VYS0019 | It's A Very, Very Mad World - Donnie Darko

VYS0019 – It’s a Very, Very Mad World: Donnie Darko – Show Notes

In December 2002 Hine and Buckley met at the Dukes Cinema in Lancaster, Lancashire, UK, for what become one of their most cherished movie-going experiences - to watch an independent film which had already gathered a cult following: Donnie Darko. Donnie Darko is a divisive film popular opinion swings between it being a poignant and magical modern classic to it being amateurish, film school bullshit with an inexplicably great cast (and soundtrack!!!). In this feature length episode (an entire swaggering minute longer than the run-time of the theatrical cut itself!) Hine and Buckley drill down deep into why the film still means so much to them almost 21 years later, what Richard Kelly actually intended the film to mean, why it's actually a '90s masterpiece (despite not being set, made or released in the '90s) and what the "S" in "S. Darko" might stand for... Recorded 16 March 2023.

Warning: Extreme Spoilers For Donnie Darko Follow

Donnie Darko Trailer
Donnie Darko: The Director’s Cut
Lancaster, Lancashire, UK
Twin Peaks
Eraserhead Trailer
Wild at Heart Trailer
Lost Highway
Spiderland by Slint
Blue Bell Knoll by Cocteau Twins
S(hitty) Darko Trailer
American Beauty Trailer
The Matrix Trailer
Fight Club Trailer
Requiem for a Dream Trailer
American Psycho Trailer
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Trailer
The Fast and The Furious Trailer
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Trailer
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley
Hallelujah by Alexandra Burke
Mad World by Tears for Fears
Mad World by Gary Jules and Michael Andrews
Mad World by Adam Lambert
Wikipedia page for Intercourse - For the benefit of innocents like Hine
David Lynch Quotes - Here and Here
The Leftovers Trailer
Twin Peaks the Return
Donnie Darko Website - This is not the original Donnie Darko Website, the original used Flash player which is no longer supported by most browsers but can still be found here)