Edit, It is a proposition on the ballot to restict US-IDent's powers. Most of the information in this FAQ can be attributed to three main sources:The three graphic novels that serve as a precursor to Southland Tales. Kelly wrote Southland Tales shortly before the September 11 attacks. The movie plays in the background in several scenes, and in the "Prequel Saga," Krysta tells Boxer it is his favorite movie. "RONALD: "Sounds neat. Then, a mushroom cloud appears on the horizon, and history jumps the tracks. Holmes Osborne plays conservative Senator Bobby Frost, Will Sasso plays Fortunio Balducci and Christopher Lambert plays Walter Mung. The release of Kellys first film, Donnie Darko, more or less coincided with the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers. 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. A white light emerges from their hands and the ice cream truck starts floating. Blue, in an hour you feel new, and you can forget about Mellow yellow or Agent Orange, 'cause hey, I'm giving you blood red." Its a film that is also smart enough to know that if a member of any profession were to guide us through the end of days, it might as well be a sex worker: practical, skilled in persuasion, as adept at reading minds as any psychic. 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"). Why did Roland Taverner end up driving Boxer Santaros through the space-time rift? He says, "It all ends tonight.". Edit, Awards Again, we're not entirely sure. 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. Pilot Abilene (Justin Timberlake) quotes Biblical scripture from the Book of Revelation in narrating the film and allusion is made both to Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening and an altered version of T. S. Eliot's The Hollow Men. If you replace the Antichrist with the bourgeoisie, and the kingdom of God with a communist utopia, you've got the same basic narrative. In "Donnie Darko," the world ends when the Tangent Universe collapses, which may also be what happens at the end of "Southland Tales." Zelda Rubinstein and Beth Grant portray Dr. Katarina Kuntzler and Dr. Inga Von Westphalen, members of the baron's entourage. 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. 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. And why is he having an affair with Krysta Now? 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. 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. The Book of Revelation and Marxism have been connected by academics -- both advocate the overthrow of tyranny. ("Taverner" is the name of the main character in the same book and suffers identity problems of his own.) 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. This has opened up a rift in the space-time continuum on the outskirts of Lake Mead. Much of Pilot Abilene's voiceover consists of direct quotations from the Book of Revelation. Jericho Cane is the name of Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in "End of Days.". Southland Tales is a 2006 American dystopian comedy thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly. They also added in a newly animated opening prologue called the Doomsday Scenario Interface. 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. When Boxer and Taverner went through the space-time rift, they traveled 69 minutes back in time -- creating duplicate versions of themselves. 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. In the midst of the action, Ronald is shot in the eye but survives. Who was behind the attacks in Abilene and El Paso? They can use their telepathy as an advantage this way. A pregnant woman, a dragon and two beasts; They are the puppets of the Anti-ChristRevelation 22:12: Edit, The term fluid karma is used to refer to two things in the movie. He played a character named "Donnie" in a movie with Boxer Santaros (in an obvious allusion to "Donnie Darko"). Messiah ( forgives sins)"I forgive you. "In its willful, self-involved eccentricity, Southland Tales is really something else. 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"). Senator. The film follows the criss-crossed destinies of Boxer Santaros, an action film actor stricken with amnesia; Krysta Now, a psychic exporn star in the midst of creating a reality TV show; and twin brothers Roland and Ronald Taverner, whose destinies become intertwined with that of all mankind. What are all of those tattoos on the body of Boxer Santaros (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson)? Krysta is brought to the Frost mansion, where she is confronted by Madeline. 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. What do all the characters in the film keep on quoting from? 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. The soundtrack does not feature all the music from the film, probably due to rights/royalties issues. Then she pulls out her gun and threatens to kill herself unless she can give Boxer a blowjob. Special features include a 33-minute documentary USIDent TV: Surveiling the Southland and a 10-minute animated short film This Is the Way the World Ends (which was not included on the R2 and R4 editions). HitFix's Alan Sepinwall reviews "Reckoning," the season finale of the TNT cop drama "Southland," and says it worked as a perfect series-ender in the event of cancellation. During their discussion, they learn that Ronald has been dreaming of Boxer. The movie plays in the background in several scenes, and in the "Prequel Saga," Krysta tells Boxer it is his favorite movie. 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. [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. Southland Tales encapsulates these anxieties in the form of US-IDent, a state agency that can hear and see everyone in America at all times. "Teen Horniness is Not a Crime" by Sarah Michelle Gellar, Abbey McBride, ClarKent11. On July 4th, 2005, in a fictionalized United States alternate history reality, two towns in Texas (El Paso and Abilene) were destroyed by twin nuclear attacks, killing thousands and triggering a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions, sending America into a state of chaos and hysteria, as well as a Third World War (a fictionalized version of what the nation may have become under the War on Terror), with the US government re-introducing the draft. Musician Moby was approached on composing and performing the film's score. 