What if Donnie Darko had beef with Obama? This unhinged remix answers.
A remixed narrative that combines two Jake Gyllenhaal films (Donnie Darko and Jarhead) with news footage of former President Barack Obama.
Editing
Frank the bunny meets presidential speeches somehow works
Production
Zero-budget audacity turning two films into conspiracy fever dream
Director
Diran Lyons
Heather Matarazzo
Tia (archive footage)
Barack Obama
Self
Jena Malone
Gretchen Ross (archive footage)
Eva Amurri
Cassandra (archive footage)
Peter Sarsgaard
Alan Troy (archive footage)
Chris Cooper
Lt. Col. Kazinski (archive footage)
Patrick Fugit
Patrick (archive footage)
Brian Geraghty
Fergus O'Donnell (archive footage)
Alex Greenwald
Seth Devlin (archive footage)
Seth Rogen
Ricky Danforth (archive footage)
Jake Gyllenhaal
Donnie Darko / Anthony Swafford (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 2010 remix emerged during peak Obama-era disillusionment, capturing a specific internet moment when remix culture met political skepticism before 'deepfake' was everyday vocabulary.
Diran Lyons specialized in these political remixes, turning Hollywood footage into anarchic commentary years before TikTok made the format ubiquitous.
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