S6E1: DONNIE DARKO

If destruction is a form of creation, then what are we to make of the relationship between Donnie Darko (2001) and its controversial director's cut? In the first full episode of ENTER THE VOID season 6, your hosts Renan and Bill consider this box office flop and cult classic written and directed by Richard Kelly, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jena Malone, featuring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, and even Seth Rogen. Topics discussed: the incredible soundtrack; the inexplicable changes to said music in the director's cut; fan theories and the value of fan theories; Kelly's confounding subsequent career; how much Bill and Renan each relate to Donnie as former teenage hellions; and other movies with terrible timing.

Film links:

• Donnie Darko on IMDb
• Donnie Darko on Wikipedia
• Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut on Wikipedia
• Wired on Donnie Darko's legacy
• Vox interview with Richard Kelly
• Vulture on Donnie Darko's ending
• Quartz on the film as 80s artifact
• The Verge on Donnie Darko in 4K
• Salon Donnie Darko explainer
• Donniedarko.org.uk explainer
• Alternate theory on Reddit
• Donnie Darko as sequel to Dirty Dancing
• Richard Kelly interview about fan theories
• "These Donnie Darko Fan Theories Won’t Change the Fact that You’re 30 and Need to Get Your Shit Together"

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