He played a character named "Donnie" in a movie with Boxer Santaros. Zora Carmichaels (Cheri Oteri), a member of the Neo-Marxist movement, buys blank bullets from Walter Mung (Christopher Lambert) in an ice cream truck filled with weapons. "[12] He described the film as a "tapestry of ideas all related to some of the biggest issues that I think we're facing right now . Three days later, he is discovered in the desert near Lake Mead. That would be Fluid Karma. 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 Anti-ChristSerpentine: Roland and Ronald are the Messiah and in the end they find each other and save humanity through the power of forgiveness. For some reason, Wallace Shawn is dressed like a new-wave Japanese pimp. Edit, According to The Prequel Saga, "The Power" was written entirely by Krysta Now, who is apparently psychic. One copy of Boxer traveled 69 minutes back in time, while the other copy was killed by an explosive charge in the car. Edit, He had fulfilled his purpose on the earth and as witness to the coming of the next age, saw his body as an empty shell and gave it away. Is the soundtrack availiable for the film? The first chapter in the film ("IV: Temptation Waits") begins. The feature film comprises the final three parts of the experience. 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. One Taverner repeats, "friendly fire," while the other says, "I forgive you." The New Statesmans weekly environment email on the politics, business and culture of the climate and nature crises - in your inbox every Thursday. Edit, It is implied that they are either divorced or brother and sister. Taverner reveals that he hasn't produced a bowel movement in six days. What's the deal with the Treer company, and why are there all these references to Karl Marx? After much trial and error with monkeys, Baron decided to send Boxer through itchosen because of his political ties and his celebrity persona. . 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. Which quotes from the Books of Revelation are used in the film? 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. Roland runs to meet him inside the ice cream truck. Her new screenplay, co-written with an amnesiac movie star with the extremely macho name Boxer Santaros (Dwayne Johnson), outlines the apocalypse as she is certain it will happen. How did the Taverners end up with the Neo-Marxists in Venice Beach? 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. "Look Back In" by Moby5. "[16] Kelly said the film's biggest influences are Kiss Me Deadly, Pulp Fiction, Brazil, and Dr. Strangelove. 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. 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. Back in the dumpster, Roland Taverner wakes up as his hands begins to glow. Fortunio's goons inject Boxer with fluid karma and load him into an ambulance. 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. Nana Mae Frost (Miranda Richardson), the wife of Republican candidate Bobby Frost, inaugurates the Los Angeles USIDent headquarters. Ronald walks up to Martin Kefauver's Hummer, which is parked near the ocean. The anagram of his name, FREAK MAN VIRTUE is most important, foreshadowing the ultimate destiny of Martin in the film. Many of his answers are contained in this FAQ. The police break into Neo-Marxist headquarters and kill Kenny Chan. Starla Von Luft, the double-crossing USIDent employee, is reading a copy of "The Power" at work. 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. In "Southland Tales" the Earth's rotation IS actually slowing down BECAUSE of an inter-dimensional rift above Lake Meade. No idea. The Second Law of Thermodynamics refers to a closed system, wherein entropy will accumulate and efficiency will diminish until the system stops. A newsletter showcasing the finest writing from the ideas section, covering political ideas, philosophy, criticism and intellectual history - sent every Wednesday. 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. [citation needed]. 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. 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. Back at USIDent headquarters, we learn that Boxer was kidnapped at a charity scavenger hunt several days earlier, and a charred body, presumed to be his, has been found in the desert near Lake Mead. It turns out that Fortunio has been on the Baron's payroll all along. Then, a mushroom cloud appears on the horizon, and history jumps the tracks. "Southland Tales" opens on July 4, 2005, in Abilene, Texas. 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. Kelly wrote Southland Tales shortly before the September 11 attacks. "The Star Spangled Banner" by Rebekah del Rio & The Section Quartet14. Is the screenplay important for understanding the movie? Boxer joins her on the stage, followed by Madeline. 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. Ten years ago, a critical audience at Cannes sealed 'Southland Tales' fate. "[29], The film remains enigmatic to many viewers and even some of its makers. Running time: 160 minutes. A weekly newsletter helping you fit together the pieces of the global economic slowdown. A weekly round-up of some of the best articles featured in the most recent issue of the New Statesman, sent each Saturday. "[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. Krysta has decided to make her sex tape public by placing it into a Neo-Marxist drop box. 