Donnie Darko - Esoteric Analysis

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  • Опубліковано 3 лис 2010
  • Detailed written analysis: jaysanalysis.wordpress.com/201...
    In this video, I give an overview of my interpretation of Donnie Darko, highlighting the cultural, philosophical and esoteric elements in the film. Written, in-depth review is on the way.
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  • @jordanmayberry4510
    @jordanmayberry4510 2 роки тому +19

    pre-keto jay is a sight to behold

  • @Deciusmaxentius
    @Deciusmaxentius 11 років тому +4

    This is the best analysis I've found. I've read all the surface level deconstructions about what "literally" happened (i.e. the tangent universe, living receiver, etc.). This breaks the film down at a thematic level, which, to me, is infinitely more interesting. Grow up man, if it isn't what you came here for then go find one of the thousand other Donnie Darko analyses.

  • @redemax
    @redemax 2 роки тому +4

    Depeche mode in the background

  • @bradburkley5811
    @bradburkley5811 7 років тому +5

    The opening song is not The Church. Echo and the Bunnymen, first version, inxs second version. Under the Milky Way plays later.

  • @Kit1Kia1
    @Kit1Kia1 11 років тому +6

    I thought this was a very interesting way to look at the film. I thought it was particularly interesting how you related the gram green metaphor to Donnies actual world because Donnie is the cause of the tangent universe by killing frank which gets him out of the room before the airplane part hits his house, therefore creating this universe but also destroying it. Great Analysis. I didnt even think about the mascot, and thank you for better explaining the eye picture and how it relates exactly.

  • @DoughyBoy
    @DoughyBoy 7 років тому +6

    Great analysis man, this is the analysis I was looking for, not the usual plot analysis. Good job!

  • @UltimateEnd0
    @UltimateEnd0 6 років тому +6

    I believe the shape of Frank's head is a time travel map. It also has ties with Matt Groening's "Life in Hell".

  • @JayDyer
    @JayDyer  13 років тому +3

    @sinterQ Just watched it and wrote a review.

  • @chili24137
    @chili24137 12 років тому +3

    you might have mentioned this in your article but you were saying that he is a kind of dark hero and it a mix inbetween good and bad. Having good intentions but performing bad acts it kind of goes back to the name of the town middlesex because he is in the middle of good and bad. Might be possible.

  • @Klibbyboi
    @Klibbyboi 11 років тому +4

    What a great movie.

  • @Shellyg827
    @Shellyg827 11 років тому +3

    I think this is a GREAT analysis!!!

  • @SonOfTheOne111
    @SonOfTheOne111 7 років тому +3

    You have improved over the years. Maybe you should take another shot at reviewing this movie! I think you would catch on to it better now.

  • @gubgub4321
    @gubgub4321 13 років тому +2

    how can someone watch the movie and not immediately look up "donnie darko analysis" ?????
    this is the first result too. thankyou for explaining this cryptic-as-fuck movie.

  • @AntaresBottia
    @AntaresBottia 13 років тому +2

    Hey great upload, nice work man.

  • @SanDiegoSouth
    @SanDiegoSouth 12 років тому +2

    jaydyer, any chance you have anything written or any video thoughts on the conclusion to "The Matrix: Revolutions"?

  • @AntaresBottia
    @AntaresBottia 13 років тому +1

    I got one for you ------- the long waves at the end to mrs darko, ten years on from 2011!

  • @robertgowdey
    @robertgowdey 9 років тому +4

    Depeche Mode ftw

  • @t-dubya9276
    @t-dubya9276 2 роки тому +2

    So basically the movie is about true love and how he chooses to save the only person he ever loved instead of Choosing his other path ..so he does believe in destiny and a possibility of a higher power power

    • @richarevans
      @richarevans Рік тому +1

      Either he dies or he ends up in jail or an asylum with his girlfriend, Frank, his mother and his kid sister dead. I still don't understand why it is Frank showing him the future, or what happens to the jet engine in the future (because the engine still falls through the wormhole) , presumably the jet crashes? Are his mother and sister on board? As for destiny Frank says to him "I can do anything I want, and so can you". Which means there is no destiny. Yet that is contradicted by FRanks etc

  • @hellymonster
    @hellymonster 8 місяців тому

    I just watched Donnie Darko for the first time since about 2004 and came straight here afterwards knowing you'd have something interesting to say about it. At least, I think that's you...

