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What's the deal with this screenplay-within-the-movie that all the characters keep referring to? As in "Southland Tales," a character in "Kiss Me Deadly" picks up a stranger in the desert, and one of the main characters in the film is named after a poet. It never becomes clear what exactly happened in the desert. 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It was first released in 2006 to almost uniformly terrible reviews, and has since found an audience with fans who love it for its great ambition, its disdain for common sense, and its prescient use of neo-Marxism, internet censorship and celebrity sex-tapes as harbingers of the future. Eliot's "Hollow Men. Edit, The film was originally meant to be released in the autumn of 2006 but was pushed back a year to a limited release in the winter of 2007. "Howl [Extended Version]" by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club4. She cuts the ribbon as USIDent employees -- dressed in windbreakers -- applaud. Much of Pilot Abilene's voiceover consists of direct quotations from the Book of Revelation. "Look Back In" by Moby5. His musical dream sequence, which is actually a drug-induced telepathic thing, is the emotional center of the whole piece, since he was accidentally disfigured by his friend. Kelly said: "[Southland Tales] will only be a musical in a post-modern sense of the word in that it is a hybrid of several genres. The Tangent Universe is an alternate reality to our own. NEXT UP REVOLVER (2005)!Southland Tales competed for. Southland Tales is an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. A weekly newsletter helping you fit together the pieces of the global economic slowdown. The original script was written 6 years ago just after Richard and his team returned from Sundance. Edit, Yes, there is a soundtrack available to buy, from Amazon.com or any other retailer that specializes in music. He called it a "strange hybrid of the sensibilities of Andy Warhol and Philip K. Ronald walks up to Martin Kefauver's Hummer, which is parked near the ocean. : Kids are shooting home video of their Independence Day barbecue. [18] After the film's festival release, Southland Tales was purchased by Sony Pictures (via their label Destination Films) and Samuel Goldwyn Films, originally Sony Pictures Classics, Screen Gems and TriStar Pictures were up for US distribution rights. Edit, The term fluid karma is used to refer to two things in the movie. On the soundtrack, Pilot Abilene says, "Revelation 21: And God wiped away the tears from his eyes so the new Messiah could see into the new Jerusalem, his name was Officer Roland Taverner from Hermosa Beach, California. ", "This is the way the world ends, This is the way the world ends, This is the way the world ends, Not with a whimper, but with a bang.". One copy of Boxer traveled 69 minutes back in time, while the other copy was killed by an explosive charge in the car. The film features an ensemble cast including Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mandy Moore, and Justin Timberlake. Although it's part of a different section in the book, Revelation also refers to the Whore of Babylon -- dressed in scarlet and covered in gold -- as a symbol of Babylon's corruption. Edit, Richard Kelly stated in his interview with Empire, They're representations of every major religion on Earth. Edit, Richard Kelly stated in his interview with Empire, He's the snake-oil salesman who shows up in Santa Monica with the elixir of God. Krysta is brought to the Frost mansion, where she is confronted by Madeline. The second section of the film ("V: Memory Gospel") begins. The purpose of these novels is to explain much of the back-story and set the viewer up for parts IV, V and VI in the movie itself.An article titled Everything you were afraid to ask about Southland Tales. When Vaughn threatens her, she tells him that she has multiple copies, then Tasers him in the balls. Musician Moby was approached on composing and performing the film's score. Like its contemporary David Lynchs Inland Empire (which used the then modern aesthetic of digital video to emphasise the way technology allowed the user to be present in two places, and therefore exist in two different states) it exaggerates the ugliness of 2006 the tribal tattoos and the awful CGI, the typefaces that look like something from a bitchin Geocities website until what was merely bad taste looks absurd, a dark dream that takes place in a strip mall food court. Unfortunately, the reworked film was received just as poorly, seen as an unfinished version of something much bigger. The movie plays in the background in several scenes, and in the "Prequel Saga," Krysta tells Boxer it is his favorite movie. Copyright 2023 Salon.com, LLC. So if that's anything to go by, it may have been Al-Qaeda. Boxer and Roland run out in a panic. Senator. The Treer generators were slowing the rotation of Earth by .0000006 mile per hour (.9 inch per day, or 2.3 