It was my first screenplay.
He helped us get theatrical distribution after Sundance, Kelly tells us about Nolan.
They were proven very wrong by the success ofMementothe summer after Sundance.
Kelly told us how he got permission to use a scene from that influential horror film.
Kelly went on to explain how Tears for Fears song Head Over Heels set-up the films musical tone.
This is really cool.
Musicians are really generous people, for the most part, he concludes.
If they see their song used in an artful way, to refuse that or deny that…
I see them as being companions.
Not everyone wants that or needs that, but it is there for people who want to go there.
Im inspired by it and Im very grateful for it, he says.
I kind of just want to let people run with it and think what they want to think.
I dont want to discount anyones theater, really.
I dont want to tell someone that theyre wrong even if I disagree with them.
Kelly had absolutely no involvement with the 2009 sequelS.
Darko, which focuses on Donnies younger sister Samantha.
It was made against my wishes and much to my discomfort.
All good things happen when theyre intended to happen in time, so well see what happens.
My goal is to try and protect it and prevent anything from happening that shouldnt happen.
(SPOILER WARNING for the next paragraph if you have yet to seeDonnie Darko!)
Theres a lot of science fiction involved inDonnie Darko, so I dunno.
Well see what happens.
We asked him whether he has any intention of releasing a longer or remastered version of that film.
Theres the Cannes version but that version wasnt finished.
It didnt have the visual FX, andSouthland Talesis still unfinished in my mind, he admitted.
Theres just a lot more material there, thats for sure.
