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Donnie Darko ranked in the top five on My Favourite Film, an Australian poll conducted by the ABC. [74]Kelly recalled several people showing him drawings of what they thought Frank should look like, describing them like an Easter bunny. He wanted Frank to be "disturbing and animalistic". [18] He produced initial sketches of Frank's face and presented them to production designer Alex Hammond, who then made front and side drawings of the mask and sketches of the full suit. [18] Kelly also said that the 1972 novel Watership Down was also the inspiration for Frank. [33] The design was given to costume designer April Ferry who built a fur suit from scratch and hired a sculptor to create Frank's altered grin. Kelly insisted that Frank's face had to disturb people and create an intense response with the audience. The costume was first presented to the cast and crew at Loyola High School, shortly after filming began. Although Duval wore the suit for almost every scene, a director stepped in for the initial shoot. Kelly recalled, "Everyone just got quiet [...] like, this is really intense. So I knew it was working, and I felt the sense of relief." [18] [25] Kelly wanted Frank's voice to sound as if he was speaking through liquid and "has the power of the ocean", and recalled spending a considerable amount of time with the sound designer to achieve the effect on Duval's voice. [34] Susman, Gary. "25 Things You May Not Know About 'Donnie Darko' ". Moviefone. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017 . Retrieved February 21, 2017. An article written by the production drama team says the director and production team planned to "embrace the challenge to make the fantastical elements come alive on stage". [84] In 2004, Stern adapted and directed Kelly's screenplay for a graduate student production at the American Repertory Theater's Institute for Advanced Theater Training (I.A.T.T./M.X.A.T.). a b c d e f Brunett, Adam (July 22, 2004). " "Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut": The Strange Afterlife of an Indie Cult Film". Indie Wire . Retrieved August 31, 2012. Andrew Johnson cited the film in Us Weekly, as one of the outstanding films at Sundance in 2001, describing it as "a heady blend of science fiction, spirituality, and teen angst". [66] Jean Oppenheimer of New Times (LA) praised the film, saying, "Like gathering storm clouds, Donnie Darko creates an atmosphere of eerie calm and mounting menace—[and] stands as one of the most exceptional movies of 2001." [67] Writing for ABC Australia, Megan Spencer called the movie "menacing, dreamy and exciting" and noted "it could take you to a deeply emotional place lying dormant in your soul". [68] Roger Ebert gave the theatrical version of the film two and a half stars out of four, but later gave the director's cut three stars out of four. [69]

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Andy Bailey (January 21, 2001). "PARK CITY 2001 REVIEW: Donnie Darko Plays with the Time of Our Lives". Indie Wire . Retrieved August 31, 2012. Donnie Darko - 'They Made Me Do It' ". Jaguar Shoes. November 1, 2002 . Retrieved February 5, 2021. King, Geoff (2007). Donnie Darko. London: Wallflower Press. ISBN 978-1-905674-51-0. OCLC 154711385. Schwartzman dons 'Donnie Darko' ". Florida Today. May 19, 2000. p.27 . Retrieved February 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com. In 2017, Kelly revealed that he had ideas for a new sequel that is "much bigger and more ambitious" than the original. [80] [81] In January 2021, he announced that "an enormous amount of work" had been done on the script. [82] He was inspired to do so after a 2010 meeting with James Cameron, who found the film "disturbing" and had Kelly explain what happened to Donnie at the end of the film. Cameron suggested to Kelly that he continue working on the project, which made Kelly realise that "there was really something big, something epic that could be done." [83] In other media [ edit ]

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Gonzalez, Ed (March 5, 2002). "DVD Review: Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko on Fox Home Entertainment". Slant . Retrieved February 20, 2021. Booth, Paul (2008). "Intermediality in Film and Internet: Donnie Darko and Issues of Narrative Substantiality". Journal of Narrative Theory. 38 (3): 398–415. doi: 10.1353/jnt.0.0016. JSTOR 41304894. S2CID 161655194. A turning point arrived when agents John Campisi and Rob Paris at the Creative Artists Agency took an interest in the script and signed Kelly on. [18] Kelly said his "jaw was on the floor" at the unexpected offer, which greatly boosted the chances of having the film made with the agency's stamp on the script. [22] This led to further meetings with several prominent individuals, including Francis Ford Coppola, Ben Stiller, William Horberg, and Betty Thomas. [18] Kelly's meeting with Coppola was particularly influential, as Coppola drew his attention to one of Karen's lines after she is fired—"The kids have to figure it all out these days, because the parents, they don't have a clue"—and Kelly recalled: "He slid the binder down the big table and very dramatically said: 'That's what your whole movie's about right there.'" [12] Early on Vince Vaughn was offered the role of Donnie, but he turned it down as he felt he was too old for the part. [27] Mark Wahlberg was also approached, but he insisted that he should play Donnie with a lisp. [28]