from northern cal down to see a weekend of Rollins/Exene and Selby shows.I know that this is the Sa…

Hubert Selby Jr.- McCabe's Guitar Shop Santa Monica 6/10/90 full spoken word performance Master Tape

Full spoken word set from Anonymous 1's master tape
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

14/20

#BookSky #BookChallenge
#hubertselbyjr

Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One film per day for 20 days. No order, no explanations, no reviews, just covers.
11/20
#BookSky💙📚
#FilmSky
#Documentary
#HubertSelbyJr
#Authors
#Writers

Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One film per day for 20 days. No order, no explanations, no reviews, just covers.
5/20
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#Movies
#HubertSelbyJr
#Art
#Addiction
#Drama

Cubby/Hubert Selby Jr. By Joe S. Thomas I don’t recall when I first became a fan of Hubert Selby Jr…  It’s been many years now…  I’m fairly certain I have Henry Rollins to thank for it, so, thank you Henry, sincerely…  I w…

socialfit77.wordpress.com/2024/03/30/c... Blog from the past. Please #read.
#HubertSelbyJr
#HenryRollins
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#Literature
Thank you all. RIP. Hubert Selby Jr. Thanks Henry…

Pen drawing of Jared Leto looking down and to the left screaming in agony drawn on a black background.

On December 15, 2000, Requiem For a Dream debuted in the United States. Here's a drawing of Jared Leto to mark the anniversary!
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"Doğduğumdan beri ölüyorum" bir Hubert Selby Jr. sözüdür.

19 yaşında on kaburgası, bir buçuk ciğeri alınmış ve öleceği söylenmiş. Ama ölmemiş, 57 yıl daha (neredeyse ciğersiz) yaşamış.

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