centimeters per day), per day, which caused strange effects around the world. The two Rolands found each other in the end, but the movie ends before we can see what actually happens to them. Southland Tales is a 2006 American dystopian comedy thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly. The novels were written by Kelly and illustrated by Brett Weldele. Back at USIDent headquarters, we learn that Boxer was kidnapped at a charity scavenger hunt several days earlier, and a charred body, presumed to be his, has been found in the desert near Lake Mead. The soundtrack does not feature all the music from the film, probably due to rights/royalties issues. In 2021, Kelly announced that there are developments to expand the film into a franchise. The film was released in the UK on December 7, 2007, exclusively to UK cinema chain Cineworld in a limited number of locations. Neo-Marxist cells have begun to converge on central Los Angeles. It's easy to empathize with his position, not so easy to remain engrossed in a film that's occasionally inspired but ultimately manic and scattered. The Book of Revelation and Marxism have been connected by academicsboth advocate the overthrow of tyranny. Southland Tales grossed $275,380 in limited release at the North American box office and $99,363 in Turkey and United Kingdom for a worldwide total of $374,743,[6] against a production budget of $17 million. In "Southland Tales" the Earth's rotation IS actually slowing down BECAUSE of an inter-dimensional rift above Lake Meade. Before being drafted, Pilot Abilene was also a movie star. That's why he wakes up on the beach at the start of the movie. A blockade in the Strait of Hormuz impedes the flow of oil to the United States, causing an increased demand for alternative fuel sources. At a beachside restaurant, Krysta Now meets Cyndi Pinziki (Nora Dunn), a porn producer with ties to the Neo-Marxist movement, to discuss Krysta's marketing plan. If these scenes are anything to go by, very minuscule moments in them that were cut can be noticed and they are now more compact and give the bare essentials in the theatrical cut. [4][5], Along with two other American filmmakers (Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette and Richard Linklater's Fast Food Nation), Kelly's follow-up to Donnie Darko was in competition for the coveted Palme d'Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival[32] and was screened on May 21 at the Grand Lumiere Theater. All rights reserved. The feature film comprises the final three parts of the experience. Set in the then-near future of 2008, the film is a portrait of Los Angeles, and a satiric commentary on the militaryindustrial complex and the infotainment industry. In the hopes of helping you make sense of the movie, we've decided to unravel "Southland Tales" as we've done for "Mulholland Drive," "The Wire" and, of course, "Donnie Darko." Metacritic Reviews. "[43] Manohla Dargis also gave the film a positive review in The New York Times, writing, "He doesn't make it easy to love his new film, which turns and twists and at times threatens to disappear down the rabbit hole of his obsessions. Surrounded by his entourage, which includes Serpentine (Bai Ling); the Baron's mother, Dr. Inga Von Westphalen (Marion Card); Dr. Katarina Kuntzler (Zelda Rubinstein) and Dr. Soberin Exx (Curtis Armstrong) -- all dressed like a Cirque du Soleil troupe -- the Baron explains how fluid karma works: by "quantum entanglement.". Edit, After Roland Taverner came back from Iraq, he got a job as a police officer in Hermosa Beach, thanks to his father. The Second Law of Thermodynamics refers to a closed system, wherein entropy will accumulate and efficiency will diminish until the system stops. Edit, The Treer company is a German defense contractor that employs Dr. Inga Von Westphalen, a zeppelin designer and the Baron's mother. As the movie suggests, the Baron conducted secret experiments, headed by Simon Theory, with soldiers in Iraq. It's. One theory is that duplicate souls from alternate timelines are not meant to exist together in a single timeline. [19], Many critics responded unfavorably to the film's long running time and sprawling nature. Treer knew of these effects and decided to use it to their advantage in the war. Singer Rebekah Del Rio, who (as herself) performs the "Star Spangled Banner" onboard the mega-zeppelin, is also featured in David Lynch's "Mulholland Drive." Fortunio's goons inject Boxer with fluid karma and load him into an ambulance. