For some reason, Wallace Shawn is dressed like a new-wave Japanese pimp. Edit, Revelation 6:8: 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 As Andrew O'Hehir put it, the recut film "transcends its adolescent awkwardness and approaches being magnificent." 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. In Donnie Darko, the world ends when the Tangent Universe collapses, which may also be what happens at the end of Southland Tales. 9 in D Minor, op. The other main reference points are T.S. This release will include both the original theatrical cut and the Cannes cut. The film features an ensemble cast including Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mandy Moore, and Justin Timberlake. The restaurant starts floating into space. The first chapter in the film ("IV: Temptation Waits") begins. On his way to meet Krysta, Fortunio discovered Boxer Santaros in the desert, stricken with amnesia. Messiah ( forgives sins)"I forgive you. Walter Mung recognizes him and quickly sedates him with an injection of fluid karma. He learns that his account has been blocked, so Kefauver and Ronald use the Hummer to rip the ATM from the wall. 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. Amy Poehler and Wood Harris appear as Neo-Marxist activists. 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. The film was released in the UK on December 7, 2007, exclusively to UK cinema chain Cineworld in a limited number of locations. Three days later, he is discovered in the desert near Lake Mead. Kelly's movie may not be entirely coherent, but that's because there's so much it wants to say. It is suddenly interrupted when Boxer pulls out a gun and threatens to kill himself unless everybody evacuates the mega-zeppelin. 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"). 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. Edit, Much of Pilot Abilene's voiceover consists of direct quotations from the Book of Revelation. 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. As the party in the Mega-Zeppelin kicks off, Boxer heads upstairs to the Baron's secret chamber. Once Krysta departs, Boxer receives a phone call from Starla instructing him to go to the Santa Monica pier. The Book of Revelation, or the Revelation of John, was written by an unknown person in the first century. Both vehicles come to a rest in the middle of a shootout and Walter Mung is killed. The movie begins in earnest when Boxer wakes up on a beach near the Santa Monica pier. He can be reached at @thomasmaxrogers. Ronald and Roland Taverner, furthermore, are not twins, but copies of the same person. 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." Inside the levitating ice cream truck, the two Taverners continue to hold hands. 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. As a result, Boxer was duplicated. The Grey Horseman. "Teen Horniness is Not a Crime" by Sarah Michelle Gellar, Abbey McBride, ClarKent11. The New Statesmans weekly environment email on the politics, business and culture of the climate and nature crises - in your inbox every Thursday. But they're in there. It's a schizophrenic break. 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". Back in the dumpster, Roland Taverner wakes up as his hands begins to glow. Holmes Osborne plays conservative Senator Bobby Frost, Will Sasso plays Fortunio Balducci and Christopher Lambert plays Walter Mung. Eventually, the Antichrist will show up and take over the world. 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. 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. When Ronald arrives at the home of Fortunio Balducci (Will Sasso), a movie producer, to meet Boxer and Krysta, Boxer explains that he and Krysta have written a screenplay called "The Power," about a "paranoid schizophrenic cop" named Jericho Cane. Why that happens when the Taverners touch, only Richard Kelly knows. Jericho Cane is the name of Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in "End of Days.". Fluid karma is an "organic compound" that the Treer company discovered while drilling off the coast of Israel. "Memory Gospel" by MobySongs Not Featured in on the soundtrackFrom the album Hotel by Moby (2-CD Deluxe Edition): "Snowball (played in opening sequence before opening title) "Blue Paper" (played when Dion and Dream are having discussion about bowel movements, also in trailer) "Overland" (heard before and after Pilot's dream sequence) "Aerial" "Hotel Intro" (featured in Cannes cut, not in theatrical cut) "Live Forever" (featured in Cannes cut, not in theatrical cut)Other songs not featured: Water Pistol" by Moby "If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)" by Louis Armstrong "All These Things That I've Done" by The Killers "Planet Telex (Live in San Francisco)" by Radiohead Symphony No. Edit, Revelation 22:5: "It will never be night again and they will not need lamplight or sunlight, because the Lord God will be shining on them. Running time: 160 minutes. Why did Roland Taverner end up driving Boxer Santaros through the space-time rift? One Taverner repeats, "friendly fire," while the other says, "I forgive you." Two of the solders that participated in the experiment were Roland Taverner and Pilot Abilene. etc., although it bears a resemblence to Eastern religious concepts such as Qi and Ki. Tab wanted Ronald to help the Neo-Marxists destroy USIDent, so he entrusted Roland and Ronald to Zora Carmichaels, who then drove them to Venice Beach. "[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. While Ronald is briefly distracted, Boxer is beckoned over by Serpentine, who has been hovering nearby. The original script was written 6 years ago just after Richard and his team returned from Sundance. Dick". 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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. Much of Pilot Abilene's voiceover consists of direct quotations from the Book of Revelation. 