Speaking of Donnie Darko

[professorpan]

<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/movies/news/n9105.htm">www.nypost.com/entertainm.../n9105.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly could be forced to miss the Cannes Film Festival because his passport is being reviewed by the U.S. Government.<br><br>Homeland Security is investigating 31-year-old Kelly, reportedly because there is a James Kelly on the terrorist watch list.<br><br>Fearing he will be unable to attend the premiere of his new movie Southland Tales at Cannes later this month, Kelly has contacted a senator and has recruited his mother to hunt out documents to help him prove his American citizenship.<br><br>The Virginia-born writer/director fears the issue could be connected to the plot of his new movie, which is in part about security measures taken by the U.S. Government following 9/11.<br><br>He says, ""The paranoid conspiracy freak inside me is starting to think this has something to do with the film."" <p></p><i></i>

[thoughtographer]

Thanks. I just assumed that someone else had already posted this when I saw it, but I forgot to check. <p><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"A crooked stick will cast a crooked shadow."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i></i>

[Hugh Manatee Wins]

The Homeland Security excuse sounds both rediculous and unsubstantiated. Are Kellys all over America suddenly not flying because one Kelly is on some list? I don't think so. This smells to me more like publicity for Kelly's product.<br><br>Here's another interesting Richard Kelly story-<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://movies.about.com/od/domino/a/domino063005.htm">movies.about.com/od/domin...063005.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Domino Harvey Dies at 35</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>Jun 30 2005<br>New Line Cinema Says the Movie Inspired by Her Life Will Not be Affected<br>The woman who inspired the upcoming movie, "Domino," has died. Domino Harvey, the daughter of British actor Laurence Harvey and a former Ford-model who gave up her Beverly Hills rich girl lifestyle to become a bounty hunter, was found dead in her West Hollywood home on June 27, 2005. She was 35.<br><br>Conflicting reports have Harvey discovered lying dead in her bathtub or on her bed. Officials won't confirm the exact circumstances of her death until the investigation's complete.<br><br>Harvey's life provided the inspiration for the action thriller "Domino" directed by Tony Scott and starring Keira Knightley as Domino. Richard Kelly ("Donnie Darko") wrote the script.<br><br>"Domino" will be released by New Line Cinema on August 19, 2005.<br><br>In a statement issued by New Line Cinema, director Scott said, "Domino never failed to surprise or inspire me over the last 12 years. She was a free spirit like no other I have ever known."<br><br>Producer Samuel Hadida commented, "We were enormously saddened to hear of Domino’s untimely passing. She and I had been conferring about her music to be used in the film only weeks ago. I know I speak for all of us on the movie’s cast and crew when I say how much we enjoyed her presence on set when she visited. And although our film is not intended as a biographical piece, hers was the dynamic personality and indomitable spirit that spawned an exciting adventure, not just on screen, but in real life."<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> <p></p><i></i>

[dude h homeslice ix]

i saw the thread about donnie darko linked on an RI post recently.<br><br>on its recommendation, i just watched the movie for the first time. good god people... <p></p><i></i>

[Rigorous Intuition]

For those who want to learn more about Kelly's forthcoming Southland Tales, there's a lot of information <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://bossa.nerim.net/actualite/2006/southland%20tales/ecrans_southland/us_prod_notes_01_05_06.htm">here</a><!--EZCODE LINK END-->, from what looks like a media package. (And the official website, still being developed, is <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.southlandtales.com/">here</a><!--EZCODE LINK END-->.)<br><br>From Kelly's directoral statement:<br><br>I have always been obsessed with this whole apocalypse thing… and trying to decipher the encrypted symbolism in the book of Revelations is enough to give anyone a headache. A friend once remarked that there is a legitimate debate among religious scholars that the book of Revelations was written while the Apostle John was under the influence of hallucinatory mushrooms. Go figure.<br><br>Another friend sent me a very disturbing link to a story about something called “American Hiroshima”. Apparently this is one of many planned terrorist attacks that Al-Quaeda has in the works. This is the one where they smuggle nuclear weapons (purchased by Osama bin Laden from the Russian mafia) over the Mexican border into Texas with the aid of Mexican guerrillas. They detonate the nukes in mid-size cities where there is little domestic counter-terrorism surveillance.<br><br>Sounds like the apocalypse to me. Where would we go from here?<br><br>These are the sordid tales of what happens next… how it all comes crashing down. In the alternate future of SOUTHLAND TALES, the war machine is running out of gas, and there is no alternative. Alternative fuel, that is. <br><br>Global warming may indeed be the “whimper” that T.S. Eliot foretold. Perhaps our destiny is to slowly drown ourselves into oblivion.<br><br>Southland Tales will take you down that other road. The one that ends with a “bang”. What if there is a path to end all suffering, and hidden somewhere along the way there exists a primer? A primer that could help us extinguish this great big mess of a planet once and for all. Quick and painless. <br><br>Well, I shouldn’t say “quick”. According to me it takes 2 hours and 31 minutes to explain how the world ends. I’m sorry that it isn’t shorter, but it had to be this way.<br><br>There is no alternative. Alternative fuel, that is.<br><br>Until one day… when a mysterious German corporation arrives in the Southland with a kick-ass new formula. A cure for our sickness…<br><br> <p></p><i></i>

[sussurus2]

Whether or not this specific issue is publicity for his next movie (I happen to think it is not), just know that the so-called "watch list/ no fly list" is being used to harrass people who are the source of messages inconvenient to the current power structure.<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/23362/">www.alternet.org/story/23362/</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>I know Graham personally and respect him a great deal. Was Foreign Service with tours in Libya and Vietnam, and worked under Kissinger in State Dept. He is also one of the eight members of Harvard climbing team to climb the north face of Mt McKinley, and live. Former "danger-boy" turned character education/peace activist. Gave a rousing speech at the Air Force Academy graduation this year about not ceding your moral authority when you become an officer, for which he received a standing ovation. Gave the same speech a few weeks later at the Naval Academy Graduation to similar accolades. Within a month, he was on the watch/ no fly list. No one was more stunned than he was. He's still not off it, and has received no explanation why he's on it, even with all his connections within government.<br><br><br>S. <p></p><i></i>