Cinema References In Donnie Darko
From Barbelith
Specific points of interest:
First, The Double Feature Scene - what Donnie and Gretchen saw. (The Evil Dead and The Last Temptation of Christ.)
Then, an alphabetical list:
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Harvey and Frank - Jimmy Stewart and *his* giant rabbit
General observations:
mane:
...the film seems to be alluding to other films and is to some extent self reflexive. maybe it's worth while from a 'filmy' perspective to come at the film not necesarily from it's thematic considerations but how it seems to recycle and intersect various genres from the 80's and how it frequently makes us aware of it's own fictionality....
Flux :
I've seen all the deleted scenes on the DVD - there's quite a few, but they're all very minor things, nothing that would radically alter the film were they in there. Mostly little conversations and bits with the minor characters, things that were edited for time.
HunterWolf (posting an [ Ain't-It-Cool-News report] on a Richard Kelly post-screening Q&A session, October 2003.)
"He discussed his next film, Knowing, which has been caught in legal entanglements; principal photography won't begin until early next year, due in part to the film's $15 million budget. (Darko, which was made for more that a third less, failed to earn back production costs.)...
"As he got up to leave, the SDFCS representative reminded him of his special announcement: he is in negotiations with Newmarket Film Group to re-release Donnie Darko next March, including more pop music removed since it was shown at Sundance, and, more importantly - it will be a DirectorÃs Cut. He claimed it may include stuff not available on the DVD. He did not specify how wide it will be distributed.
"The SDFCS rep also reminded him to tell us that McFarlane Toys is working on a Frank the Bunny doll."
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