Donnie Darko Analysis

Analyze
 how
 Donnie
 Darko
 is
 a
 postmodern
 film.
 In
 your
 response
 refer
 to
 how
 language
  forms
 and
 features
 shape
 meaning
 in
 the
 film
 extract.
  Richard
 Kelly’s
 Donnie
 Darko
 is
 iden@fied
 as
 an
 excellent
 example
 of
 postmodernism
 by
 the
  abundance
 of
 cinema@c
 devices
 present
 in
 it.
 The
 narra@ve
 is
 enriched
 with
 complex
 layers
  of
 meaning
 by
 the
 Kelly’s
 carefully
 chosen
 mise-­‐en-­‐scene,
 which-­‐
 with
 subtle
 symbolism-­‐
  posi@ons
 Donnie
 as
 a
 liminal
 character
 and
 creates
 a
 series
 of
 other
 postmodern
 allusions,
  and
 the
 deliberate
 use
 of
 intertextual
 references
 throughout
 the
 film,
 which
 deepen
 our
  insight
 into
 the
 plot,
 throughout
 which
 events
 foreshadow
 and
 echo.
 Moreover,
 the
 fluidity
  of
 camera
 work
 correlates
 with
 the
 key
 theme
 of
 @me
 travel,
 as
 the
 protagonist
 appears
 to
  become
 unstuck
 in
 the
 fabric
 of
 @me.
  These
 characteris@cs
 are
 immediately
 recognizable
 in
 the
 opening
 scene;
 at
 the
 very
 start
  of
 the
 film,
 Donnie
 wakes
 up
 on
 an
 uniden@fied
 hill
 and
 the
 camera
 pans
 around
 him,
 as
  the
 un-­‐diege@c
 sound
 of
 classical
 music
 creates
 a
 sense
 of
 curiosity
 in
 the
 viewer.
  Subsequently,
 the
 classical
 piece
 is
 juxtaposed
 to
 a
 rock
 song
 from
 the
 80s,
 and
 here
 not
  only
 one
 of
 the
 three
 main
 keys
 of...