Donnie Darko (1988) “Destruction is a form of creation.” Donnie Darko is homage to 80’s culture. It’s a classic cult film. The film is not only that but it also makes statements about the cultural developments in the 80’s. It has an anti - super hero narrative. The opening sequence ends with the line from the song “The Killing moon.” Which gives us clues that Donnie has no other option but to face his destiny. Donnie wakes up by the mountains that happen to be the place where he meets with his destiny. The dinner scene is where we see that the Darko family is dysfunctional and this is where the cultural difference comes in, the father is passive and the mother runs the family and the children are profane and rebellious. The film relates to the criticism that the 80’s have a …show more content…
We know that frank is Donnie’s ego, so every time Donnie looks at the mirror he sees his ego; Frank. When establishing the school, the camera is always side ways, which adds up to say that the school is a mad house, and Donnie, being the anti – hero is the only one who has the guts to point the flaws in them. The link that Donnie is an anti – hero is when he explains the meaning of Graham Green’s The Destructors, that “Destruction is a form of creation.” Which happens to be the darkest of dark mindset. Donnie floods the school on purpose so it could end up getting cancelled and thus letting him ask Gretchen out. Ariel here is Gretchen. So when Donnie saves Gretchen, he has sex with her thus losing his sexual repression, which he expresses to his therapist when under hypnosis. Donnie starts to read the book given to him by his science teacher “The philosophy of time travel.” By Roberta Sparrow also known as Grandma death. Soon Donnie starts to connect the dots of his life and realizes that the book and his life have a lot in common. Donnie is trapped in a time