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What is next for the genius known on Earth as Richard Kelly' KNOWING!
Hey folks, Harry here... I'm still hoping against hope that the greatest unproduced script sitting in my stacks (BESSIE - Click Here To Read Coverage By Me of That Illuminated Screenplay!), but the word that Richard is working on anything that might be in production soon brings beams of joy into my life. This actually sounds like good material for him and something of interest. So here ya go... Put KNOWING on your list of things to look for.... I will!
Hi Harry,
I haven't seen this info anywhere else on the net, so I thought I'd pass it along. From the new Film Comment:
"If all goes according to plan, Donnie Darko writer/director Richard Kelly's second project will be Knowing, which he's rewriting from Ryan Pearson's original script. The film, for Columbia Pictures, tells the story of a man who discovers a time capsule containing children's predictions for the future. One child's drawing predicts catastrophic historical events; all but one have come to pass. Kelly says, "It's different from Donnie Darko, but within terrain I like to explore--it's a modern-day sci-fi thriller, but also a character piece."
Disappointing news if you ask me. I was hoping his next script would be one originated by him, hopefully veering off into some new terrain. But I'll try and trust Kelly-- I think Darko's one of the most extraordinary writing/directing debuts of all time.
Thanks,
Jared
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Still not really sure if I liked Donnie Darko....Sometimes I think the web site was cooler than the movie-does anyone know if it's still online? This idea sounds pretty cool though if they can just keep Drew Barrymore out of it........
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May 10, 2002 9:11:34 AM CDT
Donnie Darko??? The best movie I have never seen!!!!!!!
by burlivesleftnut
I guess I need to check this out, but how can it compare to the genius that was Battle Royale?!? What ever happened to the guy that used to post his favorite scenes from Battle Royale? That was some funny shit.
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Doesn't the set up for this movie sound eerily similar to "Life Or Somthing Like It" with Ashley Ju... I mean Angelina Jolie?
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Hell, Richard Kelly should just buy the Carpenters song of the same name. Dudes in rabbit masks, childrens' time capsules, and to complete the apocalypse trilogy, a telepathic tree frog in Brazil discovered by Sean Connery. BTW, Donnie Darko does kick ass, but R. Kelly needs watch for American Beauty-itis. It crept into the edges of Donnie Darko just a little too much.
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Coming Attractions by Corona posted this 2 months ago!
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Fine, confident filmmaking and all but the answers are not all in the movie itself. It's not until you read (or squint to try to read) the "Philosophy of Time Travel" in the Special Features section of the DVD and listen to the director's commentary that you get the whole picture. Would have preferred if there were better internal logic in the movie to explain it.
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When you say that 'R.Kelly needs to watch out for American Beauty-itis' do you mean he shouldn't go with underage girls? If so, that's the wrong R.Kelly you've got there. I have very little actual thoughts on this movie, since there's only sketchy plot detail here. But I'll check out that 'Bessie' summary again.
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I'd like to share this with y'all. Last weekend I attended a screening of Session 9 with Brad Anderson and Steve Gevedon. Yes, I know the DVD is out. Doesn't matter. Brad Anderson was going to be there and I actually broke into the Danvers State Hosptial before seeing Session 9. To get a feel, you know? I've got some video cam footage that's scarier than most features. ANY who, Anderson and Gevedon intro'd the film by discussing how they wanted to make a dread piece and brought up the final shot of Dawn of the Dead. Instant cred. Dread=Dead=Cred. They expressed their dismay at current Scream-influenced offerings. They brought up the shitty marketing that a lot of today's more interesting films are getting. Before I could ask them about Donnie Darko, a.k.a. The Best First Film since R. Dogs, [Wake up fanboys, slug down the caffeine crutch and wake the fudge up!] they brought it up themselves. I was please as a peach at this acknowledment and the fifth viewing of Session 9 was that much more enjoyable. I will watch anything Kelly directs simply because he is the director. Come to think of it, there really aren't that many directors that I can say that about. "Wash your mouth out, Terry Noonan!"
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I'd read it before in fact. Yet it was too udderly bizarre for my mind to retain. Now there's a film that could go horribly wrong in the wrong hands.