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The Tangent Universe is an alternate reality to our own. Its story overlaps with the movie, so it explains some of the back story. Madeline walks in and tells him that he has been speaking in his sleep. This means that Christianity has won the "contest" for Earth and is the one true faith. As they drive, Boxer continues to talk about his screenplay, explaining a subplot involving a miracle baby that doesn't produce bowel movements. 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. Roland and Ronald (Seann William Scott) meet and shake hands. When they join hands, a bond is formed and the rule of singular existence is completely broken. You know those overlooked classics that are critically ignored only to blossom into beautiful definitive works over time.like "Pinkerton" or "Starship Troo. In 2021, Kelly announced that there are developments to expand the film into a franchise. One critic wondered if Kelly had ever met another human being. So the parallels with the Bible are kind of buried. What's with the glow from Roland and Ronald's hands? 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 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. What are all of those tattoos on the body of Boxer Santaros (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson)? Serpentine explains that the world is coming to an end; the rotation of the Earth is slowing at a rate of .000000006 mile per hour every day. One copy of Boxer traveled 69 minutes back in time, while the other copy was killed by an explosive charge in the car. Roland manages to escape, climb onto the roof, and fall into a dumpster. Kelly has claimed on his MySpace blog that he had very little time for the DVD as he was starting shooting on his next feature, The Box. Southland Tales is a 2006 American dystopian comedy thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly. 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. Again, we're not entirely sure. 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. 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. Most of the screenplay is included in The Prequel Saga. 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 screenplay ends at a McDonald's restaurant, when Caleb starts belching noxious gas and launching fireballs. The film features an ensemble cast including Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mandy Moore, and Justin Timberlake. It features 3 tracks by Moby that have not been released commercially: "Water Pistol", "It Looks Down" and "Ceanograph".Southland Tales OST Tracklist1. There are now two versions of each co-existing in the same universetwo Boxer Santaros and two Roland Taverners. It opened in Canada, as well as nationwide in the United States, in just 63 theaters,[6] on November 16, 2007. The Baron phones Simon Theory (Kevin Smith), an old bearded man, and instructs him to "remove the body from Utopia Three.". "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, Richard Kelly stated in his interview with Empire, She was designed as a sort of Arianna Huffington meets Jenna Jameson. 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. 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. "The Power" is a pretty hilarious piece of work. Why does the messiah (e.g. "[41], On the program Ebert & Roeper, Richard Roeper and guest critic Michael Phillips gave the film a negative review. Initial release: May 21, 2006. 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's the best friend of Seann William Scott's character (Roland Taverner), so he's witness to the resurrection. All of these references to Marxism aren't entirely unconnected to the film's biblical references. [19], Many critics responded unfavorably to the film's long running time and sprawling nature. Eliot's "Hollow Men. The police break into Neo-Marxist headquarters and kill Kenny Chan. As he waves at himself in the mirror, he notices that his reflection's movements don't match his own. 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. Fifteen years after Southland Tales was booed out of the Cannes Film Festival, director Richard Kelly tells Inverse he embraces the chorus of jeers. So what's causing the Earth to slow down ? [7] The title refers to the Southland, a name used by locals to refer to Southern California and the Greater Los Angeles area. They have been collected together into one single volume: The titles of the parts in the film are:[27], The film premiered May 21, 2006, at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, where it was poorly received. 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. [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. Also, they had sex. 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. In "Donnie Darko," the world ends when the Tangent Universe collapses, which may also be what happens at the end of "Southland Tales." Protector of the Messiah/False ProphetRoland Taverner: 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. The generators depicted in the film, and similar real-life power sources, are not closed systems but open ones. Its plot hinges on a barely explained back story involving rifts in the fourth dimension. They claim to have read his screenplay. Edit, Their role is explained a lot better in the graphic novels: they are the heads of the Neo-Marxists and are also street poets who have released several albums. Messiah = high spirituality. He learns that "The Power" is correct: As a result of the Baron's Utopia projects, the world is coming to an end and the Earth's rotation is slowing down. Two souls join into one, the forth dimension collapses. "ZORA: "I disagree. At least that way, he isn't . Additionally, tracks from Radiohead, Louis Armstrong, Beethoven, Kris Kristofferson, and several tracks from Moby's Hotel:Ambient are likewise absent from the album. Edit, We're not entirely sure. External Reviews Fluid karma also makes telepathy possible between those that are using it. As the movie suggests, the Baron conducted secret experiments, headed by Simon Theory, with soldiers in Iraq. "[16] Kelly said the film's biggest influences are Kiss Me Deadly, Pulp Fiction, Brazil, and Dr. Strangelove. When it premiered in its original three-hour form at Cannes, last year, the response was acidic. 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? 