Donnie Darko is one of those films that in my psych is completed tied to a period of my life and the people I shared it with. In high school me and a group of friends would watch films, usually while a little inebriated. Donnie Darko was one of my friends favorite films and he even had a copy of the time traveling book which came with the special edition of the film. The book and the explanation that comes with it places a entirely different meaning to the film and makes it all the more interesting. The notion of destiny and parallel time line swear something that kind of obsessed him and we would have numerous argument about it. In many ways my friend emulated Donnie in real life. He had a lot of social anxiety and was on multiple medications for it. They often times made him feel like his emotions were suppressed and often made him question the purpose of his life. Darko is given purpose and is the chosen one to realign the time paradox that threatens to just destroy the world and the people in it. It is a fantasy tale like all other fantasy stories yet with a hero that can be related too. Most films have a hero with some fault or make the hero a simply farmer, Donnie Darko however, creates a hero who is depressed and apathetic towards life. He is anti-social and in incredibly pain because of it. No one even knows that he saves the world in the end.
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