Richard Kelly
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Writer / Director - DONNIE DARKO, SOUTHLAND TALES, THE BOX / Scientists are saying the future will be far more futuristic than they originally predicted.
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We have completed 4K restorations of both the theatrical and Cannes versions. The 158 minute Cannes cut is rough with many unfinished visual effects. It *will* be released for posterity... but my focus has been on preparing the epic Version 3.0 of
#SouthlandTales
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#SouthlandNow
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My *hope* is to direct a new
#SouthlandTales
prequel film using a hybrid of animation and live-action. This new film could be released in tandem with an expanded version of the existing film with significant new content.
#SouthlandNow
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BABY DRIVER is even more enjoyable on second view. A thrilling study in original, fluid design strategy. More musicals,
@edgarwright
💃🚘
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THE SHAPE OF WATER: The most ambitious and accomplished film yet from
@RealGDT
, weaving many genres into its own unique vision of underdogs and outsiders confronting conformity and repression.
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#SouthlandTales
is a six-chapter saga. The existing film covers the second half. I wrote graphic novels with
@brettweldele
that cover the first three chapters. I have completed an ambitious new script that uses the novels as a blueprint for an ambitious new film.
#SouthlandNow
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Christmas! 4K Blu-ray restoration of
#DonnieDarko
from the original negative.
@ArrowFilmsVideo
@StevenPosterASC
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Has anyone done an analysis of the 2016 election cycle and its effects on the sale of alcoholic beverages?
#debatenight
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Whoever took this photo should win a Pulitzer, a Peabody, an Emmy and a free trip to my heart.
http://t.co/QACkheqPkP
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Sooo... thank you to
@MUBI
and everyone out there for helping to try and resurrect
#SouthlandTales
. Thank you
@Matt_Rhodes
and
@spinkendall
. Stay home! Stay safe! Stay sane! Stay positive! See you on the other side!
#SouthlandNow
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#fav7films
Mulholland Drive
Barry Lyndon
Rear Window
Brazil
The Big Lebowski
Zodiac
Magnolia
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THE DISASTER ARTIST is consistently hilarious. Francos both incredible. (Now I️ have to watch THE ROOM.)
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I never doubted her commitment to Sparkle Motion. 1 ❤️
@ladygaga
(we also shared the same birthday - 03/28!
Lady Gaga Fans Out to Jake Gyllenhaal About Her ‘Donnie Darko’ Obsession: ‘It’s Religion’
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Here is a link to the script for my 1999 post-apocalyptic adaptation of Louis Sachar's HOLES for Phoenix Pictures.
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STEVE JOBS: Maybe Sorkin's greatest achievement as a writer. Stunningly rendered to life by Boyle and cast. Never once looked at my iPhone.
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THE NEON DEMON is mesmerizing. Sonic overload. Color blocking. Design defies genre and improves upon second viewing. Great performances.
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In the original script... Donnie and Gretchen went to see C.H.U.D. But... a clip from that film was impossible to license for some reason. Sam Raimi and Anchor Bay were generous to give us THE EVIL DEAD clip.
#DonnieDarkoLive
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All of the drawings and illustrations in the film are mine. Several of my childhood art pieces hang in the Darko house. My INFANT MEMORY GENERATORS drawing is a huge easter egg...
#DonnieDarkoLive
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The original rabbit suit we used in the film has been found. Thanks to
@Jack_Morrissey
for keeping it safe.
http://t.co/5ysAXb9Zkr
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There is a lot more to THE PHILOSOPHY OF TIME TRAVEL by Roberta Sparrow that has yet to be revealed.
#DonnieDarkoLive
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You've never seen anything quite like TUSK. Very few movies take crazy risks like this one.
#WalrusYes
@ThatKevinSmith
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The evolution of VFX and animation techniques will *hopefully* allow the complete vision of
#SouthlandTales
to see the light of day. The script is ready and the assets secured. Thank you to everyone who has supported this film - it will always be my most beloved.
#SouthlandNow
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Donnie's bedroom set was built on a soundstage in Burbank... because we had to drop a jet engine through it.
#DonnieDarkoLive
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There are so many easter eggs and hidden clues in this film... many that people haven't uncovered yet. I'm still finding things!
#DonnieDarkoLive
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#DonnieDarko
select screenings through Christmas holiday will precede a nationwide UK expansion in January!
@arpublicity
@ArrowFilms
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Late to discover OKJA... and I am completely blown away by the filmmaking and vision on display by Bong Joon-ho... wish I could see this back on the big screen.
