Episode 167: Director Richard Kelly Special
Writer-director Richard Kelly hasn’t been around too long, but his three features have all been the subject of intense debate: Is Donnie Darko the great sci-fi fable of the 2000s or a teen angst pretension pit? Is Southland Tales, as the Village Voice’s J. Hoberman contends, a a “visionary” film, or creative control gone horribly wrong? And is his latest, The Box, an incomprehensible sci-fi mishmash or a return to form? Al, Mariko and Simon attempt to answer all these questions without falling into any aquatic time portals.
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Ricky D is the editor-in-chief of Sound on Sight and one of the hosts of 'Sound On Sight Radio', the 'Sordid Cinema' podcast and our videocast titled 'Front Row Center'. He also contributes written reviews when time permits.
Favorite films: 'Salo', 'Contempt', 'The Vanishing', 'Pulp Fiction' & 'La Haine'
Favorite Directors: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Quentin Tarantino, P.T. Anderson, Jean-Luc Godard, Billy Wilder & Stanley Kubrick 
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I disagree I think he looked his best in Brokeback Mountain. I think he did what all actors do at one point and that is work out a lot. So at a part of his career he looked pretty good but he is not naturally handsome but rather an average dude.
On the subject of Jake Gyllenhaal’s awkwardness: I firmly believe that he never became attractive, but rather attained his heart-throb status from being seen by teenage girls in this movie. He was so moody, isn’t that what girls of that age want?