I now understand DONNIE DARKO! PU = Primary Universe (The Universe we exist in now) TU = Tangent Universe (The parallel Universe that most of the film is set in) Time is usually a stable construct but every now and then the fourth dimension gets corrupted. When this happens it creates a TU which is highly unstable and will only last a few weeks before it collapses and destroys itself and the PU. This is what happens, there is a corruption in time and a jet engine falls through it. This has created a TU and the next 28 days is set in this alternate reality. Artifacts are evidence that a TU has been created and are made from metal. In this case the Artifact is a giant jet engine. When the Artifact appears it unbalances the Universe. There was one of everything but now the TU has a duplicate jet engine. The only way to save the Universe is to guide the Artifact back into the PU through a time portal. By removing the extra jet engine from the TU it balances out the Universe. This will close the TU safely without destroying the PU at the same time. Donnie is chosen as the Living Receiver. It’s the Living Receiver’s role to guide the Artifact back to the PU. The Living Receiver is usually blessed with some supernatural powers during their time in the TU including increased strength, the ability to conjure fire and water and telekinesis. He uses strength to bury the axe into the school water pipe and solid bronze mascot. He uses fire to burn Jim Cunningham’s house down He floods the school and constructs a time portal from water. He uses telekinesis to rip the jet engine off the plane to send it through the time portal. Anyone connected to the Living Receiver who dies in the TU becomes Manipulated Dead. These people are very powerful and have the ability to move through time and talk to the Living Receiver through a Fourth Dimensional Construct. Frank is killed in the TU and therefore becomes one of the Manipulated Dead. He travels back in time and helps Donnie with his quest to return the Artifact. The first thing he must do is save Donnie by waking him up before he gets squashed by the jet engine. He is like a reverse ghost who appears before he was killed. All the people connected to the Living Receiver are the Manipulated Living and these people will subconsciously help guide the Living receiver. They will behave in the exact perfect way necessary to push Donnie toward his eventual destiny. Nearly every event in the film has a specific purpose designed to aid Donnie to save the Universe. The driving force behind there behaviour is God; It’s actually a very religious film, the idea that you follow God’s channel to decide your own fate. God is moving all the characters around like pieces on a chessboard, making a sequence of events that will lead to Donnie’s success. At the end of the film a timestorm starts to form as Donnie drives up the mountain, it’s the beginning of the TU collapse and is centred over Donnie’s house which is where the TU began. Donnie constructs a time portal from water and guides the engine through it. This restores the PU back to October 2nd, the birth of the TU. The last 28 days never happened and Donnie wakes up in his bed laughing. The jet engine Donnie sent through the time portal then falls into his bedroom killing him. Even though the last 28 days never actually happened some of the Manipulated will be haunted in there dreams by there experiences within the TU. Frank touching his eye at the end is evidence of this.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 05:46:45 +0000
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