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Book cover image of The Donnie Darko Book by Richard Kelly

Authors: Richard Kelly, Jake Gyllenhaal
ISBN-13: 9780571221240, ISBN-10: 0571221246
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Date Published: October 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Richard Kelly

Richard Kelly is currently at work on his latest feature film, Knowing.

Book Synopsis

A companion volume to "one of the most original works of recent American Cinema"*

Donnie Darko was the surprise cult hit of 2001. Appearing nationwide on critic's year-end top-ten lists, the quirky independent film's effortless blending of science fiction, horror, adolescent angst, and social satire defied description while simultaneously providing "an unexpectedly poignant catharsis for Sept. 11 blues" (Jan Stuart, Newsday). Its Möbius strip-like narrative about Donnie, a troubled teenager who can see into the future, continues to inspire fans to obsessive heights. The Donnie Darko Book includes the film's screenplay, an in-depth interview with writer-director Richard Kelly, facsimile pages from The Philosophy of Time Travel book that Donnie uses to go back in time, as well as photos and drawings from the film and the artwork it inspired.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Asking cosmic questions : Richard Kelly interviewed by Kevin Conroy Scott
Screenplay : Donne Darko1
Pages from The philosophy of time travel107
Images
Images from the film121
Sketches from the film135
Images from 'They made me do it' exhibition143

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