‘Donnie Darko’s’ 2001 release, revisited 25 years later
People reports that director Richard Kelly calls the film’s initial reception “pretty brutal,” saying, “I don’t wanna sugarcoat it.”
TLDR
People describes Richard Kelly’s recollection of distribution struggles and a limited 2001 theatrical run for ‘Donnie Darko,’ now a cult classic 25 years later. Looking back, the director says the initial response “was pretty brutal”: “I don’t wanna sugarcoat it.”
‘Donnie Darko’s’ 2001 release, revisited 25 years later
People reports that director Richard Kelly calls the film’s initial reception “pretty brutal,” saying, “I don’t wanna sugarcoat it.”
TLDR
People describes Richard Kelly’s recollection of distribution struggles and a limited 2001 theatrical run for ‘Donnie Darko,’ now a cult classic 25 years later. Looking back, the director says the initial response “was pretty brutal”: “I don’t wanna sugarcoat it.”