by thoughtographer » Sun Apr 02, 2006 1:34 am
Good points, streeb. Growing up around the same time, it really irks me when I hear children of the nineties pick this movie apart and say that it doesn't reflect the time period of the eighties just because it doesn't look like the overblown consumer nostalgia they're used to. Sure, it's not perfect, but that Halloween party scene could have been my life -- right down to the exact Joy Division song.<br><br>I tend to share a similar view of the pederasty/abuse subtext of the movie. I need to watch it again soon, because there are some important scenes with the "bullies", Seth and Ricky that don't really come through fully in the script alone. I think their roles tie into this line of thinking.<br><br>I mean, Cunningham was clearly abusing children in the neighborhood, so it stands to reason that Kelly would have included the victims in the story in a more than tangential fashion. I think Seth and Ricky knew what was up. Maybe I'm giving him more credit than he's due, but I don't think so.<br><br>Here's another dialog driven scene of note:<br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>WASTE GROUND – LATE AFTERNOON<br><br><Ronald Fisher, Sean Smith and Donnie Darko are shooting bottles><br><br>Ronald Fisher: Beer and pussy, that’s all I need.<br><br>Sean Smith: We gotta find ourselves a Smurfette.<br><br>Ronald Fisher: Smurfette?<br><br>Sean Smith: Mm-hmmm.<br><br>Ronald Fisher: Not some, like, tight-ass Middlesex chick, you know? Like this cute little blonde that will get down and dirty with the guys. Like Smurfette does.<br><br>Donnie Darko: Smurfette doesn’t fuck.<br><br><Donnie shoots a bottle><br><br>Ronald Fisher: That’s bullshit. Smurfette fucks all the other smurfs. Why do you think Papa Smurf made her? Because all the other Smurfs were getting too horny.<br><br>Sean Smith: No, no, no, not Vanity. I heard he was a homosexual.<br><br>Ronald Fisher: Okay, well, you know what? Then she fucks them while Vanity watches Okay?<br><br>Sean Smith: <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>What about Papa Smurf? He must get in on the action.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>Ronald Fisher: <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Yeah, what he does, he films the gang-bang. Later on, he beats off to the tape.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>Donnie Darko: First of all, Papa Smurf didn’t create Smurfette. Gargamel did. She was sent in as Gargamel’s evil spy with the intention of destroying the Smurf village. But the overwhelming goodness of the Smurf way of life transformed her. And as for the whole gang-bang scenario <laughs> is just couldn’t happen. Smurfs are asexual. They don’t even have reproductive organs under those little white pants. That’s what’s so illogical, you know, about being a Smurf. What’s the point of living if you don’t have a dick?<br><br>Sean Smith: <sighs> Damn it, Donnie. Why do you gotta get so smart on us?<br><br><A car horn is heard in the distance><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> <p><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"A crooked stick will cast a crooked shadow."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=thoughtographer>thoughtographer</A> at: 4/1/06 10:43 pm<br></i>