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SYNOPSIS __________
Plot:
Originally screened at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival,
DONNIE DARKO became one of the festival’s most talked-about
and debated films, praised for blending sci-fi fantasy with
an original vision of a modern suburbia teetering on the edge
of dread and disaster. The question became: what is DONNIE
DARKO? Is it a look back at the underbelly of the Ferris Bueller
and Back to the Future era? Or is it a wild journey into multiple
realities and multiple outcomes? Is it the story of an increasingly
cynical, hypocritical society on a crash-course with apocalypse?
Or is it a fairy-tale about a teen hero who changes the world
around him? Is this the cosmic death knell of the Regan Era,
or a portrait of a troubled community redeemed by the hand
of God?
The surprising answer is that DONNIE DARKO is all of these
– a deep inquiry into the recent past and the possibilities
for the future all wrapped up in the story of a teenager unlike
any you’ve met before. Writer/director Richard Kelly
purposefully wanted DONNIE DARKO to be vast enough to mean
different things to different people. But he offers this guidance
for the mind-blowing ride ahead: “Maybe it’s the
story of Holden Caulfield, resurrected in 1988 by the spirit
of Philip K. Dick, who was always spinning yarns about schizophrenia
and drug abuse breaking the barriers of space and time. Or
it’s a black comedy foreshadowing the impact of the
1988 presidential election, which is really the best way to
explain it. But first and foremost, I wanted the film to be
a piece of social satire that needs to be experienced and
digested several times.”
DONNIE DARKO – THE DIRECTOR’S CUT
features 20 minutes of never-before-seen footage; new &
enhanced visual effects and new music.
DETAILS__________
Studio:
NewMarket FIlms
Release Date:
May 29, 2004 (Seattle Film Festival)
June 2, 2004 - Wednesday (Seattle)
RELATED LINKS__________
Movie Fan SIte: (Cellar Door)
ruinedeye.com --- CLICK
HERE
Fan SIte: (Writer-Director Richard Kelley)
richard-kelly.net --- CLICK
HERE
Misc. Info and Photos
outnow.ch --- CLICK
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