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Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:00 AM

Beyond the Multiplex

Is the spectacularly ambitious "Southland Tales" the next "Donnie Darko"? Plus: Noah Baumbach on directing Nicole Kidman in the wrenching "Margot at the Wedding" (an interview and podcast).

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  • Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:04 PM

    Donnie Darko was about two hours two long.

    Sorry I didn't miss it.

    I get that not everybody has the same taste (and some seem convinced that theirs is superior to others based on opinions about one movie), but only in the film industry can you fail the first time out of the gate as spectacularly as this guy has failed and get a bigger and better second chance to fail all over again by spending even more money to do the exact same thing.

    He's not a genius. He's not even a competent filmmaker. He doesn't even steal ideas as well as the Wachowskis, for instance. Which means, in what will seem like no time at all, we'll all be back here discussing his third movie, too.

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