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. As they drive, Boxer continues to talk about his screenplay, explaining a subplot involving a miracle baby that doesn't produce bowel movements. As part of his job, Jericho must tattoo a symbol from every world religion onto his body and, when the Messiah reaches maturity, the "winning" religion's symbol will bleed snake blood. the Indian chief Boxer encounters in the graphic novels). But, unexpectedly, police officer Bart Buchman (Jon Lovitz) pulls up and shoots both of them for real. Messiah = high spirituality. Since then, Kelly has released prequel comics to coincide with the film. "[37] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 44 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Dr. Severin Exx read Krysta the Book of Revelation while she was under hypnosis. Roger Ebert called it "the most disastrous Cannes press screening since, yes, 'The Brown Bunny.'" "Three Days [Live Version]" by Jane's Addiction15. : The original script was written 6 years ago just after Richard and his team returned from Sundance. Ronald persuades him not to commit suicide, and the two decide to go to Mexico. Reading the graphic novels shows that she had the revelation of the screenplay, which happened (more or less) as she said it would, much as the book of revelation was occurring (more or less) as John had proposed it. 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. Metacritic Reviews. Roland, a Hermosa Beach police officer, had gotten involved in a "deep conspiracy" and would be in danger if anybody found out that he was alive. "Samuel Goldwyn to handle US distribution of Southland Tales", "Universal, Wild Bunch board Southland Tales", This Maligned 2006 Movie About Dystopian L.A. Is Too Real at This Point. Suddenly, a bright light appears through windows and a mushroom cloud rises in the distance: Abilene has been nuked. His colleague, Starla Von Luft (Michelle Durrett), has planted a bug on his jacket and is leading the police forces to their hideout. "Very soon now, I shall be with you again, bringing the reward to be given to every man according to what he deserves"Revelation 21? The Region 1 DVD was released on March 18, 2008, in North America and the Region 2 release was on March 31, 2008, in the United Kingdom. That would be Fluid Karma. The film also evokes Kurt Vonnegut's sci-fi absurdism, Philip K. Dick's philosophical approach to time travel, and Thomas Pynchon's sprawling narratives.The film that is most obviously referenced is "Kiss Me Deadly," a 1955 film noir about a private detective who uncovers a plot to detonate a nuclear device. Fluid karma is an "organic compound" that the Treer company discovered while drilling off the coast of Israel. Edit, According to The Prequel Saga, "The Power" was written entirely by Krysta Now, who is apparently psychic. The Grey Horseman. According to the "Prequel Saga," "The Power" was written entirely by Krysta Now, who is apparently psychic. "[12] He described the film as a "tapestry of ideas all related to some of the biggest issues that I think we're facing right now . And why is he having an affair with Krysta Now? It tells the story of Jericho Cane, a renegade Los Angeles police officer (and Boxer Santaros doppelgnger), who teams up with Dr. Muriel Fox, a psychic stripper (and Krysta Now doppelgnger), to protect a baby named Caleb. In near-future 2008, Los Angeles (referred to as "The Southland" by locals) is a dystopian[8] city on the brink of chaos overshadowed by the growth of an underground neo-Marxist organization. Roger Ebert described the Cannes screening as "The most disastrous since, yes, The Brown Bunny. The world ends. At least that way, he isn't . What exactly happens at the end of the movie? What are all of those tattoos on the body of Boxer Santaros (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson)? 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. They can use their telepathy as an advantage this way. Thinking it's her sex tape with Boxer, she takes it with her. . Dragon from Revelation 12 and 13 (Puppet of the Anti-Christ)Pilot Abeline: "Wave of Mutilation [UK Surf Version]" by Pixies2. 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. 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. In 2016, I implore you to give it a shot. Madeline walks in and tells him that he has been speaking in his sleep. Southland 's heart-pounding and ultimately heart-breaking final hour centered around the hunt for the two meth heads who killed one of the LAPD's own in last week's captivating episode. What's Justin Timberlake doing in all of this? It is unhinged, and occasionally exhilarating, and quite often funny. Ultimately, we may have to vote with our thumbs at some point. Director: Richard Kelly. "[41], On the program Ebert & Roeper, Richard Roeper and guest critic Michael Phillips gave the film a negative review. Serpentine explains that the world is coming to an end; the rotation of the Earth is slowing at a rate of .000000006 miles per hour every day. ------------------------------------------. Edit, It is implied that they are either divorced or brother and sister. There already exist generators powered by rivers or by wind, which clearly do not contravene physical law. ("Taverner" is the name of the main character in the same book and suffers identity problems of his own.) 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 Book of Revelation is the last book in the New Testament. No, it's not just you. The name may also reference the actor Fortunio Bonanova who starred as Carmen Trivago in the film Kiss Me Deadly, itself a considerable influence on Southland Tales. All of these references to Marxism aren't entirely unconnected to the film's biblical references. 