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topic: Green Cine-The Resurrection of Donnie Darko and other stuff |
amit
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post #1
on July 16, 2004 - 2:35 PM PDT
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I am a new member of Green Cine and am just starting to get a grasp of all the areas to explore cinema.
I saw Donnie Darko only a few weeks back, finding about it from one of the member lists. It went right to my top 10 best movies list. I read this article, realized in how many varied ways does the GreenCine website and the service works. I am thankful for it.
The movies (Cinema, Films), the service provides access to some great movies, highlighting them, whether they are independent or foreign or art and so on. I never found these in the local Blockbuster or Hollywood video or they were hidden way in corners.
The articles are a great way to get a direct opinion of the movie makers.
The boards are enlightening, I remember reading a thread about, 2001 Space Odyssey and it made me expand in more detail about my own reactions and opinions about a movie, rather than just a "It was awful or it was great".
The memberlists are a refreshing way to discover new movies.
And finally the daily blog summarizes a lot of happenings in the movie world.
Thank you!
Amit
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villain
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post #2
on July 17, 2004 - 3:46 PM PDT
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| hey, if you liked donnie darko, check out "the donnie darko book". it has a lengthy interview with the director and the original script. very cool read. |
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sinisterguffaw
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post #3
on July 17, 2004 - 10:33 PM PDT
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| and it will be rereleased in theaters with an extra half hour of footage. |
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underdog
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post #4
on July 19, 2004 - 10:19 AM PDT
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Thank you Amit! We appreciate the positive feedback and all around good vibes in your post. Keep reading and keep posting feedback here.
All the best,
Craig of Team GreenCine, editorial division |
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Cinenaut
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Cinenaut
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post #6
on July 21, 2004 - 10:49 AM PDT
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This part of the interview partiuclarly stuck with me:
Richard Kelly: You look at Terry Gilliam's Brazil. It was all about terrorism, bombs exploding, and then plastic surgery. We're living Brazil; we have arrived.
This is something I've been thinking myself about Brazil. You can also add another element to the ones Mr. Kelly lists: government-sponsored torture. |
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sibbrian
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dh22
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post #8
on July 23, 2004 - 12:21 PM PDT
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| I read most of it. Very interesting. |
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Bowwow
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post #9
on February 4, 2005 - 12:02 PM PST
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> On July 23, 2004 - 11:41 AM PDT sibbrian wrote:
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> DD is one of my favorite movies too. For more answers, or at least interpretations, Salon just published Everything you were afraid to ask about Donnie Darko (requires "day pass" for non-subscribers).
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Thank You, Thank you, Thank you. I have just recently seen Donnie Darko and after several days of "HUH?" it was nice to finally get a decent explanation. Worth watching the ad for the day pass for sure
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woozy
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post #10
on February 4, 2005 - 12:55 PM PST
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> Thank You, Thank you, Thank you. I have just recently seen Donnie Darko and after several days of "HUH?" it was nice to finally get a decent explanation. Worth watching the ad for the day pass for sure
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Eep. Don't want to sound arrogant but from reading the salon story it'd sound like I was the only one who thought this was straightforward. (okay, I didn't get that the living Frank was Donnie's sister's boyfriend.) I mean, okay, it was weird and the philosophy and symbolism and mood is interpretable and impressionistic (and, thus, I assumed it was supposed to be vague) but the aspect of a story about time travel seemed pretty clear. What exactly was there to go "Huh?" about?
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woozy
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post #11
on February 4, 2005 - 12:58 PM PST
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> On July 21, 2004 - 10:49 AM PDT Cinenaut wrote:
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> This part of the interview partiuclarly stuck with me:
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> Richard Kelly: You look at Terry Gilliam's Brazil. It was all about terrorism, bombs exploding, and then plastic surgery. We're living Brazil; we have arrived.
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> This is something I've been thinking myself about Brazil. You can also add another element to the ones Mr. Kelly lists: government-sponsored torture.
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Weren't we "living in" and hadn't we "arrived" in Brazil back in 1985 when Brazil was made?
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Shaky
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post #12
on February 4, 2005 - 3:01 PM PST
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> On February 4, 2005 - 12:55 PM PST woozy wrote:
> Eep. Don't want to sound arrogant but from reading the salon story it'd sound like I was the only one who thought this was straightforward.