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. Feb. 7, 2021. 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. 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. 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]. Thinking it's her sex tape with Boxer, she takes it with her. The Taverner twins are revealed to be the same person by the engineers of Treer, duplicated when Roland traveled through a rift in space-time, while Boxer has become the most wanted man in the world despite his political ties and his having the fate of the future, in the form of a prophetic screenplay foretelling the end of the world, in his hands. 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? "The Power" is a pretty hilarious piece of work. Taken as a purely Christian parable, then this is the book of Revelations and God ending the world and humanity in it's present form. . Madeline walks in and tells him that he has been speaking in his sleep. 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. "ZORA: "You just wait and see." 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. One theory is that duplicate souls from alternate timelines are not meant to exist together in a single timeline. The false prophet and the Antichrist will create a dominating world system. The PATRIOT Act has extended authority to a new agency known as US-IDent, which keeps constant surveillance on citizenseven to the extent of censoring the Internet and requiring fingerprints to access computers and bank accounts. Boxer meets Fortunio on the beach after his rendezvous with Starla. 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. Just before it hits, Boxer extends his arms, and his tattoo of Jesus begins to bleed in the nape of his neck. [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. 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. Before being drafted, Pilot Abilene was also a movie star. There already exist generators powered by rivers or by wind, which clearly do not contravene physical law. Since then, Kelly has released prequel comics to coincide with the film. [9] Filming began on August 15, 2005, with a budget of around US$1517 million. The reasons for this are never really explained, but Caleb is the child of Tawna and Rick McBride, a couple in Palmdale, Calif. Caleb does not produce bowel movements, but when he farts, the Earth shakes. Jericho Cane is the name of Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in "End of Days." This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. When it premiered in its original three-hour form at Cannes, last year, the response was acidic. Edit, It is a mechanical ball (built by Treer) which acts as remote antennas for the wireless electricity energy fields powered by Fluid Karma. One Taverner repeats, "friendly fire," while the other says, "I forgive you." Lots of scary apocalyptic stuff will happen (judgment, plagues and the like), before Jesus Christ will ride in on a white horse and establish the new kingdom of God. 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. 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For "Southland Tales," he loosely adapted the plot of the Book of Revelation and set it in an alternate version of the present day. It may seem really amateurish at first, letting things like that "this is the way the world ends" quote fly from all directions throughout the film. 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. 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. That would be Fluid Karma. The name Treer is a reference to Trier, Marx's birthplace. She became psychic when a plane she was onUnited 23flew through the rift in space-time above Lake Mead. While Ronald is briefly distracted, Boxer is beckoned over by Serpentine, who has been hovering nearby. 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. He climbs out and walks up to the nearby ice cream truck. When a confrontation erupts near the Neo-Marxist drop box, Zora and Bart are both killed by a soldier. "Kelly launches Darko Entertainment", by Dade Hayes, "How The World Ends: Conversation With Richard Kelly", "Anatomy of a Cannes Disaster: What Happened After 'Southland Tales' Was Booed", "Exclusive Interview: Richard Kelly (Southland Tales)", Southland Tales - Music From The Motion Picture, "Apocalypse Soon: A Mushroom Cloud Doesn't Stall 2008 Electioneering". He stopped editing the film and was also unable to complete all of the visual effects in time for the screening. "Tiny Elephants" by Moby12. Is the screenplay important for understanding the movie? With many repeated usage, Chemical Bleeders can sometimes see both ways (ahead and back in time). What happens in the screenplay? Kelly's previous cult masterpiece Donnie Darko (2001) and the . "Southland Tales" feels insane because it tells a truth that most of us would rather ignore: that faced with the chaos of what feels like a disintegrating society and imperiled world, we would . Elsewhere in the building, Ronald Taverner (Seann William Scott) is in the bathroom, looking at his reflection. These are (Book 1) Two Roads Diverge, (Book 2) Fingerprints and (Book 3) The Mechanicals. He wakes up in a bed in his apartment in Treer Plaza. On his way to meet Krysta, Fortunio discovered Boxer Santaros in the desert, stricken with amnesia. Neo-Marxist cells have begun to converge on central Los Angeles. Why does the movie start with Boxer Santaros asleep on a beach? Bing is freaked out by the murders, and decides that he no longer wants to be part of the group. The mega-zeppelin explodes, and its pieces scatter across L.A. 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. Protector of the Messiah/False ProphetRoland Taverner: Fortunio's goons inject Boxer with fluid karma and load him into an ambulance. Edit, Operation Dream Theory was an experiment created by Treer. Chemical Bleeders can see back in time while Natural Bleeders can see back and forward in time. 