The film begins when Donnie Dakko is woken up by a rabbit-shaped man who tells him that the world will be destroyed in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds. Then, an airplane engine that fell out of nowhere smashed his home. Then, he found that he had a wonderful ability to predict. After a series of bizarre events, Donny Dakko suddenly understood that he was only living in an offline universe (Tangent Universe), and only by dying in this universe could the Primary Universe recover. normal.
This is a movie that is not only bizarre, but also quite incomprehensible. In the film, time is chaotic or even closed, and the law of cause and effect disappears. You must pay attention to all the details in the film, and even go to its official website ( www.donniedarko.com ) to interpret the mystery behind the story. This has caused countless audiences to discuss like puzzles and guessing games, and even write a considerable length of analysis articles for this. There are many sections in the film that pay tribute to the previous cult films, including "Abyss", "Evil Dead", "The Shining", etc., which strengthen the film's cult flavor.
The dreamy, blurred, and bizarre surreal atmosphere permeates the entire film, making you gradually alienated and unfamiliar with reality, just like Zhuang Sheng's dream butterfly. The protagonist, Donny Dakko, represents those anomalous people who are full of dreams but not adapted to reality. They are sensitive, contradictory, closed, and passionate. They are willing to be like Donny Dakko, or like Christ, to be liberated through suffering. , To save the world (or just one's own life). Many of the fans of cult films are just like this. Therefore, similar to "Training", "Donnie Darko" cannot be regarded as a youth thriller. Behind the plot logic that is more complicated than "The Matrix", it is a sad and nostalgic, poetic youth fable.
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