Janeane Garofalo appears as General Teena MacArthur. 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. "[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. He called it a "strange hybrid of the sensibilities of Andy Warhol and Philip K. "And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death"Revelation 11: This would be a perpetual motion machine, and could not work. Before being drafted, Pilot Abilene was also a movie star. "[37] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 44 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". We zoom out to a satellite view, revealing that another nuclear bomb has been detonated in El Paso. Martin has just learned that he's been drafted to go to Iraq and is about to shoot himself in the head. It stinks and we have to accept it. 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. How meta. 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. The film features an ensemble cast including Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mandy Moore, and Justin Timberlake. So the parallels with the Bible are kind of buried. "Forget Myself" by Elbow13. The current world ends, the joined souls become the new messiah, a new world begins. Eliot's "Hollow Man" ("This is the way the world ends/ Not with a bang but with a whimper") and Robert Frost's "The Two Roads" ("Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-/ I took the one less traveled by"). Kids are shooting home video of their Independence Day barbecue. Pregnant woman from Revelation 12 and 13 (Puppet of the Anti-Christ)Bobby Frost and Vaughn Smallhouse: The Anti-ChristSerpentine: 9 in D Minor, op. Tide power, and the wireless transmission of electricity, are scientific realities. They also added in a newly animated opening prologue called the Doomsday Scenario Interface. Roland and Ronald (Seann William Scott) meet and shake hands. "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? Edit, Other than a name made up by Richard Kelly, an interpretation can be that the words "fortune" (fortunate) and "bald" can be taken from the name, and used to describe the character. He had Roland Taverner kidnap Boxer and drive him through the rift. 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. We'll begin with a recap of the film. But they're in there. Movie star Boxer Santaros (Dwayne Johnson) plans his next film with the . Ronald walks up to Martin Kefauver's Hummer, which is parked near the ocean. What is the glowing orb carried around by Dr. Kuntzler? All rights reserved. If Proposition 69 passes, US-IDent will essentially be shut down or have its powers severely restricted. They decided to take advantage of her powers. Madeline walks in and tells him that he has been speaking in his sleep. Edit, Richard Kelly stated in his interview with Empire, She was designed as a sort of Arianna Huffington meets Jenna Jameson. Walter Mung recognizes him and quickly sedates him with an injection of fluid karma. It's a schizophrenic break. ------------------------------------------. What's the deal with the Treer company, and why are there all these references to Karl Marx? They are the two witnesses.Krysta Now: The screenplay ends at a McDonald's restaurant, when Caleb starts belching noxious gas and launching fireballs. Feb. 7, 2021. Vaughn sends a car to pick up Boxer and bring him back to the Frost mansion. Edit, Richard Kelly stated in his interview with Empire, Thumbprint identification is becoming much more prominent. "Martin Kefauver: He is the angel of death that rides on the horse (the ice cream truck) Two months before Southland Tales was released, he announced the launch of Darko Entertainment.[15]. Why did Roland Taverner end up driving Boxer Santaros through the space-time rift? This is the way the world ends, its characters intone, in an admittedly inane twist on TS Eliot, not with a whimper, but with a bang.. 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." These are all references to the seven plagues that precede the destruction of Babylon. Treer knew of these effects and decided to use it to their advantage in the war. One Taverner repeats, "friendly fire," while the other says, "I forgive you." You could argue that all of Southland Tales occurs in the Tangent Universehence the film's alternate history of the past three years, and its weird mishmash of pop culture. Unfortunately, the reworked film was received just as poorly, seen as an unfinished version of something much bigger. [18] Kelly's film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2006 with a length of 160 minutes. On his way to meet Krysta, Fortunio discovered Boxer Santaros in the desert, stricken with amnesia. They are eventually killed by those who are tormented by their prophecies.Revelation 22:5: All of these references to Marxism aren't entirely unconnected to the film's biblical references. And, of course, gets corrupted and goes mad. One theory is that duplicate souls from alternate timelines are not meant to exist together in a single timeline. What exactly happens at the end of the movie? In a 2011 interview, Justin Timberlake himself said, "To me, Southland Tales is performance art. Eliot's "Hollow Man" ("This is the way the world ends/ Not with a bang but with a whimper") and Robert Frost's "The Two Roads" ("Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-/ I took the one less traveled by"). There are hundreds of these mechanical balls buried everywhere in the Southland. "Southland Tales" opens on July 4, 2005, in Abilene, Texas. Southland Tales also predicted that the government was always watching us. The site's consensus states: "Southland Tales, while offering an intriguing vision of the future, remains frustratingly incoherent and unpolished. ZORA: "You know there's this theory that humans will evolve to a state of existence where bowel movements are no longer necessary. Filmmakers entered negotiations with actors Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Lee, Janeane Garofalo, Tim Blake Nelson, Amy Poehler, Kevin Smith, and Ali Larter. 