Hi. I was wondering if you could help me find a movie to watch at home tonight?
Yes. What movie service were you looking to watch this film?
Redbox.
Can you give me some details about your movie?
Yeah. I was thinking about some kind of crime drama. Maybe something that's not quite mainstream. Maybe something I haven't heard of.
Any particular actor or actress in this movie?
No, just something that's not mainstream. Something, like I said, that maybe I haven't heard of.
How about the movie Donnie Darko or Requiem for a Dream?
Could you tell me more about Donnie Darko?
In a funny, moving and distinctly mind-bending journey through suburban America, one extraordinary but disenchanted teenager is about to take Time's Arrow for a ride. After surviving a freak accident, Donnie (Jake Gyllenhaal) begins to explore what it means to be alive, and in short order to be in love, he uncovers secrets of the universe that give him a tempting power to alter time and destiny.
That sounds pretty good. Could you tell me about the other one?
Imaginatively evoking the inner landscape of human beings longing to connect, to love and feel loved, the film is a parable of happiness gloriously found and tragically lost. "Requiem for a Dream" tells parallel stories that are linked by the relationship between the lonely, widowed Sara Goldfarb and her sweet but aimless son, Harry. The plump Sara, galvanized by the prospect of appearing on a TV game show, has started on a dangerous diet regimen to beautify herself for a national audience.
Okay. That sounds pretty good too, but I think I want the first one, Donnie Darko.
Good choice.