And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
the dreams in which I'm dying
are the best I've ever had

(from „Mad World“)

What is it with this movie from 2001 which is still getting more and more popular every day? Fact is, it doesn’t get boring, even if you watch it every day. In Germany it got a new following with the Collector’s Edition MC one from Stuttgart put out and even if you don’t care about movies and don’t buy fancy Special Editions to wach over and over late at night, you will have to admit this one is really nice to have: two discs and a booklet in a nice little tin box perfect for putting pencils or drugs in it!
„Donnie Darko“ is a weird little movie open for all kinds of interpretations, a puzzle, a trip, all kinds of things.

Donnie: "Why do you wear that stupid bunny suit?"
Frank: "Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?"

Donnie Darko, an outsider from a smalltown who has to see a therapist on a regular base, has strange visions about a guy called Frank who is running around in a bunny suit (yeah, bunny suits rule!) and tells him there are only 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds left until the end of the world. That’s all you need to know if you haven’t seen this movie yet.It has a man in bunny suit and Patrick Swayze as an esoteric guru and child molester, Drew Barrymore as the smart teacher you never had, Jena Malone as Gretchen and Jake Gyllenhaal as the faust-like guy with a name out of a superhero-comic. It makes references to Stephen Hawkins, „Back to the Future“ and the Eighties the way they were without being cheesy. Go, get it!

LINKS:

-MC One – Get the Collector’s Edition from Germany with all extra-chairs from the US and the UK plus even more extra-chairs in a nice tin box
-Get the Collector’s Editionfrom amazon
-donniedarko.com - Wonderful site for a rainy afternoon
-donnie-darko.de - Fansite with wallpapers etc.
-"Die Philosophie des Zeitreisens" von Roberta Ann Sparrow(übersetzt von Jonathan Dilas
-Donnie Darko - The script
-Senseofview.de - Rezensionen, Gerede und noch mehr. Gute Filmsite für abseitige Filme
-Donnie Darko Songs [DOPPEL-CD bei amazon.de] -Soundtrack und Score zusammen vereint! Super!
-"Donnie Darko Book bei amazon.de -" Includes the film's screenplay, an in-depth inter interview with writer-director Richard Kelly, and facsinile page from "the philosophy of Time Travel book book that Donnie uses to go back in time, as well as photos and drawings from the film and the artwork it inspired.