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Why Richard Kelly Is Obsessed With Water, And Won't See the Darko Sequel [Exclusive]
Why Richard Kelly Is Obsessed With Water, And Won't See the Darko Sequel [Exclusive]
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 premiere for The Box we stole a few minutes with ...
Richard Kelly Talks NASA, Free Will and the Hutts
starwars.com — As the writer/filmmaker responsible for the densely-detailed and intense films Donnie Darko and Southland Tales , Richard Kelly returns with another mind-bending sci-fi tale called The Box . StarWars.com caught up with Kelly after a recent visit to ... Richard Kelly Talks NASA, Free Will and the Hutts
Return "The Box" to sender
reuters.com — LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Maybe the movie should be called "The Chinese Box." OK, there is really only one box, but as a convoluted yet unconvincing story evolves, metaphorical boxes get pulled out of boxes as the plot winds its way through ... Return "The Box" to sender
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The Darko Mythos [Analysis]
io9 — ... As Kelly told us earlier today, he includes a lot of water imagery in his work because he thinks it represents a force that connects humans with each other and the water-logged Earth itself. In Donnie Darko, many of the characters (including Donnie) sprout long, watery tentacles that emerge from their chests. These watery appendages are connected with the way people move through time, and they are sometimes depicted as tunnels. You could call them souls, or simply a representation of the water that every human - no matter how despised or despicable - carries within them. ...

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my new plaid pants — ... and a brief one at io9 that touches on some interesting stuff (including whether he's seen S. Darko or not), and also at io9 there's a run-through of ...

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