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. Above him, Pilot Abilene (Justin Timberlake) sits in a gun turret and recites from the Book of Revelation, Robert Frost's poem "The Two Roads" and an inverted version of T.S. Most of the screenplay is included in the "Prequel Saga.". When Boxer and Taverner went through the space-time rift, they traveled 69 minutes back in time -- creating duplicate versions of themselves. Martin climbs on top of the truck and launches a missile at the mega-zeppelin. The filmmaker explained that the original film is chapters 4-6, while a prequel project will explore chapters 1-3 with intentions being to do so through an animation medium; while additional projects can explore events that take place in 2024. "And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death"Revelation 11: "Yes They Can! Nana Mae Frost is also monitoring the entire situation from USIDent. For "Southland Tales," he loosely adapted the plot of the Book of Revelation and set it in an alternate version of the present day. What is the glowing orb carried around by Dr. Kuntzler? 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 easy to empathize with his position, not so easy to remain engrossed in a film that's occasionally inspired but ultimately manic and scattered. Why would Martin let himself die after he killed everyone on the Mega-Zeppelin? Zora Carmichaels and Bart Buchman return to the Neo-Marxist headquarters, where we learn that the two are lovers and have planned the murder of Dion and Dream. "[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. "[44], In a 2013 interview, Kelly said he considered this work as "the thing that I'm most proud of, and I feel like it's sort of the misunderstood child or the banished child. One copy of Boxer traveled 69 minutes back in time, while the other copy was killed by an explosive charge in the car. He said, "[The original script] was more about making fun of Hollywood. This has opened up a rift in the space-time continuum on the outskirts of Lake Mead. "Southland Tales" also borrows from "Repo Man," which ends with a flying car (and which also referenced "Kiss Me Deadly"). "Look Back In" by Moby5. Protector of the Messiah/False ProphetRoland Taverner: NEXT UP REVOLVER (2005)!Southland Tales competed for. [22], Kelly edited the film down to the basic storylines of the characters portrayed by Scott, Gellar, and Johnson. We may have to wait for the DVD commentary to figure that one out. It tells the story of Jericho Cane, a renegade Los Angeles police officer (and Boxer Santaros doppelgnger), who teams up with Dr. Muriel Fox, a psychic stripper (and Krysta Now doppelgnger), to protect a baby named Caleb. Krysta Now stops by Zora's place to buy some drugs, when she notices the tape of Dream and Dion's murder on a chair. The film also evokes Kurt Vonnegut's sci-fi absurdism, Philip K. Dick's philosophical approach to time travel, and Thomas Pynchon's sprawling narratives. But now it's about, I hope, creating a piece of science fiction that's about a really important problem we're facing, about civil liberties and homeland security and needing to sustain both those things and balance them. The movie plays in the background in several scenes, and in the "Prequel Saga," Krysta tells Boxer it is his favorite movie. 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. Both vehicles come to a rest in the middle of a shootout and Walter Mung is killed. Its plot hinges on a barely explained back story involving rifts in the fourth dimension. Its story overlaps with the movie, so it explains some of the back story. A cool guy. Also, they had sex. Amongst the songs not available on the soundtrack but featured in the film are Muse's "Blackout", The Killers' "All These Things That I've Done", and Blur's "Tender". Fortunio and his buddies break into USIDent, killing all of the employees, including Nana Mae Frost. Fortunio's goons inject Boxer with fluid karma and load him into an ambulance. After the attacks, Kelly revised the script. 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, The name does not refer to anything other than the anagram and the late U.S. One critic wondered if Kelly had ever met another human being. There will be some dancing and singing, but it will be incorporated into the story in very logical scenarios as well as fantasy dream environments. Lukas Dhonts Close explores the abrupt end of boyhood, Martin McDonaghs The Banshees of Inisherin: a brilliantly nasty Irish fable, Universal Credit falls short of covering the bare essentials. Why that happens when the Taverners touch, only Richard Kelly knows. Edit, "The Power" is a pretty hilarious piece of work. It's not exactly easy to follow, and its meaning is still heavily debated, but if you read it as a prophecy, this is one way of interpreting it: In the future, the world will be a miserable place filled with war, famine and disease. 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. But even with the changes, the film is still almost impossible to understand, a trait that probably hasn't helped its box office. 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. All rights reserved. Ronald and Roland Taverner, furthermore, are not twins, but copies of the same person. Second, fluid karma is the name used by Treer for the "hydroelectric energy field" produced by the their Utopia tidal generators. It has a similar plot to Southland Tales, but with different characters and more gratuitous product placement. And then you would miss all the jokes and stop enjoying the dance sequences. The title refers to the Southland, a name used by locals to refer to Southern California and Greater Los Angeles. A website was also developed to intertwine with the graphic novels and the film itself. After losing a game of cards, Fortunio needed to make his way back into California, and Krysta offered to set him up with a visa. Pilot Abilene, who has been watching the scene from his gun turret, shoots and kills Starla. Is it just me, or did that make no sense? [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. What's the deal with the "I'm a pimp, and pimps don't commit suicide" motto? Roland and Ronald (Seann William Scott) meet and shake hands. (Krystas pop album is called Teen Horniness is