Music Box Theatre
3733 N Southport Ave
773.871.6604
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Donnie Darko, Courtesy New Market Films
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Friday Nov 2, 2007
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$9.25
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An incredible soundtrack — for instance, one laden with melancholic tracks from Joy Division, Echo & the Bunnymen, and Tears for Fears — can make a certified cult classic that much more classic. Case in point: the cryptic, time-traveling teen drama Donnie Darko. The unsettling indie flick follows a troubled teenager (Jake Gyllenhaal) haunted by a six-foot-tall rabbit of questionable provenance. Since its initial release, Darko has been subsequently resurrected in midnight screenings across the country — due in large part to its disconcerting denouement, Gyllenhaal's tortured performance, and, yes, its extraordinary use of underground '80s pop hits.
