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. | All rights reserved. That's why Taverner always feels so guilty.The Baron used the drug to keep everyone under control and on a leash but did not realise that each person under the influence of Fluid Karma can communicate with one another. 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. Once there, Boxer meets Simon Theory, one of the Baron's employees. Kelly's movie may not be entirely coherent, but that's because there's so much it wants to say. Roland manages to escape, climb onto the roof, and fall into a dumpster. For . 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 film was released on Region 4 DVD in Australia on April 30, 2008. "[41], On the program Ebert & Roeper, Richard Roeper and guest critic Michael Phillips gave the film a negative review. Edit, No one really knows, it's never implied in the film who was behind it-Richard Kelly did mention he was given an article called "American Hiroshima" which revolved this plan of Al-Qaeda's to buy nuclear weapons off Russian mobsters and smuggle them into Texas over the Mexican border and detonate them in mid-sized cities. Boxer appears at the Santa Monica pier to meet Starla Von Luft. Where does that qualifying characteristic for a messiah come from? We learn that July 4 will be the launch date for the new Treer mega-zeppelin (the "Jenny Von Westphalen"). In the graphic novels, Krysta says it's Boxer's favourite film. Its depiction of an American teenager experiencing premonitions about doomsday clocks and jet crashes suddenly became more piquant in light of such astounding tragedy. Feb. 7, 2021. Unfortunately, Kefauver and Ronald's Hummer soon collides with the ice cream truck carrying Roland. For some reason, Wallace Shawn is dressed like a new-wave Japanese pimp. As Andrew O'Hehir put it, the recut film "transcends its adolescent awkwardness and approaches being magnificent." The name Treer is a reference to Trier, Marx's birthplace. However, he has stated several times that if Sony commissioned one (based on the sales of the current DVD), he would happily be involved in a "Director's Cut" DVD in the future with more special features and deleted scenes from the Cannes cut. 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. 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. 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 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. It features 3 tracks by Moby that have not been released commercially: "Water Pistol", "It Looks Down" and "Ceanograph".Southland Tales OST Tracklist1. The police break into Neo-Marxist headquarters and kill Kenny Chan. Boxer (The Rock) dances with Krysta (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Madeline (Mandy Moore); he stops dancing, knowing that he's going to die, and the tattoo of Jesus on his back starts bleeding. "[29], The film remains enigmatic to many viewers and even some of its makers. The Grey Horseman. A white light emerges from their hands and the ice cream truck starts floating. It has a similar plot to Southland Tales, but with different characters and more gratuitous product placement. All of these references to Marxism aren't entirely unconnected to the film's biblical references. "In its willful, self-involved eccentricity, Southland Tales is really something else. Back in Venice Beach, Boxer and Roland pull up in front of a house while Dion and Dream pretend to fight inside. Edit, After Roland Taverner came back from Iraq, he got a job as a police officer in Hermosa Beach, thanks to his father. Edit, Most of the footage was a subplot between Kevin Smith's and Janeane Garofalo's characters (Simon Theory and General Teena MacArthur) where they discussed Operation Serpentine Dream Theory. Donnie Darko had just debuted there in January of 2001 and as soon as he got back, Richard. 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. Nana Mae Frost (Miranda Richardson), the wife of Republican candidate Bobby Frost, inaugurates the Los Angeles USIDent headquarters. 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 Edit, We're not entirely sure. Before being drafted, Pilot Abilene was also a movie star. Many people think wireless electricity is the thing that could rescue us from our dilemma as we reach the end of the petroleum era. Taverner reveals that he hasn't produced a bowel movement in six days. Before Edward Snowden released information to the public about the NSA's numerous global surveillance programs, many people joked about the government spying on us through simple technology like our phones. 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. 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. Roland, Ronald, Pilot, etc.) The quick and essential guide to domestic and global politics from the New Statesman's politics team. If Proposition 69 passes, US-IDent will essentially be shut down or have its powers severely restricted. Filming was slated to begin in July 2004, but after a year, it had not begun. What does the phrase "Do You Bleed" mean? The other characters have all played their part and are redeemed in the end to enjoy eternal life. Edit, The Treer company is a German defense contractor that employs Dr. Inga Von Westphalen, a zeppelin designer and the Baron's mother. 