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Donnie Darko
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Sat Aug 22
11:45 pm
Donnie Darko at Uptown Theatre
Donnie Darko’s complicated plot begins with a jet engine crashing through rebellious misfit Jake Gyllenhaal’s bedroom in suburban Virginia, an event that a giant rabbit later warns him is a harbinger of the apocalypse, which will arrive at the end of the month. None of this may be real, as Gyllenhaal’s medication and hypnotherapy are generating frightening delusions. The whole tableau quickly becomes a vortex of hallucination, time travel, social satire (Patrick Swayze is brilliant as a creepy motivational speaker), and some well-placed new-wave songs.
Uptown Theatre 2906 Hennepin Ave., Twin Cities, MN
Donnie Darko’s complicated plot begins with a jet engine crashing through rebellious misfit Jake Gyllenhaal’s bedroom in suburban Virginia, an event that a giant rabbit later warns him is a harbinger of the apocalypse, which will arrive at the end of the month. None of this may be real, as Gyllenhaal’s medication and hypnotherapy are generating frightening delusions. The whole tableau quickly becomes a vortex of hallucination, time travel, social satire (Patrick Swayze is brilliant as a creepy motivational speaker), and some well-placed new-wave songs.
Updated 08/12/2009