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On Donnie Darko. While I don't agree that the movie is one of the greatest of all times, I do think it was an excellent film. One of my favorites from last year. I mean, come on, there wasn't much that came out last year. 'Liked it better than American Beauty or Virgin Suicides. Both similar films, stylistically anyway. Yeah, I'd rank this one up there with The Man Who Wasn't There, Memento, and Royal Tenenbaums. The three best non-blockbuster films to come out last year. Great flick.
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I just watched it last night on DVD. I love when movies don't hit you over the head with obvious plot devices and cliches every five minutes, so I liked the movie. I will have to say, however, that I'm not sure I really "got" it. . . at least all the way. I like to think that I can think in the abstract, but I guess I'll have to read the stuff on the DVD to feel anywhere close to sure that I'm getting the whole picture of what Kelly was trying to get across.
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It's certainly more original than most of today's shit from Hollywood. But then I don't know of anything this could be considered derivative of. Wouldn't care if I did. Donnie Darko was pretty creepy and inventive.
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It was one of the most intriguing and disturbing films I've seen in years. It's almost hard to believe that Richard Kelly was able to cram time travel, psychotic looking bunny rabbits and an all-star cast into one movie and totally have it work in the end. I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it... but be warned, it is more of an intellectual thriller than most genre movies (not for stupid people). I'm looking forward to seeing more films directed by Richard Kelly!
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donnie darko sucked. the best thing about it is the title. the whole movie that kid jake gyllenwhatever had the same scrunched up "confused" face, the transitions from scene to scene lacked any type of flow, and just because you tie it all up at the end doesn't excuse %80 of the film being confusing and pointless. i can't believe this film gets as much acclaim as it does. i watched it with 3 other intelligent people and we all basically hated it. sadly, it COULD have been great (good actors, interesting plot that could have been laid out much better, etc). i think we all know what i'm talking about, so stop pretending it really was great. a movie doesn't have to be confusing to be good.
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oh wait,i get it, you meant crappy. whew. i thought it was crappy too.
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...I'm glad to see that some of you mentioned Brad Anderson's SESSION 9, a movie that actually deserves some fanboy praise. Now that's a horror flick that I wasnt' able to shake off for days after watching it... and that's only happened twice before with Fincher (Seven) and Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense). One of the best films (other than DONNIE DARKO) of last year!
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It's SOOOOOO good to hear someone else give props to a movie as great as Session 9 was. That movie just goes to prove that you don't have to have special effects out the butt or a bunch of nubile coeds to make a horror great horror movie. I'm with you: Session 9 stayed with me, and all who I watched it with, for days and days. Anyway, I just wanted to applaude your tastes.
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...second offering BTW. His first is an absolutely awful piece of hallucinatory dreck. While the screenplay for Donnie Darko is exceptional, Kelly isn't a seasoned enough director to combat the influences of a "producer" like Drew Barrymore. Here's to hoping Jason & Todd can help Richard achieve more Wrestling Ernest Hemmingway and less Dunston Checks In.
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May 10, 2002 3:19:52 PM CDT
trkane say donnie suck-o and he so funny! lookie at the funny m
by stigmata
What silly, Fuckwadian excuse for a talk back is that? You found it confusing? Watch it again. See how it ties together. Ebert calls the plane engine drop a "master stroke" and yet you dismiss 80% of this film as "confusing" and "pointless." Were you confused while watch Memento? Did you watch it a second time? Exactly what about Donnie Darko was pointless? Every detail was used with economy and purpose. I am sick and fucking tired of little twits who A) waste everyone's time by complaining about something that isn't formulaic enough for them; and B) want's Tomb Raider to hurry up and get here because they like boobies. Have some balls, man. Back up your opinions and just pick up a porno to get the job done. It's people like you who saw Clockwork Orange and dismissed it as confusing, or arty, or British, or long and then after it's been lauded and dissected over a period of time you conform to popular opinion (but only at dinner parties and only because you think using the term "Kubrickian" makes you sound intelligent). When fanboys shit on a film that deserves to be shit on, it is amusing. But when they make feeble attempts at picking apart something that someone obviously put a lot of thinking into, well that just burns my taint. Richard Kelly is a god and those of you who don't know it are a little slow on the uptake. trkane, stand up for yourself. BTW, The White Stripes should score Kill Bill. -Stig
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I think you should post in and provide a definition of a "taint." I know what it is, but, judging by your posting style, I bet it would be hilarious to read your definition of it. (In case it's not clear: that's a compliment, not a slam.)