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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. Despite being critically and commercially unsuccessful, the film has developed a cult following in later years. A closed system that defies the Law would be along the lines of, for example, an electric car which completely recharges itself via the process of driving it around, requiring no external power once it's been turned on. "Look Back In" by Moby5. 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. While Ronald is briefly distracted, Boxer is beckoned over by Serpentine, who has been hovering nearby. "[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. Before being drafted, Pilot Abilene was also a movie star. 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. Edit, Richard Kelly stated in his interview with Empire, He is the doomsday prophet, the witness of everything. When Fortunio and Boxer arrive at the rendezvous point, this is where the two are introduced to one another 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. The director also sought to keep the musical number performed by Timberlake, based on "All These Things That I've Done" by The Killers which he felt was the heart and soul of the film. Three days later, he is discovered in the desert near Lake Mead. Boxer's original self was incinerated in a car bomb triggered by Serpentine, while the duplicate Boxer is still roaming. For "Southland Tales," he loosely adapted the plot of the Book of Revelation and set it in an alternate version of the present day. The feature film comprises the final three parts of the experience. The baby, she explains, is the Messiah, and Jericho is his guardian. And then you would miss all the jokes and stop enjoying the dance sequences. [38], Glenn Kenny, in his review for Premiere criticized the film's style, "Kelly's camera placement and framing are at best textbook and at worst calamitously mediocre. What If He Is Dead, But He Is Not? Roger Ebert called it "the most disastrous Cannes press screening since, yes, 'The Brown Bunny.'" Holmes Osborne plays conservative Senator Bobby Frost, Will Sasso plays Fortunio Balducci and Christopher Lambert plays Walter Mung. In Donnie Darko, the world ends when the Tangent Universe collapses, which may also be what happens at the end of Southland Tales. The release of Kellys first film, Donnie Darko, more or less coincided with the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers. Both vehicles come to a rest in the middle of a shootout and Walter Mung is killed. The film features an ensemble cast including Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mandy Moore, and Justin Timberlake. 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. Walter Mung recognizes him and quickly sedates him with an injection of fluid karma. Southland Tales is a 2006 American dystopian comedy thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly. Southland Tales is streaming now on Mubi, This article appears in the 03 Jun 2020 issue of the New Statesman, We can't breathe. As a result of the attacks, Republicans win the November 2006 elections by a landslide (290 Republicans and 145 Democrats in the House) and they beef up the Patriot Act -- creating USIDent, a think tank that monitors, among other things, the Internet. The Book of Revelation is the last book in the New Testament. Krysta is brought to the Frost mansion, where she is confronted by Madeline. On edge after being put on desk duty and forced to see a shrink, a neighbor's crap generator sets Cooper off and leads to a bloody altercation. 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. He stopped editing the film and was also unable to complete all of the visual effects in time for the screening. Eliot's "Hollow Men. Elsewhere, in a luxurious apartment, Boxer crawls into bed with Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar), a former porn star with a reality television show. The second section of the film ("V: Memory Gospel") begins. Y'know, the way porn stars are exploited is not that far off from the way actors are exploited. Southland Tales After twin terrorist attacks in Texas, the Republican party grabs the overwhelming majority of Congressional seats in the 2006 midterm elections by stoking public fear and claiming that America is living though the end times. Edit, Richard Kelly stated in his interview with Empire, She was designed as a sort of Arianna Huffington meets Jenna Jameson. Not really, but it explains why the tattoo of Jesus on the back of Boxer's neck starts bleeding at the end of the film. The Baron has built an enormous machine off the coast of California that generates an electromagnetic energy field called fluid karma. One critic wondered if Kelly had ever met another human being. 