Donnie Darko, Jesus Christ, and Religion in the 80s

Context: This is an essay I wrote for a film analysis class, as such, tone is very formal.  Movies are much more fun than they sound in an academic essay. None the less, Donnie Darko is a neat film, and it was great to combine my interests of cinema and religious studies. The cinematic experience is inherently dreamlike. How many times have you walked out of a movie theater in