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look, i thought donnie darko had real potential. i'm not saying it should have been laid out nice and simple and punctuated by boobies flopping all around. but if you can honestly say you think d.d. is anywhere near as clever as memento, you're downright crazy (the difference? memento keeps you on the edge of your seat just with the way its cut together, nevermind that its a great film as a whole. donnie darko is boring, without any tension). donnie's house gets hit, he runs around all confused seeing the bunny and whatnot, then they tie it all up at the end. i understand what happened plotwise, don't get me wrong, it just wasn't that well done. there's a difference between not getting it and not liking it. i guess d.d.'s not terrible, but when people call this dude r. kelly a god, it makes me wonder. i mean, it really wasn't that great a film. i bet you all really liked that movie naked lunch too.
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somehow it got placed way up there
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Tell me you got some good footage, I would pay good money to see break in footage!
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Truly dialogue worthy of God.
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May 10, 2002 4:56:28 PM CDT
People who whine about the lack of interesting and original Amer
by wee willie
...Should see Darko and Session 9. I saw both on DVD and loved them. Especially because niether film hit you on the head with a stupid "explanation" at the end
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One of the best movies that came out last year. I loved how it didn't lead you by the nose, it made you use your brain and still left several possibilities for interpretation at the end. Blew me away. Nice and creepy, too. Frank's voice gave me the heebie-geebies. I had to turn on all the lights and watch a pointless comedy afterwards (Zoolander, and I guess calling it a comedy is stretching it a bit) to take a mental breath. I need to see it again, plus I missed all the DVD extras.
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May 10, 2002 5:40:18 PM CDT
trkane: the fact that you finish your post by insulting "Naked L
by st.buggering
"Donnie Darko" was brilliant, precisely BECAUSE it doesn't all fall together easily on first viewing. Too many films these days don't reward multiple viewings. "Session 9", again (though I've only seen it once so far), is a brilliant, atmospheric film that's open to interpretation, and rewards (I'm assuming) multiple viewings. And that goes for "Naked Lunch" too. I'm looking forward to Kelly's next project, no matter what it is.
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A few people have said this movie is worth viewing again and again. I saw it a few weeks ago on vhs and loved, loved LOVED it! I recently discovered that it is playing on the BIG SCREEN here in NY at Two Boots Pioneer theater (155 E 3rd St). Just thought I'd pass the word. I know I am definetly going this weekend!
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trkane, I found that third post of yours. I used Memento to illustrate that films can be confusing and all the better for it. I wasn't turning this into a convenient Memento vs. D.D. argument. Memento took a gimmick and make it serve the story. What in the straight fuck does Naked Lunch have to do with the price of whiskey in Ireland? Is this your idea of pot shot? Darko, you say, is boring? The "1 hour till the end of the world" chapter titles didn't grab you? Using the EVIL DEAD footage of porch-swing-banging-by-an-invisible-force didn't work for you (again?). Brilliant lines like, "Take off your stupid man mask," and "Hungry hungry hippos" didn't seize you? Fine. All I'm saying is no film has dared, or has been anywhere near as successful in crossing the genres of horror, comedy, and sci-fi. It just hasn't been done. This film also nailed what it was like to attend high school in the eighties. The ear muffs scene was brilliant, the smurfs dialogue, gimmie a beer and I could go on forever. Acknowledge it now or acknowledge it later, but you will come to a clear understanding of this film. Also the Three Most Thoughtful Final Shots in cinema are as follows; 3. Donnie Darko: boy lifts arm to wave, 2. Insomia (original): Stellan Skarsg -
Hey, thanks for the compliment. I hope more people discover brilliant movies like DONNIE DARKO and SESSION 9. I'm not saying that all great movies have to be small budget indie flicks (I loved SPIDER-MAN) but it seems that those smaller productions are the only films out there that have any original ideas left or that dare to take any chances. Some of my favorite movies of the past twelve months have been low budget productions like MEMENTO, SESSION 9, DONNIE DARKO and WENDIGO,... movies that the average person hasn't even heard of.