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 One of these was a rift created in the fourth dimensionthe fourth dimension being time itselfat Lake Meade, which was discovered when an airplane flew through it and had all its passengers left with amnesia (bar oneKrysta Now, who gained psychic abilities from it). I also watched it because at present there is something satisfying about an apocalypse story that suggests humanity may be too dumb, too self-interested and too naturally violent to survive. He had Roland Taverner kidnap Boxer and drive him through the rift. Treer knew of these effects and decided to use it to their advantage in the war. The song he listens to is "All These Things I've Done" by The Killers, while he was listening to the song, the "friendly fire" incident occurs. We quickly learn that the United States is running low on gas and has cut a deal with a "renegade scientist" named Baron Von Westphalen (Wallace Shawn) and his company, Treer. Initial release: May 21, 2006. The world ends. Edit, No. [35] The Village Voice critic J. Hoberman, for example, called Southland Tales "a visionary film about the end of times" comparable in recent American film only to David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. Two witnesses appear in Jerusalem to speak out against the sins of mankind. When it premiered in its original three-hour form at Cannes, last year, the response was acidic. The theatrical cut of "Southland Tales" has been extensively reedited -- a subplot has been excised, additional special effects shots have been inserted, a new explanatory sequence opens the movie -- and critics have been considerably kinder to it. [7] The title refers to the Southland, a name used by locals to refer to Southern California and the Greater Los Angeles area. In "Donnie Darko," the world ends when the Tangent Universe collapses, which may also be what happens at the end of "Southland Tales." Who does the name "Bing Zinneman" refer to. "ZORA: "A modified organic diet and transcendental meditation. Many of his answers are contained in this FAQ. All three graphic novels were written by Richard Kelly, with artwork by Brett Weldele. User Ratings Two souls join into one, the forth dimension collapses. If you replace the Antichrist with the bourgeoisie, and the kingdom of God with a communist utopia, you've got the same basic narrative. However, there are several in the graphic novel "The Prequel Saga." Dragon from Revelation 12 and 13 (Puppet of the Anti-Christ)Pilot Abeline: They will start speaking out against the Antichrist and begin overthrowing the evil empire. Reproduction of material from any Salon pages without written permission is strictly prohibited. It opened in Canada, as well as nationwide in the United States, in just 63 theaters,[6] on November 16, 2007. Edit, Operation Dream Theory was an experiment created by Treer. Roland and Ronald are the Messiah and in the end they find each other and save humanity through the power of forgiveness. 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. Why does Boxer keep twiddling his fingers? Edit, Fortunio found Boxer lying on a road in Nevada, so he saved him and both of them try and figure out a way to get across the Nevada border back into California. "Lucky Me" by Roger Webb8. The anagram of his name, FREAK MAN VIRTUE is most important, foreshadowing the ultimate destiny of Martin in the film. Several days before the movie starts, on the same houseboat on Lake Mead, Tab Taverner, Ronald/Roland's father, told Ronald -- who has amnesia -- that he must kidnap his brother in order to protect him. 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. What's Justin Timberlake doing in all of this? Southland Tales is a 2006 thriller and comedy-drama film and the second film of Richard Kelly. [20][21], Universal Studios had originally optioned the U.S. rights, but after the Cannes screening, it was sold to Sony, although Universal still retained some international rights. Edit, It is implied that they are either divorced or brother and sister. Janeane Garofalo appears as General Teena MacArthur. 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 Tab wanted Ronald to help the Neo-Marxists destroy US-IDent, so he entrusted Roland and Ronald to Zora Carmichaels, who then drove them to Venice Beach. There is no real-life equivalent to the movie's "organic compound" which grants people telepathy etc. One Taverner repeats, "friendly fire," while the other says, "I forgive you." Why does the movie start with Boxer Santaros asleep on a beach? Would a tide-powered electrical generator actually contradict the Second Law of Thermodynamics? 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). They are available together in the one graphic novel as Southland Tales: The Prequel Saga. What does the name "Vaughn Smallhouse" refer to? Tide power, and the wireless transmission of electricity, are scientific realities. Is it just me, or did that make no sense? The first chapter in the film ("IV: Temptation Waits") begins. He is a pimp and pimps don't commit suicide.". . So the parallels with the Bible are kind of buried. Southland Tales is dizzyingly maximalist, never happy with one set-piece if it can introduce five. If you read the graphic novel, you'll find the legend which is spoken by Bai Ling's character Serpentine. During their discussion, they learn that Ronald has been dreaming of Boxer. [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. No, it's not just you. It's just more physical. 