Maybe you just didn't get it, and you didn't realize you didn't get it.
Just kidding. You're not alone. I thought it was reasonably straightforward also. But it's a film that invites viewers to make it more complicated than it really is, simply because not all the answers are spoonfed. Still, I really enjoyed it. |
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Cinenaut
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post #13
on February 4, 2005 - 3:04 PM PST
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| Any opinions on the director's cut? I haven't seen it. |
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woozy
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post #14
on February 4, 2005 - 4:25 PM PST
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> Maybe you just didn't get it, and you didn't realize you didn't get it.
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> Just kidding.
Well, that's possible. I mean it was moody and the bunny could have been symbolic of anything, and one can wonder why such a character is dark, why it was set in 1988, or what the heck was the director's point anyway and so on but in terms of *plot* as a surealistic movie a creepy ghost in a bunny suit telling a loner the world will end in 28 days and the loner starts seeing time tunnels is bizaar but it is what it is.
Of course this leads leads to the question of what one needs to understand to "get" a movie. One wants to know why Donnie sees Frank and what a time tunnel is why they appeared in the movie theater but to what extent is that nescessary? I never understood why Tippi Hedron went into the attic in "the Birds" either. |
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underdog
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post #15
on February 22, 2005 - 2:31 PM PST
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| Btw, the results of our Donnie Darko-inspired 80s music contest are now up for public consumption. |
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JLentz
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post #16
on August 27, 2005 - 12:15 PM PDT
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It's so funny, I know now that I'm using Donnie Darko as a yardstick to see whether I can be friends with new people. I just moved to a new town and at parties where, "What films do you like?" come up, it seems to be a test to see if they pass.
I tried to send Cinenaut a message about his "Scary Rabbits -- Revealed!" but it appears he is so popular here that his mailbox is full.
Man, no one writes me... And I bet for Halloween, all I'll get is a rock:(
Subject: Message undeliverable: No room in mailbox
From: System
Date: August 27, 2005 - 12:06 PM PDT
Original Message Follows:
To: Cinenaut
Subject: In your Scary Rabbits -- Revealed! You forgot...
"Gummo" has that kid as a Rabbit.
I just watched it again...
Love your work!
Jerry
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shiori308
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post #17
on August 28, 2005 - 1:52 AM PDT
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> On August 27, 2005 - 12:15 PM PDT JLentz wrote:
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> Man, no one writes me... And I bet for Halloween, all I'll get is a rock:(
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check your mailbox. |
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Cinenaut
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post #18
on August 28, 2005 - 7:22 PM PDT
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> On August 27, 2005 - 12:15 PM PDT JLentz wrote:
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> I tried to send Cinenaut a message about his "Scary Rabbits -- Revealed!" but it appears he is so popular here that his mailbox is full.
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> Man, no one writes me... And I bet for Halloween, all I'll get is a rock:(
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> Subject: Message undeliverable: No room in mailbox
> From: System
> Date: August 27, 2005 - 12:06 PM PDT
> Original Message Follows:
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> To: Cinenaut
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> Subject: In your Scary Rabbits -- Revealed! You forgot...
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> "Gummo" has that kid as a Rabbit.
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> I just watched it again...
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> Love your work!
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> Jerry
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Yipes! Somehow I didn't realize you had to trim old messages or face a full mailbox. I was up to six pages, many of them mysterious transmissions from planet dpowers.
Thanks for the suggestion! I haven't seen Gummo. Does the kid make a scary rabbit?
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JLentz
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post #19
on August 28, 2005 - 7:57 PM PDT
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> On August 28, 2005 - 7:22 PM PDT Cinenaut wrote:
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> Thanks for the suggestion! I haven't seen Gummo. Does the kid make a scary rabbit?
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If drowning cats is scary! I know they (the kitties) must have been special effects, but I had to close my eyes.
The best thing about the kid/rabbit (Jacob Sewell) is he gets to make out with an Albino Chloë Sevigny.
Hmmm, bunny rabbit, "Brown Bunny"...? Wow!
Where is my Chloë Sevigny? Shouldn't every boy have one?
Jerry |
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Cinenaut
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post #20
on August 29, 2005 - 4:37 PM PDT
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| Okay, Gummo is on the list, but Chloë's brown bunny is not. |
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