21. Cherita Chen
In what could be seen as a racist part of the movie, Kelly takes a lot of 80's ignorance/misunderstandings and hurls abuse at Chinese student Cherita Chen. It's a bold statement, yet highlights how evil school children can be. Her role is key to the piece as she opens up Donnie to certain revelations whilst further establishing a darker world behind the plastic suburbia.
22. Kitty Farmer
An evil character of kinds, the religious nut of the piece, her whiny voice and manipulated ways add to the humor and present the quint essential figure of America's past. Just another iconic role to add to the pile. And isn't it just impossible to see actress
Beth Grant as any other character after this, no matter what movie she appears in.
23. The Killing Moon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfqTq5Aso4o
24. Quotes:
Some good shit huh? 'Its a cigarette
25. Graham Greene
The works of
Graham Greene are discussed throughout the film; they cleverly mirror the events and emotions of the narrative, as a kind of foreshadowing. Few teen dramas make such great use of the literature debates. Kelly really related to and maturely gets across the authors writing in a simplistic way. The narrative ploy is just one of many techniques Kelly uses throughout to make the viewer go ahhhh and oooooh in both shock and recognition.
'They say right when they flood the house and they tear it to shreds that... destruction is a form of creation, so the fact that they burn the money is ironic. They just want to see what happens when they tear the world apart. They want to change things.'