  • @dylancornell1386
    @dylancornell1386 3 роки тому +1

    Can you update the link for the written analysis please!

  • @theslatonator6919
    @theslatonator6919 5 років тому +2

    I don’t see how anyone can discuss this movie without talking about quantum mechanics, tho.....

  • @fictitiousarts
    @fictitiousarts 8 років тому +1

    What about the airplane engine that bounces on the floor of the house after it crashes through the roof? Ever notice that?

  • @lifeinsystem
    @lifeinsystem 6 років тому +1

    I love deep forest! Great video!

  • @abirdseyeview3047
    @abirdseyeview3047 8 років тому +2

    clue. the hidden 9 11 in donnie darko is a car. clue. hulk hogan costume is a reference to a twin towers match to come.

  • @mrdf12345
    @mrdf12345 8 років тому +1

    it's personal journey through time than anything else.
    do not insult my life!

  • @EventualDenial
    @EventualDenial 12 років тому +4

    I'm not sure what you said, but there's a lot of books behind you, so it must have been something smart.

  • @sinterQ
    @sinterQ 13 років тому +1

    have you tried Southland Tales?? :)

  • @renelisha
    @renelisha 11 років тому +1

    is that an Icon on the right? who?

  • @jakedizzle
    @jakedizzle 4 місяці тому

    Chunky boi jay

  • @tetrahydroscope
    @tetrahydroscope 3 роки тому +1

    Jay's accent heh.

  • @DMCx2MT
    @DMCx2MT 11 років тому

    esoteric symbolism is only understood by a few. If you don't understand something please don't label it "fucking stupid." If you don't agree with it that's something you need to work out on your own

  • @joedown1439
    @joedown1439 3 роки тому

    -donniedarko (anagram):
    ordained and ordinand...fits the role
    -jakegyllenhaal=enallage,
    this word defination not too clear
    substitute gender or number or tense
    middlesex thing maybe?

  • @JayDyer
    @JayDyer  11 років тому

    It's based on the interview Richard Kelley did explaning it as Jungian archetypes you fuck.

  • @tonkatanker8239
    @tonkatanker8239 5 років тому +1

    I think this film is about abortion.his life is just a dream has having in the womb.theres all these bad things waiting for him on the outside fear,child molesters and death which is stalking him.his mother has him aborted at the end.

    • @Lo-yx7sm
      @Lo-yx7sm 3 роки тому +2

      Why do u say that

  • @ihatesuburbia83
    @ihatesuburbia83 9 років тому +1

    the movie is about time travel

  • @ieatorbs
    @ieatorbs 10 років тому +5

    Maybe there's another element here, Donnie is on drugs and he is hallucinating, maybe Donnie is a Monarch mind control victim and Frank acts as his handler, and with suggestion he gets Donnie to burn down the house of the child molester. Which would be another twist on how he's destroying and also helping, then he eventually shoots Frank, his handler. It's typical of these mind control slaves to act out some fantasy reality situation instead of dealing with what's happening to them. A lot of fantasy movies a lot of the time are to do with the protagonist's psyche.

    • @fashtony2792
      @fashtony2792 6 років тому +1

      k

    • @tyronelol
      @tyronelol 3 роки тому +4

      In the directors cut you find out he was really on placebo pills and wasn't on drugs.

  • @AnonYmous-np6jn
    @AnonYmous-np6jn 2 роки тому +1

    Yeah, but have you seen the sequel; 'S. Darko'? Awful. Just, awful. 1/10. Would not recommend.

  • @MartinPeel
    @MartinPeel 2 роки тому +1

    fairly sure mongrels dont = idiots. breeding two species of dogs don't necessarily make them stupid. more like it's the school supporting the underdog compared to all the pedigree trust fund kids.

    • @RAJ-zo8cu
      @RAJ-zo8cu 2 роки тому

      Same logic, mongrels don’t = underdog

    • @MartinPeel
      @MartinPeel 2 роки тому

      @@RAJ-zo8cu i agree, yet many seem(ed) to think otherwise regarding breeding standards, mix and match, choose what's best for your offspring.

  • @abirdseyeview3047
    @abirdseyeview3047 8 років тому +2

    911 🏁 👌 666 🙉🙈🙊