Greenwich Library Cult Films to Screen 'Donnie Darko'

Greenwich Librarian Ed Morrissey’s new monthly film series devoted to bringing patrons classic cult movies from Hollywood, Europe and the rest of the world, continues next week.

On Thursday, April 9 at 6:30 p.m., Cult Films will screen the 2001 supernatural Donnie Darko.

In this offbeat, debut feature film by writer/director Richard Kelly, Donnie, a troubled teenager (Jake Gyllenhaal) is plagued by visions of a large, creepy bunny rabbit that manipulates him into committing a series of crimes after narrowly escaping a bizarre accident.

While the film had a successful first screening at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001, it enjoyed a less than successful debut in U.S. theatres shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Following Donnie Darko,the series will feature another ‘James Bond’ classic, Thunderball (1965) on Thursday, May 14.

In the course of this series, Morrissey covers a wide sweep of genres, comedies, crime noir, horror, thrillers, musicals, spaghetti westerns, Hitchcock, Fellini and more. These so-called fringe or over the top movies are featured by Greenwich Library Cult Films.

Patrons interested in cult films should visit www.greenwichlibrary.org/CultFilms.aspx to read some of Morrissey’s deep dives into the world of cult films in his blog.

This series is open to all at no charge and will be held in the Meeting Room.

For more information contact Ed Morrissey at emorrissey@greenwichlibrary.org or call (203) 622-7918.

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