Appearing at the BFI Southbank to celebrate the 4K restoration of his sci-fi time travel psychological horror, Donnie Darko, writer-director Richard Kelly talks to critic and broadcaster Danny Leigh about the film’s treatment of mental illness, the hell of high school and how British audiences saved the film from obscurity. Donnie Darko (2001) stars Jake Gyllenhaal as an alienated teenager who finds solace in a giant rabbit called Frank. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI. Watch more on the BFI Player: http://player.bfi.org.uk/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BFI Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BritishFilmInstitute Follow us on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+britishfilminstitute/