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Listal's 100 Films To See Before You Die (2017) (110 movies items)" Points: 23 Chosen by: Polsko (10), Cypher (3), abstract.sunflower (10) Previous rank: it wasn't selected IMDB top 250 rank: 226"
500 Essential Cult Movies (502 movies items)" Donnie Darko tells a heart-wrenching story while chipping steadily away at the audience's disbelief in the fantastic, making us realize, then accept, that the most rational explanations for odd events aren't always the most truthful. A truly excellent, if totally bizarre, story. "
2016 Movie Diary
Movies I Watched In 2016!
Favorite Drama Films: 2000-2001 (61 movies items)" Directed by: Richard Kelly Produced by: Christopher Bell, Drew Barrymore, Adam Fields, Nancy Juvonen, Hunt Lowry, Casey La Scala, Sean McKittrick, Aaron Ryder, and William Wyrer Written by: Richard Kelly Cinematography: Steven Poster Edited by: Sam Bauer and Eric Strand Music by: Michael Andrews Distributed by: Newmarket Cinema"
35 From 1: My Favorite Films From 2001 (35 movies items)" The Dali-esque/surreal journey through time travel of a high school teenager turned reluctant "superhero" Donnie Darko and his spiritual sidekick Frank the bunny. Believe me, despite having the ability to perceive warps in the time-stream, these two guys ain't no dynamic duo."
Movies the giraffe watched in 2016: September (13 movies items)"Re-watch - Sept. 10th With director Richard Kelly in attendance Seeing Donnie Darko on the big screen isn't a frequent opportunity, so while I was more excited about finally seeing Southland Tales on the big screen I figured I'd take the chance and see both. Like most people I first saw Donnie Darko after it was out on video & DVD, one night at a friend's house. Since then I've seen it countless times, including a midnight theatrical screening. I've also seen the director's cut in theaters once"
Movies Exploring Human Psychology (65 movies items)"Intertwining concepts of schizophrenia, destructive behavior, and the experience of other dimensions. Touches on the danger of hidden vices from respected individuals."
“I already saw this movie but since it was a while back, I was really eager to check it out again. Well, it must be one of the biggest cult-classics released since the beginning of this millennium, even if some viewers really didn’t care for the damned thing at all. I have to admit it, it is actually rather difficult to discuss this movie since the whole thing is pretty weird and rather messed-up and, in fact, even Jake Gyllenhaal himself admitted that he had no idea what the movie was about. What Richard Kelly managed to do is to mix a believable teenage reality with some really dark fantasy and, somehow, even though half of the movie was almost impossible to follow, the end-result was still quite fascinating to behold which was quite an achievement. After 5 long years, as a follow-up,” read more