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Boxer, although he does not remember it, is married to the daughter of a Republican senator who is in turn the brains behind an agency called US-IDent, which controls what citizens can and cannot see on the internet. What does the name Fortunio Balducci refer to? Why would Martin let himself die after he killed everyone on the Mega-Zeppelin? Two souls join into one, the forth dimension collapses. They claim to have read his screenplay. Protector of the Messiah/False ProphetRoland Taverner: Eliot or the Book of Revelation. Then, a mushroom cloud appears on the horizon, and history jumps the tracks. Edit, He had fulfilled his purpose on the earth and as witness to the coming of the next age, saw his body as an empty shell and gave it away. The title refers to the Southland, a name used by locals to refer to Southern California and Greater Los Angeles. [citation needed]. When Krysta mentions that she is sleeping with Boxer Santaros, Cyndi decides to use this information to blackmail Boxer's father-in-law: Republican candidate Bobby Frost. On January 25th Arrow Video released a Blu Ray double pack of Richard Kelly's 2006 film Southland Tales.Disc 1 includes a new 2K restoration of the Theatrical Cut, along with a new retrospective documentary on the legacy and making of the film, while Disc 2 contains the longer, rarely seen Cannes Cut, which screened at that festival back in '06 to a glacial response. Southland Tales is a 2006 American dystopian comedy thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly. Richard Kelly's science-fiction comedy was widely derided on release in 2006, but it has since found a cult audience. What's the relation between Walter Mung and Veronica "Dream" Mung? How meta. The name Treer is a reference to Trier, Marx's birthplace. Things certainly ended on a dark note for many of the characters on the "Southland" season finale, but the final moments left fans' jaws on the ground in a cliffhanger that may never be resolved. During their discussion, they learn that Ronald has been dreaming of Boxer. When scientists injected fluid karma into the soldiers, they became telepathic and could see into the past and, eventually, the future. I think defecation is the result of an inferior food supply and spiritual weakness. Ambitious and arresting to the eye -- the gray palette serves the film well -- it's too bad that Southland Tales is also pretentious, chaotic, and tries too hard. Edit, "The Power" is a pretty hilarious piece of work. Both vehicles come to a rest in the middle of a shootout and Walter Mung is killed. This is because, at the end of the day, Southland Tales is a very indulgent, very silly and weirdly endearing film that all manages to come together in a near indescribable sweet spot. The movie and prequel saga focus a lot on the "blood red" version of the drug which gives the person using the drug ability to see, or "bleed", into the past, and with repeated use, the future. Elsewhere in the building, Ronald Taverner (Seann William Scott) is in the bathroom, looking at his reflection. Edit, Richard Kelly stated in his interview with Empire, Thumbprint identification is becoming much more prominent. Second, fluid karma is the name used by Treer for the "hydroelectric energy field" produced by the their Utopia tidal generators. "[33] Jason Solomons, in The Observer (UK), said that "Southland Tales was so bad it made me wonder if [Kelly] had ever met a human being" and that ten minutes of the "sprawling, plotless, post-apocalyptic farrago" gave him the "sinking feeling that this may be one of the worst films ever presented in [Cannes] competition. What's Justin Timberlake doing in all of this? Jericho Cane is the name of Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in "End of Days." As he waves at himself in the mirror, he notices that his reflection's movements don't match his own. Which quotes from the Books of Revelation are used in the film? This has opened up a rift in the space-time continuum on the outskirts of Lake Mead. The generators depicted in the film, and similar real-life power sources, are not closed systems but open ones. Boxer receives a phone call from Starla Von Luft -- who is still under the impression that she is Dr. Muriel Fox -- and tells him to call Vaughn Smallhouse, one of Frost's assistants. | Reproduction of material from any Salon pages without written permission is strictly prohibited. What's the deal with the Treer company, and why are there all these references to Karl Marx? Two witnesses appear in Jerusalem to speak out against the sins of mankind. So what's causing the Earth to slow down ? When Boxer (and Roland) traveled through the rift, it created duplicate versions of bothone set of duplicates traveled 69 minutes back in time, while the "originals" stayed in their original time. Liberal extremist cells start to emerge, including a group called the Neo-Marxists. Anything important or cool? How did the Taverners end up with the Neo-Marxists in Venice Beach? Krysta says she's putting it all in, Cyndi asks why she would do something that stupid, and that's what causes her to tell Cyndi she's sleeping with "a large and powerful man." He has the solution to the energy crisis and becomes the most powerful man on earth. Edit, Those who use Fluid Karma are "Chemical Bleeders" (e.g. We learn that July 4 will be the launch date for the new Treer mega-zeppelin (the "Jenny Von Westphalen"). In Southland