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io9.com - 19 days ago

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With The Box hitting theaters this weekend, we're about to get another dose of director Richard Kelly's evolving mythos, which began with Donnie Darko and continued with Southland Tales . So what is Kelly's Darko Mythos? When a creator invents a fairly consistent set of rules, images, and ...

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The Box Review

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io9.com - 19 days ago

Why Richard Kelly Is Obsessed With Water, And Won't See the Darko Sequel [Exclusive]

— io9.com — The Box director Richard Kelly has played with water imagery in all his scifi films, including Donnie... Darko . We caught up with him and asked why all his characters are perpetually wet, and his thoughts on the Donnie Darko sequel. At the ... Why Richard Kelly Is Obsessed With Water, And Won't See ...

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unrealitymag.com - 16 days ago

Unreal Movie Review: The Box

— unrealitymag.com — I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from The Box , the new film by Richard Kelly... and based on the short story “Button, Button” by Richard Matheson. While I consider Kelly’s first movie, Donnie Darko, a very good, original, and intense movie, his sophomore effort, ... Unreal Movie Review: The Box

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