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But unless I missed something, it hasn't come out in Australia. Some government minister probably saw it, didn't like it, and decided it should be banned. Just like Baise Moi.
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Because last time I checked, Donnie Darko wasn't a verb.
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May 11, 2002 1:00:22 PM CDT
"Donnie Darko" looks like a good movie but isn't; "Knowing"
by brother putney
"Donnie Darko" really disappointed me. It had such a cool, creepy feel to it. But in the end, the pieces DO NOT add up in a way that's thorough and satisfying to me; Kelly's got style and mood to spare but I think his ambitions got ahead of his storytelling ability. He's no hack, he's clearly talented, but I think he got a chance to make a movie and ran with it so hard that he tried to throw in everything he could think of... and then he got into the editing room and completely lost the flick. For example: look at the deleted scenes -- there's too much important information lost in the stuff he cut (I guess he needed more screen-time for slow-motion montages of the Sparkle girls doing their routines). HOWEVER, the movie is still fascinating. And when I read the synopsis for "Knowing" a couple months ago, I thought it sounded so potentially eerie, I seriously wished I'd written it myself. Hopefully, this time Kelly will be able to pump some of the atmosphere he bottled in "Donnie Darko" and make a movie worthy of all the praise people have been heaping on his debut. I'd like to see the creepy rabbit from "Donnie" take on the creepy rabbit in "Sexy Beast," though the creepy rabbit in "Sexy Beast" (ho ho ho) has a machine gun.
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Fuck me running, if I hear one more dumbass talking about how Donnie Darko is for the intellectual elite, I'm gonna shit gold doubloons. That movie is the biggest hunk of pseudo-cerebral bullshit ever. I could give 2 shits about the content, the delivery was worse than a Larry Flynt voice-over. You know a movie blows ass when every piece of dialog sounds like a tagline for Point Break.
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Well I just, i just dont get what all the fuss is about. Perhaps it was too overhyped for me. I followed the plot easily enough - but all i saw was an interesting take on the hell that can be high school and being understood/identity. Nothing we haven't seen before. I think it's the kind of film that would appeal best to that crowd - of which i was and to some extent still am a member - but i cant say that i was a fan of the ending which figuratively as well as literally only brought us back to where we started. the message i got was 'if you feel like a loser, well, you probably are, but it's okay, just vent your anger and then hope a plane engine kills you in your sleep so you wont be accountable.' it's a great science fiction piece in the true, harlan ellsion meaning of the word, but aside from the tears for fears scene which was incredible, the rest was plodding overwrought and hit me so hard on the head with its social critique it hurt. i dont see how people feel they werent being led by the nose. ambiguous it is not, except for whether he is crazy, and in the end, the answer to that isnt really important (which i think people should really think about). but i didnt grow up in the Ritalin age so maybe its insights are lost on me. If you want more relevant genius filmmaking see George Washington....
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I'd like to see where Bessie may go. Retarded Cow. Exactly how would one go about sucking a fuck? btw Donnies sister was hot as hell and further more I just saw Episode 2. Tusken Raiders, all of those Tusken Raiders
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finally someone else who doesn't think donnie darko is such special goodness. how about this scene: noah wiley and drew barrymore sitting in (i guess) the teacher's lounge, wiley looks up and says "donnie darko..." and they have a good chortle. end scene. wtf?!
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"how about this scene: noah wiley and drew barrymore sitting in (i guess) the teacher's lounge, wiley looks up and says "donnie darko..." and they have a good chortle. end scene. wtf?! "****That has to do with both teachers knowing Donnie and knowing something isn't quite right with the world and somehow Donnie's at the center of it. Donnie is working in "god's channel" (remember the discussion with Wiley about time travel?) to bring order back to the parallel universe. It's cool if you didn't get it. I finished the movie sat still and then for the first time after completing a film exclaimied, "What the fuck?!" Then I rewatched it. Ah-ha! I won't bore you with all the bits, but the film does fall together with astonishing skill. It makes Memento look like a film for ADD sufferers.
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