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. Why that happens when the Taverners touch, only Richard Kelly knows. 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. 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. Two witnesses appear in Jerusalem to speak out against the sins of mankind. 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. 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. Southland Tales had a rough go of it. Southland Tales (2007) Rated R for language, violence, sexual material and some drug content 160 minutes Cast Dwayne Johnson as Boxer Seann William Scott as Roland/Ronald Sarah Michelle Gellar as Krysta Kapowski/Krysta Now Curtis Armstrong as Dr. Soberin Exx Mandy Moore as Madeline Kevin Smith as Simon Theory Justin Timberlake as Abilene 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. Edit, Richard Kelly stated in his interview with Empire, Whenever Boxer becomes scared or agitated or paranoid, as a defence mechanism, Jericho Kane, the character he is playing (in the film "The Power" he is making), takes over. Edit, Three days before the movie starts, Krysta Now was vacationing on a houseboat on Lake Mead with Ronald Taverner, Tab Taverner (Ronald's father) and Fortunio Balducci. 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. Roland, Ronald, Pilot, etc.) Support 100 years of independent journalism. This article is viewable at Salon.com here and is intended to give to viewer a better perception of the movie itself and answer questions not cleared up in the movie.An interview with Richard Kelly from the February issue of the film magazine Empire. The only new special feature announced was an audio commentary by Kelly. How would that work? Why does Boxer keep twiddling his fingers? This assertion seems to be based upon a flawed understanding of the the particular Law. 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." 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. [42], J. Hoberman defended the film, yet again, in his review for the theatrical cut. For . In fact, Marx was indirectly influenced by the Book of Revelation in his writing. I ended up watching it in lockdown because the film streaming service Mubi, which has released its library in full online, called it breathtaking, exuberant, and Pynchon-esque. A weekly round-up of some of the best articles featured in the most recent issue of the New Statesman, sent each Saturday. Likewise, Kellys casting is not simply of the period, but inspired by its teenybopper culture: Dwayne The Rock Johnson, fresh from working as a wrestler; the singer and sometime actress Mandy Moore; Seann William Scott, an American Pie alumnus; Sarah Michelle Gellar, star of Cruel Intentions and Buffy the Vampire Slayer; and the pop star Justin Timberlake. I think defecation is the result of an inferior food supply and spiritual weakness. On this occasion the beginning of the end is predicted not by a high-schooler but by an adult performer: Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar), a former porn star, has shrugged off the bangs and whimpers of her previous employment with a new career as a Kardashian-style mogul, and a seer. A tide-powered generator, however, relies on an external source of power, the tides, and would not fall under that definition. And why is he having an affair with Krysta Now? Kelly sent the organizers of the 2006 Cannes Film Festival a rough cut of Southland Tales on DVD assuming that it would not be accepted. A weekly newsletter helping you fit together the pieces of the global economic slowdown. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Ronald and Roland Taverner, furthermore, are not twins, but copies of the same person. It also works as a drug. Edit, It means "let them hate, so long as they fear", Caligula's favorite saying, attributed originally to Lucius Accius, Roman tragic poet (170 BC). What are all of those tattoos on the body of Boxer Santaros (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson)? 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Southland Tales is dizzyingly maximalist, never happy with one set-piece if it can introduce five. Director Richard Kelly Writer Richard Kelly Stars Dwayne Johnson Sarah Michelle Gellar According to Serpentine, "The future is just as [he] imagined.". When scientists injected fluid karma into the soldiers, they became telepathic and could see into the past and, eventually, the future. Edit, The name does not refer to anything other than the anagram and the late U.S. Does "Southland Tales: The Prequel Saga" explain what this fluid karma stuff is? In response to the recent fuel shortage in the wake of global warfare, the German company Treer designs a generator of inexhaustible energy, which is propelled by the perpetual motion of ocean currents, called "Fluid Karma". 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. Chemical Bleeders can see back in time while Natural Bleeders can see back and forward in time. 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. However, its inventor Baron von Westphalen and his associates are hiding the fact that the generators alter the ocean's currents and cause the Earth to slow its rotation, and that the transmission of Fluid Karma to portable receivers (via quantum entanglement) is ripping holes in the fabric of space and time. Kelly's previous cult masterpiece Donnie Darko (2001) and the . Boxer walks up to the Frost mansion, where his wife, Madeline Frost (Mandy Moore), and the Frost team are waiting for him. 