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In our latest video we are joined by filmmaker Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko, Southland Tales, The Box) to find out what he thinks makes a Cult Film.Undergroun...
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Dec 20, 2016 · It’s been 15 years since “Donnie Darko” first hit theaters, but audiences are still clamoring to see writer-director Richard Kelly‘s 2001 cult classic on the big screen.
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Oct 26, 2021 · Director Richard Kelly walks us through the making of his head-spinning cult classic Donnie Darko on the movie's 20th anniversary
Dec 14, 2016 · Director Richard Kelly revisits the cult classic he made when he was just 25 years old, revealing who was originally cast to play Donnie Darko, how his own childhood provided the inspiration, and how you really pronounce Gyllenhaal.
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The official trailer for Donnie Darkois quite creepy. The trailer opens brightly, with an idyllic suburban environment in the America of the 1980s: green grass, trampolines, a pristine private school, and so on. The scene and music then rapidly transform to the darkness of a psychological thriller or scary movie. We are introduced to Donnie Darko, ...
Despite the film’s meager budget, Donnie Darkofeatures an all-star cast of famous names and recognizable faces. Drew Barrymore and her production house Flower Films were instrumental in making this all-star cast happen. The main characters are as follows: 1. Jake Gyllenhaal plays the lead, Donnie Darko. 2. Jake’s real-life sister Maggie plays Donni...
Donnie Darko takes place across four weeks in October 1988. You can divide the plot into three sequences: Donnie’s awakening, Donnie’s crimes and love, and Donnie’s sacrifice on Halloween night. In the awakening sequence, we are introduced to Donnie and his setting that is marked by a mysterious plane crash and late-80s suburbia. During the crime s...
Most people find the film Donnie Darko to be confusing. Even a casual viewer can enjoy the movie without understanding it, though. To interpret Donnie Darko, let’s start with the major symbols, motifs, and moments; then we’ll span out to a bigger-picture interpretive summary. We will answer what really happened in Donnie Darko?here, as much as it c...
The Donnie Darkosoundtrack is about as legendary as the movie itself, mainly because of the closing track (discussed later), but also because the menacing but romantic score seems to linger and meshes so well with the picture. California-based composer Michael Andrews wrote the score, and because of the limited budget, he played most of the instrum...
Where does Donnie Darko take place?It takes place in a small rural town of Virginia called Middlesex; however, it was filmed in California and features no actual scenery from Virginia. Writer and director Richard Kelly grew up in Virginia and likely set scenes from his childhood in the movie. Kelly remarked that making the film in California was di...
There is no sequel to Donnie Darko. However, there is an unofficial sequel called S. Darko (2009) about Donnie’s sister Samantha. This is an unofficial sequel because the original writer and director of Donnie Darko, Richard Kelly, had no involvement whatsoever with the film and hasn’t even seen it. When Kelly was asked about the so-called sequel t...
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Mar 30, 2017 · Director Richard Kelly has spent the past year revisiting the film, preparing it for theatrical release, as well as 4K versions of the original and the director’s cut.
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Mar 30, 2017 · A midnight movie for those not old enough to stay up past midnight, Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko was, for a great number of millennial teens and college students, the ultimate cult classic.
