They’re always going to leave you with a lot of questions.” And my movies aren’t those kinds of movies. They want to know exactly what happened, and then they want to go to dinner, or they want to go have a drink, and move on with their lives. A lot of people go to the theater and they want everything spelled out.
… And that’s a risk you take, because not everyone is appreciative of that kind of film. That’s my motive as an artist, to put you in a roller coaster and have you walk out of the theater a little disoriented. I want it to kind of wash over the viewer and leave them a little dizzy.
“The kind of experience I want to deliver for people is a really complicated story with a lot of layers and a lot of hidden clues spread throughout.
But I think that a lot of people are politically activated, and we’re going to hopefully see a lot more films that are very, very aggressive in speaking to these political times.” … I know that the South Park guys have decided that they’re going to stop rendering Trump stories, because they don’t feel like they want to do it anymore. … It’s hard to top what’s happening in the real world in terms of just the ridiculousness and the vulgarity and the shamelessness of this political nightmare that we wake up with every day. “I think that someone like Donald Trump probably would have been too cartoonish for the movie, which is strange to say, but it was not even in our imagination at the time that something like this could have come to fruition. We have devices that can be implemented that separate the person from the act of violence, or the instrument of violence, and we have people who have to physically push a button in a military trailer outside of Las Vegas that will launch a missile that can potentially end hundreds of lives in a second, so we’re getting into a situation where the idea of pushing a button that will result in the death of another person is a pretty substantial thing that we’re going to have to deal with.” We obviously have things like drone strikes now. “As to whether Americans would push the button more than people in other countries, that’s a much bigger question about ethics and morality, and it also has to do with our connection to technology. And check out some highlights from the discussion below. Listen to our complete interview with Richard Kelly in Episode 249 of Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy (above). He hopes the continued success of Donnie Darko will allow him to explore his political ideas even further in future films. Kelly’s interest in politics is even more apparent in his follow-up films- The Box, about a shadowy government conspiracy that tests people’s greed, and Southland Tales, a gonzo dystopian satire about the confluence of celebrity culture and the military-industrial complex. “ is confronting his community and trying to make sense of the world.” “This is a story about a character who is trying to confront a system of conformity,” Kelly says. The film is withering in its contempt for sanctimonious hypocrites who peddle feel-good nonsense.
But one aspect of the story that’s gained increasing relevance in recent years is its political angle. “This was a film that was barely released on screens in 2001, in a very limited way, and a lot of people have never seen it on the big screen,” he says.ĭonnie Darko is a densely layered story which touches on many themes, including sacrifice, destiny, and the power of art. He says he was never really happy with the color and detail levels of previous scans, and he’s excited for fans to be able to see this new version in theaters. Kelly recently completed a 4K restoration of the film which will be screened in select theaters this month for the film’s 15th anniversary.
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