The Donnie Darko Book

by Richard Kelly

A companion volume to "one of the most original works of recent American Cinema"*

Donnie Darko was the surprise cult hit of 2001. Appearing nationwide on critic's year-end top-ten lists, the quirky independent film's effortless blending of science fiction, horror, adolescent angst, and social satire defied description while simultaneously providing "an unexpectedly poignant catharsis for Sept. 11 blues" (Jan Stuart, Newsday)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000S9HWPE
• ISBN13: 9780571221240
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 155 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Good

The book looks fine i haven't read it yet, I was expecting a novel but it insists of screenplay (dialogues) of the movie and alot other info and interviews about the movi, and there are good scetchs and illustrations..

Donnie Darko Fans Must Buy This Book

A very good book that gives excellent insight into the mysteries of the movie. Includes interesting art work drawn by Richard Kelly that you can also find in the movie. Overall I found this book to be highly entertaining.

More than just a screenplay

I like how popular films can cause a demand in which the screenplay is released in book form for all those inspiring actors and screenwriters out there to read, act and learn from. Most of them are just the screenplay and nothing else, so its a pleasant surprise to see one like this, which includes a lengthy interview with the writer/director, some drawings, and a peek at the prop Time travel book by Roberta Sparrow. Some overzealous fans mistakenly thought it was a real book and on the Director's Cut dvd, you see a special documentary by one such fan who demanded of the director the rest of this fictional book. Give Director Richard Kelly a break...the book was nothing more than a prop for the film's characters. This book is worth having for any Donnie Darko fan. For me, the best part of the book is the interview, as it is nice to hear the thoughts and ideas of Richard Kelly about his famous first movie. What he says embodies a lot of our generation in terms of cultural influences and how we grew up...a world perhaps vastly different to the current generation growing up in the hip-hop drenched, corporate universe. This book will be a keepsake for that distant future, when Richard Kelly will be known as our generation's Steven Spielberg, with a library of unique films. Don't expect to find this book then, because it'll probably be out of print and hard to find. Get it now when its still available! Donnie Darko is probably the film that will still be remembered 25 years from now.

Solid read for fans of the movie

This book doesnt provide a whole lot of new material, but does offer much insight into the movie based on the actors and director commentary. If you're a fan of the movie, it's definitely worth the purchase - by the way, has anyone seen the producer of the film Sean McKittrick? What a hottie!

An interesting find

While this doesn't provide any definate answers as there are many interpretations, it does provide a foreword by Jake Gyllenhaal, an interview with Richard Kelly (info on the film), the screenplay, images from Roberta Sparrow's Philosophy of Time Travel, artwork and images from the movie and additional artwork from the "They Made me Do It" exhibition. Not exactly what I was expecting, I thought it would be more of a novel. But it's definately not your average movie book. You don't have to be a fanatic to read this either, it's an interesting read.