on seasons woo woo, though not literature

Frye's writings on seasonal patterns gave me a real woo woo moment because I immediately thought about a movie called "Requiem for a Dream". Apparently it's adapted from a book of the same name so I guess my woo woo is kind of related to literature, but I've only seen the movie. The movie follows the story of Harry, his girlfriend, his friend and his mother. The movie is split into 3 seasons (leaving out spring for some reason, although i think it's kind of combined into summer) and the trajectory of the movie follows the patterns of Frye almost exactly!

Summer: Harry and his friend begin to deal drugs and start making lots of money. They dream of the better life they are working towards. Harry's girlfriend dreams of being a fashion designer with all the money they'll make. Harry's mother, a lonely widow, gets a letter saying she might get to be on TV so she begins to take pills to lose weight for her appearance. All is well, and everyboby is excited about their prospects. Jubilation.

Fall: Harry, his girlfriend, and friend all begin to become severely addicted to heroin, and they begin to focus on that more than their business aspirations. Harry's mother becomes addicted to the pills she's taking and it becomes increasingly obvious that she won't be on tv. Harry's friend gets arrested and they lose all their money so Harry's girlfriend sleeps with a guy for some money so they can buy more drugs. harry's mother begins to hallucinate. Mortification. Descending into chaos.

Winter: Harry and his friend get arrested and Harry ends up getting his arm amputated because it's so infected from shooting up. His friend remains in jail. His girlfriend begins prostituting herself to get heroin. His mother goes crazy in the streets and ends up in a mental hospital where she receives electro-shock treatment. Purgation.

I wouldn't say the characters reach atonement or purification; the movie ends on a very depressing note showing them each in a different bed in their respective places (hospital, asylum, prison, dirty apartment) in the fetal position crying. But, we could say that they are on the path to purification, or at least purging I guess. I don't know, I found that interesting though that this pattern can be found in movies as well as literature.