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Did you get it the first time around? It s 20 years since Richard Kelly s Donnie Darko received its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The film - a complex and, occasionally, impenetrable sci-fi, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a miserable teenager obsessed with time travel - left critics and audiences dumbfounded.
It may have tanked at the box office, but the film enjoyed a lucrative afterlife in DVD and Blu-ray sales and is now considered a cult classic. The only problem is that some of us have yet to figure out what exactly Donnie Darko is about.
It is, at its core, a puzzling and playful psychological thriller. It was designed for numerous viewings. It is also in good company. Some of the greatest films ever made are the ones that mess with our heads, turning our brains to mush with a combination of bewildering sub-plots, bonkers dialogue and barnstorming twists. Yep, Hollywood has a habit of leaving viewers dazed and confused. Let s see if we can solve some of its trick
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Greetings fellow time travelers, and welcome back to the CinemaBlend labs! Itâs been a little while, I know, but after recovering from both the âhuman faxingâ process and existential crises implicated by our trip through
Timeline, the recovery process took a little longer than usual. Never fear, as itâs now time again to travel from here to there in the then and now; and this week is a bit of a dark and twisted journey. Weâre going to go nuts with a classic favorite of mine thatâs just turned 25 this past December, as Bruce Willis deals with unpredictable time travel, hair dye, and one whacked out Brad Pitt in director Terry Gilliamâs
The Pitch: Convict James Cole (
Bruce Willis) is sent back in time from 2035 to 1996 to gather info on a deadly plague that wiped out almost all of humanity.
Why It’s Essential Quarantine Viewing: We’re currently in the midst of a pandemic Christmas, which makes
12 Monkeys, a pandemic movie set during Christmas, feel all the more relevant this year. Then again, it’s not exactly going to lift your spirits and bring you holiday cheer.
Arguably the last genuinely good movie of
Terry Gilliam‘s troubled filmmaking career,
12 Monkeysis the perfect Christmas movie for 2020. The film deals with a deadly pandemic against a Christmasy backdrop, and it’s as bleak and weird as you’d expect it to be. That might not appeal to everyone right now, but as the sudden resurgence of