Richard Kelly Investigated For Terrorist Links

[Omnipotent]

According to his official biography, Richard Kelly is the director of the acclaimed Donnie Darko, the writer of the less acclaimed Domino and a contender for the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes film festival. According to the Department of Homeland Security he is a suspected terrorist who may now be prevented from travelling to Cannes next week.

Kelly, 31, appears caught in bureaucratic limbo after his passport was reportedly "held under review" by the US government. Sources suggest that the film-maker has been confused with another man, "James Kelly", who is on the terrorist watch list. Kelly's full name is James Richard Kelly.

Born in Virginia, the son of a NASA technician, Kelly made his feature debut in 2001 with the black comedy Donnie Darko, starring Jake Gyllenhaal. His latest picture, Southland Tales, is set in a dystopian Los Angeles paralysed by economic and environmental collapse. Ironically, the film is implicitly concerned with security measures taken by the US government after the events of September 11 2001.

"The paranoid conspiracy freak inside me is starting to think this has something to do with the film," Kelly admitted yesterday. In the meantime he has enlisted his mother to hunt for documents that prove his American citizenship.

The Cannes film festival runs May 17-28.

[gretchen]

hilarious.

damn america.

[greedy]

damn america and the trouble it goes through to make sure we're safe and stay alive i hate it i just hate it

[Bigboy]

Thought it interesting that his dad worked for NASA; maybe Monitoff's character was drawn from him?

[greedy]

mayby this also as something to do with the flag in donnies room

[gretchen]

greedy said:

damn america and the trouble it goes through to make sure we're safe and stay alive i hate it i just hate it

excuse me.

i meant damn bush.

and we're not all that safe. many are dying in poverty too, isn't that fantastic?

[greedy]

well some people are trying so give them credit

[Twitchmonkey]

Yes, thank Bush that the real enemy is being detained, dissenting directors. Good luck with your nazi propaganda in gitmo R.K!

[greedy]

i also hate the discrimination how they think celebritys can't be envolved in this we know is the poor black men and middle easterners who do all this a hollywood celeb could never be involed

[Twitchmonkey]

We tried this before, caught a lot of communists that way. Massive success.

[greedy]

hey Mcarthyism although drastic solved alot of problems it just needs to be retooled

[Twitchmonkey]

Yep, we got a lot of actors to never star in films ever again. Which solved something I'm sure. Maybe it was an economy boost or closed the economic gap.

[greedy]

or mayby it was the money not funed to the guy who could get the stuff to rig up your car bomb just be thankful the goverment is doing something most people are either complaining that the govement dose nothing then complain when it dose something there was no outrage when i got delayed for a lighter me a marine being told i could not get on a plane because of a lighter

[Twitchmonkey]

I'm sorry, are you suggesting we should support the government doing the wrong things just because it's doing something? If this program to find terrorists had been even a moderate success, that would be one thing, but it's just a total failure.

[greedy]

never said suport it just quit bitching about it if your bitching the gov't never dose anything if you have another soltion give it if not bendover and spread them it's time for a cavity search