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. Why that happens when the Taverners touch, only Richard Kelly knows. Krysta is brought to the Frost mansion, where she is confronted by Madeline. And why is he having an affair with Krysta Now? "ZORA: "A modified organic diet and transcendental meditation. It's just more physical. All rights reserved. "Tiny Elephants" by Moby12. In this article, Kelly is interviewed about some of the less straightforward aspects of Southland Tales. 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. It turns out that Fortunio has been on the Baron's payroll all along. What exactly happens at the end of the movie? [9] The idea of six graphic novels was later cut down to three. However, there are several in the graphic novel "The Prequel Saga." Ronald Taverner, meanwhile, has picked up Zora and Bing Zinneman, a new member of the Neo-Marxists. 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. He then asked her to forecast the last three days on Earth, and she made her prediction in the form of a screenplay: "The Power." 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 also predicted that the government was always watching us. Murdered and the two people to witness this are Boxer and Roland. Musician Moby was approached on composing and performing the film's score. 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. Southland Tales had a rough go of it. Treer knew of these effects and decided to use it to their advantage in the war. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. The anagram of his name, FREAK MAN VIRTUE is most important, foreshadowing the ultimate destiny of Martin in the film. In fact, Marx was indirectly influenced by the Book of Revelation in his writing. There are hundreds of these mechanical balls buried everywhere in the Southland. | The New Statesmans global affairs newsletter, every Monday and Friday. 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. Spirituality has nothing to do with it. . These are all references to the seven plagues that precede the destruction of Babylon. 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. Despite being critically and commercially unsuccessful, the film has developed a cult following in later years. He follows her to the back of a bookstore, where the rest of the baron's entourage is waiting. 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. Cheri Oteri plays Zora Carmichaels, while Jon Lovitz plays violent police officer Bart Bookman who is in love with Zora. No, it's not just you. 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 Treer company is a German defense contractor that employs Dr. Inga Von Westphalen, a zeppelin designer and the Baron's mother. If you replace the Antichrist with the bourgeoisie, and the kingdom of God with a communist utopia, you've got the same basic narrative. The second section of the film ("V: Memory Gospel") begins. Roland, a Hermosa Beach police officer, became involved in a "deep conspiracy" and he would be in grave danger if anyone found out that he was alive. Shown with white shirt flecked with blood as Revelation describes the white horseman as wearing "A white robe flecked with blood." And why is he having an affair with Krysta Now? 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." The final chapter of the film ("VI: Wave of Mutilation") begins. 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]. Cane loses consciousness. In the midst of the action, Ronald is shot in the eye but survives. Southland Tales is a 2006 thriller and comedy-drama film and the second film of Richard Kelly. At their Venice Beach headquarters, we meet the rest of the Neo-Marxists, including Veronica "Dream" Mung (Amy Poehler) and Dion Element (Wood Harris). 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." The name Treer is a reference to Trier, Marx's birthplace. On his way to meet Krysta, Fortunio discovered Boxer Santaros in the desert, stricken with amnesia. 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. 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. On March 25, 2009, the R2 DVD was released in France. 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. 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. Southland Tales EXPLAINED - Breakdown & Heavy Analysis - YouTube FOR MORE MOVIE EXPLANATION VIDEOS PLEASE LIKE AND COMMENT THIS VIDEO! According to their plan, Boxer is to videotape their faked murder. Then, two "witnesses" will appear. Edit, The Treer company is a German defense contractor that employs Dr. Inga Von Westphalen, a zeppelin designer and the Baron's mother. During their discussion, they learn that Ronald has been dreaming of Boxer. Martin has just learned that he's been drafted to go to Iraq and is about to shoot himself in the head. "Lucky Me" by Roger Webb8. What's the deal with this screenplay-within-the-movie that all the characters keep referring to? Two witnesses appear in Jerusalem to speak out against the sins of mankind. Just before it hits, Boxer extends his arms, and his tattoo of Jesus begins to bleed in the nape of his neck. But despite the reaction, Kelly managed to secure a distribution deal and, on Nov. 14, released a shortened version of the film in U.S. theaters. She may also be representative of the Whore of Babylon (ancient Babylon situated in what is now Iraq) and her energy drink the "Cup of Abominations".Madeline Frost Santaros: [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. ------------------------------------------. 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. He played a character named "Donnie" in a movie with Boxer Santaros. The reason for the exclusion of some of these tracks, like the song by The Killers was as a result of a dispute with the record label. Roland runs to meet him inside the ice cream truck. Edit, After Roland Taverner came back from Iraq, he got a job as a police officer in Hermosa Beach, thanks to his father. It never becomes clear what exactly happened in the desert. 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. 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. 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