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Rebekah Del Rio is one of the greatest voices ever. Her scene in MULHOLLAND DRIVE is one of the greatest ever filmed...
#SouthlandNow
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Santa Monica, CA -- August, 2000.
@StevenPosterASC
lighting
@JimmyDuval
as Frank in DONNIE DARKO.
http://t.co/tCwpOwLl5X
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The film was shot in 28 days... and the levitating ice cream truck was one additional day of photography that I fought hard to get. Thank you
@Matthew_Rhodes
. It gave Seann the emotional payoff for the end of the film. Pimps Don’t Commit Suicide = the whole film.
#SouthlandNow
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#Mindhunter
- Superb first act of a cerebral, novelistic true crime narrative. Incredible ensemble cast of discoveries. Knockout ending.
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The Sparkle Motion costumes - designed by April Ferry - are an homage to Kathleen Turner's prom dress in Francis Ford Coppola's 1986 suburban time travel film... PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED. Francis gave me notes on my script in an early 2000 meeting.
#DonnieDarkoLive
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Stay home! Stay safe! Stay sane! Join us for an in depth discussion of the penetrating issues facing society today - as we revisit the
#SouthlandTales
alternate history of 2008!
@MUBI
#SouthlandNow
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We need a 2016 prop on ballot that requires all California electronics merchants to sell HD televisions with motion smoothing turned OFF.
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Text from a friend: "I'm on a date with this girl and the name of her dog is DONNIE BARKO!"
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The Killers sequence with Justin was filmed over four hours during an epic 16 hour day on the Santa Monica pier. We did not yet have the rights to the song, which was one of the most popular hits of 2005. The band was very generous to give us the rights.
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“TENDER” by BLUR
Come on come on come on
Get through it
Come on come on come on
Love's the greatest thing
That we have
I'm waiting for that feeling
I'm waiting for that feeling
Waiting for that feeling to come
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#SouthlandTales
is in many ways a musical. The Killers dream sequence was the core musical number of the film that informed my decision to make Pilot Abilene the doomsday narrator... since he breaks the fourth wall in the Fluid Karma dream.
#SouthlandNow
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Many people do not recognize
@thatkevinsmith
in this film. He gives an amazing performance... and he shaved his beard so we could apply hours of makeup for the role! He also helped fund and publish the graphic novels with Bob Chapman! Bravo, kind sir!
#SouthlandTales
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Man in the Red Jogging Suit works for a government agency. You will see him again at the end of the film once the dream world has collapsed.
#DonnieDarkoLive
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The score by Moby is the emotional heartbeat of the film. Pop songs by The Pixies, The Killers, Muse, Jane’s Addiction, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Elbow, Blur are also woven deeply into the fabric of the story. We couldn’t have made the film without them.
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Late to the WILD TALES party... but wow. It's like Tarantino went to Argentina and got possessed by Hitchcock's ghost.
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We shot the Jim Cunningham infomercials during pre-production at Patrick Swayze's ranch home near Calabasas. He wore his real clothes and let us shoot there all day...
#DonnieDarkoLive
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Graham Greene's 1954 short story THE DESTRUCTORS has great significance to the bigger picture. Much more than people realize...
#DonnieDarkoLive
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Whoever took this photo should win a Pulitzer, a Peabody, an Emmy and a free trip to my heart. Full masterpiece.
http://t.co/Mc3gKSBoss
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I always encourage the actors to bring their character ideas to the table. Seann wanted to shave his hair short, and it was also his idea for Roland to be shot through the left eye like Frank in DONNIE DARKO.
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I pitched the cars fucking to Tony Scott and BMW before we made this... they thought I was insane.
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I'll never forget the rush of seeing THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS in a theater. Jonathan Demme was a masterful chameleon of a filmmaker.
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If it happens... the animated portion of the new film would cover the 2008 events over the three days beginning on June 30th, when Boxer Santaros wakes up in the Nevada desert w/ amnesia... and then embarks on a journey through Las Vegas before returning to LA.
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We brought Justin back to record new V.O. after Cannes - and I asked him to perform it in a more somber tone like Martin Sheen in APOCALYPSE NOW. But I prefer the more playful tone of his voice over in the Cannes version. Justin was a pro and is a great actor.
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The Moby score is the sound of my intent with the film... not to be crass... but mournful. There is so much to mourn now... but there is also hope of recovery.
