Simply put, existentialism could not have been more perfectly displayed with the evolving and devolving story of Donnie Darko. The story builds with the choices of Donnie makes. This is special only because a subconscious potential future (if that makes sense) leads him through a winding road of choices. This is really what existentialism is all about. To some it may appear that Donnie has experienced mental corruption, but to him, he is breaking his natural tendencies and seeing where it leads. I think this movie talks about the potential of existentialism and how the choices you make can alter your own existence and the existence of others around you. Instead of Donnie simply dying, he experiences where his life would have gone had he not gotten crushed.
Yes but he didn't CHOOSE to view his potential future life. It seems to me it was predetermined that he was going to be the special time traveling guy who was going to have to sacrifice himself in order to save the world. He was never given a choice to be that guy.
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