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Post by spookypixie on Jan 19, 2004 22:20:38 GMT -5
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ok guys..well that was an interview by the creator of Donie Darko..so thats why it is 1988.....there you go
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Post by spookypixie on Jan 19, 2004 22:21:33 GMT -5
The 1980s are a very important part of this film's setting. Why the 80s?
RK: What made me go back to the 80s? Well, you know, I grew up in the 80s, I was a teenager in 1988. And I think the original concept of the movie was…. It always just had to be a period piece for me. It had to take place in 1988. And I think that, once we started kind of putting together, I figured, "You know, we really haven't seen many nostalgia pieces for the 80s." We've seen some kind of campy comedies done about the 80s. I figured that if I'm going to try to do a coming-of-age tale or a nostalgia piece, I don't know anything about the 70s, and the 90s are too recent, so…. For me, the story would never have worked had I done it modern or contemporary.A lot of songs were kind of designed into script, particularly the Tears for Fears. We tried to pick songs that retained some dignity of the 80s, if there is any dignity, a shred of dignity left from the 80s. We tried to pick music that was good. There is a lot of kitschy 80s music that hasn't aged well, and we were careful to try to pick songs that have aged well. We were really specific with the musical choices, and we wanted to make sure that we had these kind of lyrical moments spread through the movie. In a weird way, I feel that it has some elements of a musical to it, you know, with the some of the choreography and the steady-cam. Stuff like that.
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Post by DonnaDarko on Jan 20, 2004 18:18:58 GMT -5
Nice. ;D
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Post by manmadeprotest on Feb 3, 2004 6:55:12 GMT -5
Did you know that donnie darko was a low budget movie? Did you also know that it was cheaper to make movies that looked like they were made in the 80's with cheap special effects?  . That is just such a coincidence dont ya think? |
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Post by Frenzal on Feb 3, 2004 19:34:03 GMT -5
Yeah $4.5million. I think it would had ruined the movie if they had more money to spend on it.
I think if they had set it in another time period the music choice wouldn't have been at such a high standard as it was.
You're a bit of a pessimist aren't ya Manmadeprotest?
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Post by manmadeprotest on Feb 4, 2004 7:01:53 GMT -5
No not at all. I just realise that the movie industry is a business, not a charity.
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Post by Frenzal on Feb 4, 2004 7:49:31 GMT -5
Some of the people that worked on Donnie Darko worked on nothing, or next to peanuts. That's pretty charitable isn't it?
I understand what you mean when you say making movies is a business, but Donnie Darko isn't a $100million action movie.
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Post by manmadeprotest on Feb 7, 2004 9:54:28 GMT -5
Still, ya gotta admit, its pretty damn convenient.
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Post by Frenzal on Feb 7, 2004 19:54:44 GMT -5
Hmm I suppose but he does make some good points about why it's set in 1988, and he went to a lot of effort to make it as close to the period of time as possible. Then again, I couldn't prove anything conclusively, I just like to be a little optimistic.  |
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Post by Sazzy on Feb 19, 2004 7:21:30 GMT -5
Have you guys read the earlier postings about the 88 theory? What do you think?
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. That is just such a coincidence dont ya think?