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Post by icecat on Oct 8, 2004 7:50:58 GMT -5
Hey everyone!! Newbie here!! A text I've selected to write about for my last (IMPORTANT) exams for high school ever, is Donnie Darko. We have to relate our text with the notion of journey, in particular, imaginative journey. I have some basic points, but I was wondering if you guys, the geniuses could help me out and give an insight!! Thanks!!
-MM
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Post by rightfielder21 on Oct 8, 2004 7:54:56 GMT -5
I'm sure we would be glad to help... Could you be a little more specific to get us rollling...
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Post by icecat on Oct 8, 2004 8:02:04 GMT -5
Hmm I can try!! lol. Okay, the the topic we have to focus around is "imaginitive journey". I have to be able to write a paper (including other texts, but I won't hassle you guys with them too!!) about how Donnie Darko relates to the notion of imaginative journey. Imaginative journey meaning well, a journey through the mind, or imagination, you get the idea, lol. Also things of make believe are a form of the imaginative journey (e.g. the audience/writer goes on an imaginative journey with the philosophy of time travel). Or Donnie Darko is taken on an imaginative journey by Frank the rabbit who has come from the future...etc. Hopefully that has helped a bit!! Sorry I was a bit unclear!! I'm also looking for specific examples and cinematic features and language features as well, how the imaginative journey can be shown through them, etc. I really hope this is easier to understand now  -MM |
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Post by ProvidencePortal on Oct 8, 2004 8:53:59 GMT -5
Welcome Icecat! Great topic for a paper. For me, the fairest approach here is for you to list out the points you intend to or are considering making in your paper, and for us to contribute by clarifying, expanding, expounding or suggesting revisions to those points. Hardly fair for us to write your thesis for you, is it?  |
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Post by icecat on Oct 8, 2004 8:58:37 GMT -5
lol true, its actually notes for an exam that im looking for. And I'm not really sure where to even begin!!! Hmm...well I suppose the obvious one about time travel journey, any imaginative journey's of the characters. Obviously the imaginative journey of the audience is the special effects that take place during the film and the make believe things like time travel and what not...hmmm...and anything else you can think of lol!
-MM
Sorry, I'm not all that great with english...thus why i need help!! hahaha
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Post by ProvidencePortal on Oct 8, 2004 9:09:06 GMT -5
It might make a compelling thesis to state that the "imaginative journey" as a literary construct or conceit is one of the most compelling tools in a writer's toolbox, since the audience doesn't just watch the characters travel, but instead they travel along with those characters through their own emotional and rational trek.
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Post by rightfielder21 on Oct 8, 2004 14:46:20 GMT -5
One can argue that Donnie's journey in the tangent universe is one of a search for God/the afterlife and inner "peace", if you will...
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Post by icecat on Oct 8, 2004 19:08:29 GMT -5
Hmmm....Well this are the notes that I have so far from an assignment I did last year, but I was hoping to expand on it a lot more. Does this help?
Imaginative journey
The audience and characters are taken on an imaginative journey in this film. Donnie Darko, the protagonist of this film is on an imaginative journey as he is Borderline Paranoid Schizophrenic and sees/imagines this giant rabbit, Frank. Frank informs him of this tangent universe which has taken place at the stroke of midnight, 2nd October, 1988. Frank tells Donnie to destruct things in order to open the portal for this tangent universe. An ironic message in a short story he studies in class tells us that ‘destruction is a form of creation’ which aids the audiences understanding of why Donnie is being told to do these things like flood his school and commit arson offences, so everything corresponds to open the portal at the right time. It also deals with the concept of time travel, as Frank tells Donnie he is from the future and has come back to help him end this tragic alternate universe. Other characters, also that face fear and lead these more tragic lives in this universe help him through this journey to end it.
The audiences’ imagination and intellect is stimulated in this film. It is a complex feature, which deals with themes of the ambiguous philosophy of time travel, mental illness, teenage issues, spirituality or theme of a higher being, the meaning of life, fear and love and being alone. As the audience, we realise these themes, especially that of Frank who is a 7 foot man in a rabbit suit. A rabbit symbolises fertility and life and its cycle which reflects the continuity of life in the film and ironically is represented tall and frightening which reflects Donnie’s view of the world and life. Also is the number 7 which is said to be ‘God’s number which is evidence of the theme of a god, or higher being. Also, when you subtract the numbers Frank gives Donnie to when the world will end the remainder is 7 and this number occurs three times in the film. Donnie Darko is the unlikely super-hero, when his girlfriend Gretchen says “What kind of a name is Donnie Darko, it sounds like some kind of super hero” to which Donnie replies “what makes you think I’m not?” which is the first indication of his role in the story. In particular, he is similar to that of Jesus as he is unsure of his destiny and also dies to save others. The audience gets this idea when he sees a double movie night featuring “Evil Dead” and “the last temptation of Christ”.
-MM
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