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. He has the solution to the energy crisis and becomes the most powerful man on earth. As a tie-in, Kelly has also produced three graphic novels ("Two Roads Diverge," "Fingerprints" and "The Mechanicals" -- now available as "Southland Tales: The Prequel Saga") that explain the film's back story. She became psychic when a plane she was on -- United 23 -- flew through the rift in space-time above Lake Mead. Pimp is American slang for badass. ", "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 (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. The world ends. Defecation is a part of life. "[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. "[40] David Edelstein's review in New York magazine criticized the film's writing, "Kelly aims high and must have shot off his own ear, which is the only way to account for the dialogue. Kids are shooting home video of their Independence Day barbecue. 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 critic Laura Mulvey once suggested Blue Velvet, having been released in 1986, was the ideal film for the mood of the Reagan era. With the help of Dion and Dream, Roland will then help stage a double murder that, caught on tape, will incriminate Boxer and destroy the Republican campaign. She is pursued by Zora and Bart, who have discovered that Krysta has taken Dion and Dream's murder tape by mistake. Copyright 2023 Salon.com, LLC. Boxer and Ronald have stopped for some lunch. 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. 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. 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. After much trial and error with monkeys, Baron decided to send Boxer through itchosen because of his political ties and his celebrity persona. Southland Tales is streaming now on Mubi, This article appears in the 03 Jun 2020 issue of the New Statesman, We can't breathe. "Broken Hearted Savior" by Big Head Todd & The Monsters10. Edit, Fred Zinnemann, the well-known movie director of the 1950s and 60s, maybe? Edit, Moments before the whole Fallujah incident, when Pilot and Roland were roping down their helicopter, Pilot is nervous so Roland gives him his iPod to listen to. Back in the dumpster, Roland Taverner wakes up as his hands begins to glow. Vaughn sends a car to pick up Boxer and bring him back to the Frost mansion. Our weekly culture newsletter from books and art to pop culture and memes sent every Friday. 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. Fifteen years after Southland Tales was booed out of the Cannes Film Festival, director Richard Kelly tells Inverse he embraces the chorus of jeers. What exactly happens at the end of the movie? Despite being critically and commercially unsuccessful, the film has developed a cult following in later years. So it's trying to say that our veterans are the biggest badasses that we have. etc., although it bears a resemblence to Eastern religious concepts such as Qi and Ki. A weekly round-up of some of the best articles featured in the most recent issue of the New Statesman, sent each Saturday. While Roeper called the film "Two hours and twenty-four minutes of abstract crap," Phillips felt that "the film has a head on its shoulders despite the fact that it can't find any direction" but nevertheless gave the film a thumbs down. . We may have to wait for the DVD commentary to figure that one out. How Kelly persuaded the likes of Wallace Shawn, Amy Poehler, Justin Timberlake, Cheri Oteri, and Mandy Moore to go along for the ride is confounding. 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. She tells him that he must board the mega-zeppelin and what he is looking for is in the Baron's private chamber. Kelly has said that this idea was inspired by a real U.S. Army project. 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 (This explains the final scene where "Ronald" tells Roland he forgives himhe is actually Pilot Abilene talking, explaining that he forgives him for what happened in Fallujah.) 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. This means that Christianity has won the "contest" for Earth and is the one true faith. Violence has erupted throughout the city. He is a pimp and pimps don't commit suicide.". Although he recognizes Madeline as his wife, she remains unimpressed and demands to know why he disappeared. 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"). The two Rolands found each other in the end, but the movie ends before we can see what actually happens to them. In Donnie Darko, the world ends when the Tangent Universe collapses, which may also be what happens at the end of Southland Tales. I think defecation is the result of an inferior food supply and spiritual weakness. Edit, 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 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. Eliot's "Hollow Men. "[39] In her review for the Los Angeles Times, Carina Chocano wrote, "You get the sense that Kelly is too angry to really find any of it funny. The Baron admits that he has been paying Krysta to deceive Boxer, but also mentions that Madeline is pregnant with the child of Brandt Huntington (Joe Campana), one of her father's assistants. Among his accomplices will be a "false prophet" -- a deceitful ruler. "Forget Myself" by Elbow13. According to their plan, Boxer is to videotape their faked murder. 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. In fact, Marx was indirectly influenced by the Book of Revelation in his writing. For half of Kelly's epic film about the end of the world, characters are quoting T.S. When cops arrive on the scene, he still doesn't stop,. 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. "[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. Southland Tales is dizzyingly maximalist, never happy with one set-piece if it can introduce five. Comedy Drama Mystery During a three-day heat wave just before a huge 4th of July celebration, an action star stricken with amnesia meets up with a porn star who is developing her own reality TV project, and a policeman who holds the key to a vast conspiracy. 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