Richard Kelly was born in Midlothian, Virginia. Graduated from the University of South California (USC) in 1997, studying film. At the age of 19 and 20, respectively directed two short films, The Goodbye Place (1996) and Visceral Matter (1997). When filming his masterpiece Donnie Darko, he was a director and screenwriter and earned only $9,000. My favorite movies are Star Wars 5 The Empire Strikes Back and Stormtrooper 2 Road Warriors.
Born in 1975, he has become a rising star. In 2001, he filmed the movie Donnie Darko, which is a classic in stream-of-consciousness movies. Someone has already compared him with David Lynch. When he was only 29 years old, this had to be said to be a miracle. Originally I knew that the younger and promising director was Robert Rodriguez. Born in 1975, he was 17 years old when he was filming El Mariachi (the famous Killer’s Tragedy, followed by the Killer Trilogy and The Past in Mexico). This film has become A classic of western action movies, he is also Quentin Tarantino's most admired person and good friend. However, I don’t think it can be compared with Richard Kelly. Richard Kelly’s film language can be said to have shown maturity incompatible with his age. We can see in the film that all shots are handled very sophisticated and unique. If you tell me this is I almost believe in David Lynch's movies without any doubt!
The film presents the confusion of a High school boy named Donnie Darko. He can't figure out whether what is happening around him is illusory or real. He can't figure out whether he is a dual personality or a time traveler. Frank. The dual personality part of this film reminds me of Stanley Kubrick's work The Shining. The little boy in the film, Danny Torrance, has a dual personality, and that personality has been warning him of the danger from all around him. The whole story can’t be dark, because the director has used the peaceful life of the family well to pave the way for the whole following general affairs, just like the calm sea on the eve of a storm, what is hidden under the seemingly warm family life is Endless variables.
The whole movie shows the talent of Richard Kelly. We know that there is a style of music called Dream Pop, especially the British Pink Floyd band as the representative. These music is deliberately to create a psychedelic atmosphere, this kind of music It's like taking drugs, making people forget everything, and the film also creates such a psychedelic atmosphere. The seemingly messy clips and techniques all show that the protagonist is lost in such a psychedelic world. Self, although he always wanted to get rid of this state of losing himself, he still couldn't resist such factors. In the process of confusion, he also discovered the shackles of human ugliness and conservative morality, which made him feel angry and uneasy. Finally, the world (or heart) fell apart in the protagonist’s confusion and helplessness, as Frank said: Twenty-eight days... six hours... forty-two minutes... twelve seconds. That. .. is when the world... will end. If he does not escape from fate, all this will not happen, and the protagonist will not be able to do this time travel of 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds, the girl will not die , He won’t be bothered by the dual personality, the world won’t end, all this will never happen... Whether this is Frank’s fault or Donnie Darko’s fault, I can’t tell.
Donnie: I made a new friend today.
Dr. Lilian Thurman: Real or imaginary?
Donnie: Imaginary.
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