Not a Crime.) Edit, Richard Kelly stated in his interview with Empire, She was designed as a sort of Arianna Huffington meets Jenna Jameson. They will reign forever and ever." No one really knows (except Richard Kelly, of course) but the glow could be to establish a connection between the two Taverners, that they are two identical souls walking on the same plane. This is the way the world ends not with a bang, but with a fascinating near three-hour disaster of a movie, as deranged as Heavens Gate and as distinctively mid-Noughties as a Juicy Couture tracksuit. Ten years ago, a critical audience at Cannes sealed 'Southland Tales' fate. [7] The title refers to the Southland, a name used by locals to refer to Southern California and the Greater Los Angeles area. So "The Power" is an adaptation of the Book of Revelation, written by a character in a movie called "Southland Tales" that is itself an adaptation of a screenplay based on the Book of Revelation? Filming was slated to begin in July 2004, but after a year, it had not begun. There are hundreds of these mechanical balls buried everywhere in the Southland. External Reviews He is a pimp and pimps don't commit suicide.". He played a character named "Donnie" in a movie with Boxer Santaros (in an obvious allusion to "Donnie Darko"). 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. Jericho Cane is the name of Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in "End of Days." 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. But once they went through the rift, the car's self-destruct mechanism was activated, killing the copy of Boxer that did not travel back in time. Edit, The term fluid karma is used to refer to two things in the movie. Boxer meets Fortunio on the beach after his rendezvous with Starla. At their Venice Beach headquarters, we meet the rest of the Neo-Marxists, including Veronica "Dream" Mung (Amy Poehler) and Dion Element (Wood Harris). One moment, for example, is during Cyndi's meeting where she asks Krysta how much of her own money is she putting into her career makeover. ", "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.". Boxer diverts the attention away from the real messiah, who almost gets killed. There is no real-life equivalent to the movie's "organic compound" which grants people telepathy etc. "Howl [Extended Version]" by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club4. First, it refers to an "organic compound" that the Treer company discovered while drilling off the coast of Israel, which exists under the Earth's mantle, and circles the world like a "serpent." On September 8, 2008, it was announced that it would be one of the five films being released on Blu-ray on November 18, 2008. It is suddenly interrupted when Boxer pulls out a gun and threatens to kill himself unless everybody evacuates the mega-zeppelin. It stinks and we have to accept it. 125, Second Movement "Molto Vivace", by Ludwig van Beethoven "Tender" by Blur "It Looks Down" by Moby "Ceanograph" by Moby (featured in Cannes cut, not in theatrical cut) "The Real Thing" by The Shakers "Blackout" by Muse Roland and Ronald are the Messiah and in the end they find each other and save humanity through the power of forgiveness. Additionally, tracks from Radiohead, Louis Armstrong, Beethoven, Kris Kristofferson, and several tracks from Moby's Hotel:Ambient are likewise absent from the album. Initial release: May 21, 2006. He's the best friend of Seann William Scott's character (Roland Taverner), so he's witness to the resurrection. For . Defecation is a part of life. If you haven't seen the movie and don't want to have it -- or the graphic novels -- spoiled, you should stop reading this right now. The police break into Neo-Marxist headquarters and kill Kenny Chan. Jericho Cane is the name of Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in "End of Days.". Richard Kelly's science-fiction comedy was widely derided on release in 2006, but it has since found a cult audience. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [It] restores an uncanny to American culture, she wrote in Fetishism and Curiosity, that the uncanny president disavows. 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. A weekly newsletter helping you fit together the pieces of the global economic slowdown. 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. Zora abruptly pushes Ronald from the car, and runs over Bing. The only new special feature announced was an audio commentary by Kelly. All three graphic novels were written by Richard Kelly, with artwork by Brett Weldele. This soundtrack has 41 tracks, 9 of which are sound bytes taken from the film. [18] Much to his surprise, they loved it and wanted the film entered in competition for the Palme d'Or. The mega-zeppelin explodes, and its pieces scatter across L.A. [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. Edit, Richard Kelly stated in his interview with Empire film magazine, The idea of wireless electricity and tides being a source of energy, and there being a potentially world-altering energy source under the ocean, is based on real scientific theory. For reasons that never become entirely clear, he was hired by the Baron to kidnap Boxer Santaros from a charity scavenger hunt and drive him to Lake Mead. If you read the graphic novel, you'll find the legend which is spoken by Bai Ling's character Serpentine. The movie plays in the background in several scenes, and in the "Prequel Saga," Krysta tells Boxer it is his favorite movie. 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. What does the name Martin Kefauver refer to, other than to its anagram "Freak Man Virtue" and the late U.S. senator? When Vaughn threatens her, she tells him that she has multiple copies, then Tasers him in the balls. The other characters have all played their part and are redeemed in the end to enjoy eternal life. The soundtrack does not feature all the music from the film, probably due to rights/royalties issues. 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