One thing that really worked for Obsession is that it had a fully formed ACT I. Which feels obvious from a writing perspective, but surprisingly is not the norm much these days with high-concept or genre films, which usually start with a flash-forward, an opening kill, or a shocking cold open. It starts quiet and intimate, and really takes its time showing you the characters' baseline before things get freaky.
Marlon Wayans remembers Darren Aronofsky telling him not to have sex during "Requiem for a Dream" filming:
“Darren is crazy. He asked, ‘What are the three things you love most?’ I said, ‘I love chocolate, sex and drinking.’ He said, ‘Great. So then here’s what I want you to do: I don’t want you to have sex or masturbate, I don’t want you to eat sugar and you cannot drink.’ It was for the three weeks before filming that he called ‘three weeks of wrath,’ and he said, ‘I want you to do without so you know what it feels like when you’re fiending for something, because you guys are junkies.’ And I said, ‘Bet.’”
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@badgal_ari I don’t think he ever had a real chance. Only reason he made it is cause 2 Dem candidates split the vote. Now he’s gonna get bulldozed in the run off lol