Comparison Mania

Former Lookalikes & Reese

Jake, Reese and Tobey

Donnie Darko's Dark Girl

Aren't Donnie and Gretchen a paradigma of modern cinema teen romance, folks?

Sleepwalking Scene

INT. KITCHEN - NEXT

Donnie walks into the kitchen, removes the magic marker from the
refrigerator message board.


INT. FOYER - NEXT

Donnie walks to the front and exits the house.


EXT. DARKO HOUSE, FRONT YARD - NEXT

Donnie walks down the front walk to the street.


EXT. NEIGHBOURHOOD STREET - NEXT

Donnie walks down the street.


EXT. SEVENTH HOLE - NIGHT (1:30 A.M.)

Donnie arrives next to the pin and stares off into the distance.

VOICE
Helluva night for a walk... huh, Donnie?

Donnie stares off into the distance.

VOICE (cont'd)
Tonight is very special, Donnie.

DONNIE
What?

VOICE
I've been watching you.
(beat)
Do you believe in God, Donnie?

Donnie doesn't answer. He holds his stomach, taking deep breaths.

VOICE (cont'd)
God loves his children, Donnie. God loves
you.

There... standing on the seventh hole is a six-foot-tall figure
dressed in a grotesque bunny suit.

Donnie stares at the Bunny nervously as a wave of nausea overcomes
him.

BUNNY
My name is Frank.
(beat)
I want you to follow me.

DONNIE
Why?

FRANK
I'm here to save you.
(beat)
The world is coming to an end, Donnie.

Donnie doesn't answer.

FRANK (cont'd)
Look up in the sky, Donnie.

He looks up into the black night.

FRANK (cont'd)
28 days... 6 hours... 42 minutes... 12
seconds. That is when the world will end.

Donnie looks back at Frank. His expression is a vacant expanse
of confusion.

The Myth of Donald

This is one scene that I find particularly revealing about Richard Kelly fixation with a search for God, belongs to the script that was used by the cast and crew during the shooting of the film.

MS. POMEROY
And when the other rabbits hear of
Fiver's vision, do they believe him?
(cough)
It could be the death of an entire way of
life, the end of an era.

DONNIE
Why should we care?

MS. POMEROY
Because the rabbits are us, Donnie.

DONNIE
Why should I mourn for a rabbit like it
was a human?

MS. POMEROY
Is the death of one species less tragic
than another?

DONNIE
Of course. A rabbit is not like us. It
has no history books... it has no
knowledge of sorrow or regret. I like
bunnies and all. They're cute... and
they're horny. And if you're cute and
horny... then you're probably happy that
you don't know who you are... or why
you're even alive. But the only thing I've
known rabbits to do is have sex as many
times as possible before they die.


DONNIE (cont'd)
There's no point in crying for a dead
rabbit... who never feared death to begin
with.

The class is silent for a moment.

GRETCHEN
You're wrong.
(beat)
You're wrong about these rabbits. These
rabbits can talk. They are the product of
the authors imagination. And he cares for
them. So we care for them too. We care
that their home has been destroyed... and
that their lives are in danger. Otherwise
...we've missed the point.

MS. POMEROY
But aren't we forgetting the miracle of
storytelling? The dea ex machina. The god
machine. That is how the rabbits are saved.

Vintage Song for Jake

GOING HOME
"i've seen her face
in those scented magazines
all is forgivin'
i love her still
and we're home, home
goin' home
the chrysler building
was talkin' to the empire state
the twin towers
were talkin' to each other
sayin' all is forgivin'
i love you still
and we're home, home
goin' home
what she saw in him
nobody knew
it's a mystery
what she saw in him
nobody could tell
now it's history
all is forgivin'
i love her still
and we're home,
home goin' home" (Song by LUNA)