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. The White Horseman, with his rifle post being his horse and his rifle his bow. Edit, According to The Prequel Saga, "The Power" was written entirely by Krysta Now, who is apparently psychic. The anagram of his name, FREAK MAN VIRTUE is most important, foreshadowing the ultimate destiny of Martin in the film. | On the mega-zeppelin, Krysta Now performs a dance number. [19] Kelly describes the negative reaction at Cannes as a "very painful experience on a lot of levels" but ultimately felt that the film "was better off because of it". This means that Christianity has won the "contest" for Earth and is the one true faith. Edit, Revelation 6:8: The three perform an abstract dance. When Southland Tales was released in 2006, it confounded filmgoers.A dense, sprawling science-fiction tale, Southland Tales throws the war on terror, the surveillance state, Hollywood, and the Book of Revelation into a blender and purees that unlikely mix into a stylish, acerbic film that we're still trying to figure out. He has written for the Globe & Mail, the Village Voice and other publications. Would a tide-powered electrical generator actually contradict the Second Law of Thermodynamics? The police break into Neo-Marxist headquarters and kill Kenny Chan. Donnie Darko had just debuted there in January of 2001 and as soon as he got back, Richard. "Three Days [Live Version]" by Jane's Addiction15. 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. 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. . This has opened up a rift in the space-time continuum on the outskirts of Lake Mead. Original music was provided by Moby. The generators depicted in the film, and similar real-life power sources, are not closed systems but open ones. There already exist generators powered by rivers or by wind, which clearly do not contravene physical law. Starla is in love with Boxer and, in a fit of delusion, has assumed the role of Dr. Muriel Fox, a character from the screenplay. The movie plays in the background in several scenes, and in the "Prequel Saga," Krysta tells Boxer it is his favorite movie. "Howl [Extended Version]" by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club4. The world ends. Scientists are saying the futures going to be far more futuristic than they originally predicted, Krysta suggests, as if this helped to explain anything. In the graphic novels, Krysta says it's Boxer's favourite film. Southland Tales is streaming now on Mubi, This article appears in the 03 Jun 2020 issue of the New Statesman, We can't breathe. In particular, Southland Tales apes his Four Lines, All Waiting style of plotting, his sci-fi meets religion Mind Screw nuttiness, his themes of identity and counterfeits, his gratuitous mixing of high literature and pop culture references, his Medium Awareness twists about characters believing fiction is secretly communicating to them, and an Edit, Those who use Fluid Karma are "Chemical Bleeders" (e.g. Two of the solders that participated in the experiment were Roland Taverner and Pilot Abilene. Edit, Richard Kelly stated in his interview with Empire, If Roland Taverner pulls the trigger and kills himself, the ice-cream truck will fall and the gateway it opens will close, and it's that gateway that may be humankind's salvation, so suicide represents surrendering to defeat. The Treer company is a German defense contractor that employs Dr. Inga Von Westphalen, a zeppelin designer and the Baron's mother. And "pimp?" Edit, Operation Dream Theory was an experiment created by Treer. The mega-zeppelin explodes, and its pieces scatter across L.A. "Teen Horniness is Not a Crime" by Sarah Michelle Gellar, Abbey McBride, ClarKent11. Cane loses consciousness. "Me & Bobby McGee" by Waylon Jennings6. 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. 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. Krysta Now is as contemporary a creation as if she had been born yesterday a sharp alembic of Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Riley Reid, she is the best thing about Kellys jaded, freaky vision of future Los Angeles by a Miracle Mile. Jericho Crane is a "John the Baptist" style prophet, Krysta is the "Whore of Babylon" (and her energy drink the "Cup of Abominations"), the Baron is the "Antichrist" etc As part of the deal, the Baron has Serpentine cut off the prime minister's left hand. The novel has obvious links in its plot with Southland Tales, and the story's main character is named Jason Taverner. Together the two have written a screenplay, called "The Power," that tells the story of the end of the world. All of these references to Marxism aren't entirely unconnected to the film's biblical references. Ultimately, we may have to vote with our thumbs at some point. His follow-up is a decidedly post-9/11 story, haunted by the Iraq War. He follows her to the back of a bookstore, where the rest of the baron's entourage is waiting. 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. As the movie explains, the compound is being used by the Baron to power his energy plants, hence the energy field produced is named after it.The compound also works as a drug, which comes in several forms with different effects, as mentioned by Pilot Abilene: "Green, you dream. When Boxer and Taverner went through the space-time rift, they traveled 69 minutes back in time -- creating duplicate versions of themselves. 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