Nearly fell asleep at the wheel this morning after the Thurs-to-Sat nonsense. Could visualise with some clarity my car mashing into the one in front.
Before getting my early night last night I took in Donnie Darko for the first time. I was completely awed by the dark and dream-like atmosphere it evoked. Inspired some suitably strange dreams as well.
If you enjoyed the film like I did, you might want to check out Donnie’s letter to Roberta Sparrow, and especially the Philosophy of Time Travel mini-book that the writer/director produced. The latter gives fairly strong clues to one coherent interpretation.
03-Nov-03 at 3:46 pm | Permalink
i really didn’t want to like it but i watched it three times in a row one night. i like it when i don’t “get” a film but still feel as though there is something to “get”. i also like it when the “it” to be “got” remains elusive and ambiguous. normally i know exactly what “it” is, though, because i have a brain the size of a planet. i am even more clever than johnny ball and heinz wulf (sp? the great egg race guy) put together.
03-Nov-03 at 5:09 pm | Permalink
> elusive and ambiguous
Absolutely. There were a number of scenes shot that revealed what was going on too explicitly, so they were cut to allow room for interpretation.
They’re included (as a separate feature) on the DVD release.
And it’s “baldy” Wolff btw.
04-Nov-03 at 10:01 am | Permalink
let’s start a newsgroup speculating that the guy who lies on the floor in the Radiohead video is Keyser Soze and the thing he’s whispering is “Rosebud”. And he knows where Spot is.
04-Nov-03 at 12:40 pm | Permalink
Air, What is your email address? I stupidly can’t find it on this page. Oh and greetings from Berlin. Tomorrow night I am going to see Matrix 1, 2 and 3 ins Kino (wish me luck)
Catherinex
ps and you’ve yet to post anythin much bout ur trip. U really can’t remember anýthing can u?!
06-Nov-03 at 4:02 pm | Permalink
hey CJ, hope the Matrix marathon was good. The best we can offer I suspect is a short list of bars and die Straßen which were worth investigating.
Will check the scribbled records and get back to you, promise.