“DONNIE DARKO”: Saw this movie on Friday with Tepper, an anarchocapitalist for marriage, and Mrs. Shamed. (Tepper: “So… we’ve got a conservative, an anarchocapitalist, and a radical federalist.” What better group to see a movie about a giant apocalyptic rabbit?)

Anyway. I’m still not sure whether “DD” made any sense. Apparently this site OOPS! this site! offers some guidance. I will say that I am really, really, REALLY looking forward to seeing it again. It feels sprawling or sloppy in structure, but I’m pretty sure every moment was crafted to advance the point–whatever that point was! The main thing I’m still trying to figure out is what the $#@! was up with Jim Cunningham and his final fate, so if you have theories on what happened to him and how it plays into the main questions of the movie, send ’em along.

I described “DD” to Ratty as “a perfect late ’80s/early ’90s teen-rebellion flick–like ‘Heathers’ or ‘Pump Up the Volume’ only much better–crossed with a Christian or quasi-Christian apocalyptic movie.”

Her response: “So basically this was the movie of your life, then?”

Yeah. I’ve gotta see this again.