Tales we have a movie whose frenetic, all-American surrealism - its blend of censorship and sexuality, commerce and violence - spookily pre-empted the prevailing culture under Donald Trump a decade before he was elected president. "In its willful, self-involved eccentricity, Southland Tales is really something else. Then, after several detours, Krysta and Boxer made their way to Los Angeles, where Boxer went on a nighttime stroll on the beach, injected himself with fluid karma and passed out. It's also symbolism for the above quote: almost a foreboding for the ending of the film where Roland turns out to be the Messiah. Edit, Awards Feb. 7, 2021. The current world ends, the joined souls become the new messiah, a new world begins. He says, "It all ends tonight.". Where does that qualifying characteristic for a messiah come from? You could argue that all of "Southland Tales" occurs in the Tangent Universe -- hence the film's alternate history of the past three years, and its weird mishmash of pop culture. Richard Kellys Southland Tales, a science-fiction comedy about the aftermath of the Third World War, is set in Los Angeles circa 2008, roughly three years after a sudden nuclear attack on Texas. It exists under the Earth's mantle, circles the world like a "serpent," and, as the movie explains, is being used by the Baron to power his Utopia energy plants. All three graphic novels were written by Richard Kelly, with artwork by Brett Weldele. But if Southland Tales follows the same logic as Donnie Darko, as laid out in that film's DVD extras, when the fourth dimension is corrupted, it causes the creation of two parallel universes: the Tangent Universe and the Primary Universe. Edit, The idea of not having a bowel movement really doesn't seem to have anything to do with being the messiah; it's more of a sign of human evolution led by the new messiah. Or, maybe it's just an hallucination from Fluid Karma that only the two of them can see (since Martin doesn't actually notice the light from his hands in the Hummer). Again, we're not entirely sure. A website was also developed to intertwine with the graphic novels and the film itself. Zelda Rubinstein and Beth Grant portray Dr. Katarina Kuntzler and Dr. Inga Von Westphalen, members of the baron's entourage. Shortly after they received their first injection of fluid karma, however, Taverner and Abilene were sent on a mission to Fallujah, and Taverner accidentally injured Abilene with a grenadedisfiguring him. Muriel and Jericho take the child after its parents are killed, and, under Muriel's guidance, drive to a farmhouse, where they are met by Serpentine, the Baron's mistress. The restaurant starts floating into space. It's too bad, because "Southland Tales" is one of the more interesting and ambitious American films in recent memory. Somehow I doubt that will ever happen. "Oh My Angel" by Bertha Tillman3. Kelly wrote Southland Tales shortly before the September 11 attacks. This would be a perpetual motion machine, and could not work. Running time: 160 minutes. Y'know, the way porn stars are exploited is not that far off from the way actors are exploited. the Indian chief Boxer encounters in the graphic novels). As Andrew O'Hehir put it, the recut film "transcends its adolescent awkwardness and approaches being magnificent." As Treer employees were interviewing the plane's passengers, they noticed that she was the only passenger who didn't suffer from amnesia and that she could see into the future. ("Taverner" is the name of the main character in the same book and suffers identity problems of his own.) His follow-up is a decidedly post-9/11 story, haunted by the Iraq War. Among his accomplices will be a "false prophet" -- a deceitful ruler. Its plot hinges on a barely explained back story involving rifts in the fourth dimension. Why did Roland Taverner end up driving Boxer Santaros through the space-time rift? When Boxer and Fortunio met up with Krysta, she recognized Boxer and managed to convince him that she was an actress researching a role in his new movie, "The Power." This is where "Operation Dream Theory" came into play. Ronald persuades him not to commit suicide, and the two decide to go to Mexico. Roland, Ronald, Pilot, etc.) Their hands begin to glow. In the "Southland Tales" universe, when war broke out following the nuclear attacks in Texas, Treer was contracted to build several mega-zeppelins to ferry troops and equipment across the world. If that wasnt enough, a German company whose CEO is played by Wallace Shawn has invented an infinite energy source called fluid karma. "Broken Hearted Savior" by Big Head Todd & The Monsters10. It has a similar plot to Southland Tales, but with different characters and more gratuitous product placement. Dick". The film features an ensemble cast including Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mandy Moore, and Justin Timberlake. Presumably, Tab was afraid that the Baron's people would find out that Roland had survived the trip through the