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." The restaurant starts floating into space. The current world ends, the joined souls become the new messiah, a new world begins. According to their plan, Boxer is to videotape their faked murder. Also, a very subtle reference took place when Bart Bookman (Jon Lovitz) had just killed Dream and Dion: he said "Flow my tears". [24][25], The soundtrack for Southland Tales was released in stores and online on November 6, 2007. Edit, No. "RONALD: "Its a physiological requirement of the body. In June 2008, Boxer Santaros (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson), an action movie star with ties to the Republican Party, disappears. What does the name Martin Kefauver refer to, other than to its anagram "Freak Man Virtue" and the late U.S. senator? The first time Fortunio appears in the film, he quotes Karl Marx ("Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval"), and several characters quote the song "Three Days" by Jane's Addiction ("We saw the shadows of the morning light/ The shadows of the evening sun/ Until the shadows and the light were one"). That's why he wakes up on the beach at the start of the movie. What's the deal with the Treer company, and why are there all these references to Karl Marx? This assertion seems to be based upon a flawed understanding of the the particular Law. 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]. "[14], Kelly's breakthrough film, Donnie Darko, was released in the United States on October 26, 2001, the same day the PATRIOT Act was signed. The movie begins in earnest when Boxer wakes up on a beach near the Santa Monica pier. Is "The Power" important for understanding "Southland Tales"? ("Taverner" is the name of the main character in the same book and suffers identity problems of his own.) Presumably, Tab was afraid that the Baron's people would find out that Roland had survived the trip through the time rift. If that wasnt enough, a German company whose CEO is played by Wallace Shawn has invented an infinite energy source called fluid karma. Is the soundtrack availiable for the film? As part of his participation in the Neo-Marxists' plot, Ronald must pretend to be his brother Roland and accompany Boxer during his movie research. Copyright 2023 Salon.com, LLC. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [19], Many critics responded unfavorably to the film's long running time and sprawling nature. This means that Christianity has won the "contest" for Earth and is the one true faith. This would be a perpetual motion machine, and could not work. Is Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar) based on anyone? 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. [12] Editorial changes were made to restructure the order of the film's scenes, including re-recording all of Timberlake's voice-over. 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[36], 41% of 106 reviews compiled by review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes are positive, and the average rating is 4.9 out of 10. According to the "Prequel Saga," "The Power" was written entirely by Krysta Now, who is apparently psychic. "Forget Myself" by Elbow13. Does Sarah Michelle Gellar have a sex scene in this movie? 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. Much of Pilot Abilene's voiceover consists of direct quotations from the Book of Revelation. The name of Dr. Severin Exx is a reference to the name of an evil doctor in the movie "Kiss Me Deadly," and Boxer Santaros' convertible is the same car driven by Ralph Meeker in the 1955 film. 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. "Chord Sounds" by Moby7. 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. Among his accomplices will be a "false prophet" -- a deceitful ruler. The Tangent Universe is an alternate reality to our own. 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. External Reviews | The idea with the severed thumbs is that the Neo-Marxists have figured out a way to create a free-floating voter. The Baron phones Simon Theory (Kevin Smith), an old bearded man, and instructs him to "remove the body from Utopia Three.". "[16] Kelly said the film's biggest influences are Kiss Me Deadly, Pulp Fiction, Brazil, and Dr. Strangelove. 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's the deal with this screenplay-within-the-movie that all the characters keep referring to? 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. He follows her to the back of a bookstore, where the rest of the baron's entourage is waiting. What are all of those tattoos on the body of Boxer Santaros (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson)? "Martin Kefauver: He is the angel of death that rides on the horse (the ice cream truck) And, of course, gets corrupted and goes mad. 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