#SouthlandNow
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This is my Philip K. Dick movie. I had Jon Lovitz quote ‘Flow My Tears’ after the murder scene to acknowledge all debt to his work. Lovitz is another SNL hero. He agreed to die his hair blonde to play Bart Bookman.
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WATERSHIP DOWN by Richard Adams transformed my adolescence in 7th grade. My English teacher was Ernie Jordan at Midlothian Middle School.
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Behold! The lost DONNIE DARKO interactive site I co-created in 2001 w/ Hi-ReS! (Alexandra Jugovic & Florian Schmitt)
http://t.co/cuphxofNyf
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Loved
#BladeRuner2049
even more on second viewing. I will probably see it five times on the big screen.
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Benicio Del Toro read an early draft of the script and gave me the idea to research Ralph Meeker for inspiration on the character Boxer Santaros. We walked to a video store together and he made me rent it. Remember video stores?
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SERPENTINE DREAM THEORY is the name of the Dungeons & Dragons inspired wargame at the mysterious heart of this film. Yes, Virgina, there is a D&D subplot in the Cannes cut of this batshit movie. We even had a
@wizards_DnD
advisor on the film.
#Proud
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KISS ME DEADLY quickly became one of my favorite LA Noir films. Many characters in
#SouthlandTales
- Fortunio Balducci, Vaughn Smallhouse, Dr. Soberin Exx - are references to both actors and character names in the 1955 Robert Aldrich film.
#SouthlandNow
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See READY PLAYER ONE on the biggest screen possible. Deliriously immersive and very funny. Overlook Hotel!
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I just saw a female vocalist covering "Mad World" in a big budget commercial for Taco Bell Bacon Chalupas. WTF? Is Trump already prez?
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THE BEGUILED is so beautifully crafted and often very funny. Final moments haunt. Looking forward to seeing it a second time.
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Martin Scorsese's THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST was released on August 12, 1988. The decision to put it on the marquee as a double feature with THE EVIL DEAD was a last minute decision when we were shooting the Aero in Santa Monica.
#DonnieDarkoLive
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This opening sequence was shot in the San Angeles National Forest north of LA.
#DonnieDarkoLive
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Rose is reading Stephen King’s IT when we first introduce her in the film. This is a huge easter egg...
#DonnieDarkoLive
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LADY BIRD is endlessly rewatchable. Gerwig also features the most poignant recurring use of a pop song ('Crash' by Dave Matthews Band) in any movie this year. Hella tight.
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PHANTOM THREAD is of course beautiful but also wickedly funny. One of my favorite scenes is Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) throwing a jealous fit to Cyril (Lesley Manville) and his disdain for the word ‘Shiek.’ Also... Vicky Krieps! ❤️
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I seriously had no idea I was doing an homage to REPO MAN. I had never seen the film!
#SouthlandNow
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ZOOTOPIA is one of the greatest animated films I've seen in years. Endlessly clever and sophisticated world building; meaningful satire.
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That 18 minute single take helicopter shot of those two llamas was so riveting I swear it was directed by Michael Haneke.
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Sorry if I can't reply to tweets... trying to keep up with this exhausting movie!
#SouthlandNow
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The live action sections of the new film would bring to life sequences from THE POWER, the bonkers screenplay within-the-film written by Boxer Santaros and Krysta Now. THE POWER takes place in the year 2024 and has significant importance to the story told in 2008.
#SouthlandNow
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Getting to work with this incredible cast of actors was the thrill of a lifetime. Everyone came to the table and delivered. They all trusted me to take big risks. I wish the movie had been a success back then... but hopefully now people can see their great work.
#SouthlandNow
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The first level of the Neo-Marxist compound building on the Venice boardwalk is now a gigantic Starbucks!
#Capitalism
wins yet again.
#SouthlandNow
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We celebrate the last night in LA for Ri Ri (
@rianjohnson
) before he heads off to London to make some obscure experimental sci-fi film.
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The speed and trajectory of the engine... and the minimal damage to the house? Almost surgical. Like an assassin's bullet...
#DonnieDarkoLive
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Again the context of everything you see in this film is 2005 projecting to 2008. We had no idea what would happen.
#SouthlandNow
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James Horner helped define my love of cinema as a child. One of the greatest film composers of all time. So tragic if he is gone.
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Whenever I get sad about
@POTUS
&
@FLOTUS
leaving office, I try and look forward to their sure-to-be extraordinary 3rd act.
#DemsInPhilly
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#DonnieDarko
was photographed on
@Kodak
5283 film stock using Panavision anamorphic lenses.
#DonnieDarkoLive
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