time rift. Since then, Kelly has released prequel comics to coincide with the film. Ten years ago, a critical audience at Cannes sealed 'Southland Tales' fate. Southland Tales also predicted that the government was always watching us. It's a sign that he is at the edge of uncertainty as to who he is. 9 in D Minor, op. By the time the film reaches its climax -- which somehow manages to combine modern dance, a floating ice cream truck and the resurrection of Christ -- all semblance of logic has long since evaporated. Edit, Several days before the movie starts, on the same houseboat on Lake Mead, Tab Taverner, Ronald/Roland's father, told Ronaldwho has amnesiathat he must kidnap his brother in order to protect him. [14] With the film's premise of a nuclear attack on Texas, Kelly wanted to take a look at how the United States would respond and survive while constructing a "great black comedy. And why is he having an affair with Krysta Now? Muriel and Jericho take the child after its parents are killed, and, under Muriel's guidance, drive to a farmhouse, where they are met by Serpentine, the Baron's mistress. This means that Christianity has won the "contest" for Earth and is the one true faith. Original music was provided by Moby . He had Roland Taverner kidnap Boxer and drive him through the rift. The baby, she explains, is the Messiah, and Jericho is his guardian. Why does Boxer keep twiddling his fingers? In fact, Marx was indirectly influenced by the Book of Revelation in his writing. Edit, The name does not refer to anything other than the anagram and the late U.S. Southland Tales is a 2006 thriller and comedy-drama film and the second film of Richard Kelly. But even with the changes, the film is still almost impossible to understand, a trait that probably hasn't helped its box office. A white light emerges from their hands and the ice cream truck starts floating. A pregnant woman, a dragon and two beasts; They are the puppets of the Anti-ChristRevelation 22:12: alternative fuel or the increasing obsession with celebrity and how celebrity now intertwines with politics". Cindy meets Vaughn Smallhouse at a restaurant and gives him a copy of the sex tape. When Boxer and Taverner went through the space-time rift, they traveled 69 minutes back in timecreating duplicate versions of themselves. Ronald and Roland Taverner, furthermore, are not twins, but copies of the same person. Kelly wrote them while making the film and found it very difficult as it pushed him "to the edge of my own sanity", as he remarked in an interview.[18]. "[41], On the program Ebert & Roeper, Richard Roeper and guest critic Michael Phillips gave the film a negative review. Support 100 years of independent journalism. Due to the poor reception they received at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and still without a distributor, Richard Kelly went back and re-edited the film, trimming out 20-25 minutes worth of footage and adding approximately a hundred or so extra visual effects shots. "Southland Tales" opens on July 4, 2005, in Abilene, Texas. Boxer appears at the Santa Monica pier to meet Starla Von Luft. When they join hands, a bond is formed and the rule of singular existence is completely broken. On his way to meet Krysta, Fortunio discovered Boxer Santaros in the desert, stricken with amnesia. What was in the 20 to 25 minutes cut out of the original version showed at Cannes? Additionally, tracks from Radiohead, Louis Armstrong, Beethoven, Kris Kristofferson, and several tracks from Moby's Hotel:Ambient are likewise absent from the album. If you replace the Antichrist with the bourgeoisie, and the kingdom of God with a communist utopia, you've got the same basic narrative. Edit, Richard Kelly stated in his interview with Empire, He is the doomsday prophet, the witness of everything. | If "Southland Tales" is a semi-straightforward reinterpretation of the Book of Revelation, then Baron Von Westphalen is the Antichrist, Sen. Bobby Frost is probably his false prophet, Krysta Now is the Whore of Babylon, the two witnesses are probably Boxer Santaros and Roland Taverner, the white horse is the levitating ice cream truck, and Christ is Ronald and Roland Taverner. You know those overlooked classics that are critically ignored only to blossom into beautiful definitive works over time.like "Pinkerton" or "Starship Troo. [18], The track "Memory Gospel" was used from time to time by the CBC Radio One program Q in the background of an opening monologue given by host Jian Ghomeshi. All of these references to Marxism aren't entirely unconnected to the film's biblical references. Also, they had sex. Edit, Richard Kelly has stated that "Kiss Me Deadly" is a huge influence on Southland Tales and that Boxer Santaros was modeled off that film's main character, Mike Hammer. However, there was a promotional soundtrack that was given to members of the press when the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006. 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