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. Edit, Fred Zinnemann, the well-known movie director of the 1950s and 60s, maybe? [It] restores an uncanny to American culture, she wrote in Fetishism and Curiosity, that the uncanny president disavows. In Southland Tales we have a movie whose frenetic, all-American surrealism its blend of censorship and sexuality, commerce and violence spookily pre-empted the prevailing culture under Donald Trump a decade before he was elected president. The three perform an abstract dance. Roland Taverner, his (alleged) twin -- a racist cop -- is sitting unconscious in the main room, having been kidnapped and drugged by the Neo-Marxists. What If He Is Dead, But He Is Not? The soundtrack does not feature all the music from the film, probably due to rights/royalties issues. Is "The Power" important for understanding "Southland Tales"? Quick and essential guide to domestic and global politics from the New Statesman's politics team. Then she pulls out her gun and threatens to kill herself unless she can give Boxer a blowjob. 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. This release will include both the original theatrical cut and the Cannes cut. Tide power, and the wireless transmission of electricity, are scientific realities. "ZORA: "You just wait and see." This would be a perpetual motion machine, and could not work. Messiah ( forgives sins)"I forgive you. Edit, It is a proposition on the ballot to restict US-IDent's powers. Second, fluid karma is the name used by Treer for the "hydroelectric energy field" produced by the their Utopia tidal generators. 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. 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. 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. Edit, In the 1980s British TV comedy 'Allo 'Allo!, the right-hand man of Herr Flick of the Gestapo is called "von Smallhausen", so maybe that's where Kelly drew his inspiration from. Kelly has said in interviews that the film was partially made in response to the rise of apocalyptic evangelism in the United States. The movie begins in earnest when Boxer wakes up on a beach near the Santa Monica pier. [19], Many critics responded unfavorably to the film's long running time and sprawling nature. 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." How did the Taverners end up with the Neo-Marxists in Venice Beach? Meanwhile, using a sex tape given to her by Krysta Now, Cyndi Pinziki is blackmailing Frost for money and demanding the passage of Proposition 69 (a bill that restricts USIDent's powers). That's why. Dragon from Revelation 12 and 13 (Puppet of the Anti-Christ)Pilot Abeline: In the "Southland Tales" universe, when war broke out following the nuclear attacks in Texas, Treer was contracted to build several mega-zeppelins to ferry troops and equipment across the world. Southland Tales is dizzyingly maximalist, never happy with one set-piece if it can introduce five. With the United States under the threat of nuclear attack, the lives of several people converge in a dystopian Los Angeles. 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." What's the deal with this screenplay-within-the-movie that all the characters keep referring to? 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" 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 . It's OK to be confused by Richard Kelly's "Southland Tales.". Where does that qualifying characteristic for a messiah come from? Sign up to receive information regarding NS events, subscription offers & product updates. Filming was slated to begin in July 2004, but after a year, it had not begun. 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. Since then, Kelly has released prequel comics to coincide with the film. [42], J. Hoberman defended the film, yet again, in his review for the theatrical cut. Madeline walks in and tells him that he has been speaking in his sleep. If Proposition 69 passes, US-IDent will essentially be shut down or have its powers severely restricted. Two souls join into one, the forth dimension collapses. Roland manages to escape, climb onto the roof, and fall into a dumpster. 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. Southland Tales also predicted that the government was always watching us. As the movie suggests, the Baron conducted secret experiments, headed by Simon Theory, with soldiers in Iraq. 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. [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. He follows her to the back of a bookstore, where the rest of the baron's entourage is waiting. A pregnant woman, a dragon and two beasts; They are the puppets of the Anti-ChristRevelation 22:12: In addition to her reality show, Krysta has launched an energy drink and recorded a hit single called "Teen Horniness Is Not a Crime." The film was released on Region 4 DVD in Australia on April 30, 2008. He climbs out and walks up to the nearby ice cream truck. Through voiceover, we learn that Pilot Abilene was injected with fluid karma in Iraq, as part of an experiment by the Baron, and in his quest for global domination, the Baron has negotiated an agreement with the prime minister of Japan, Hideo Takahashi, for fluid karma. This assertion seems to be based upon a flawed understanding of the the particular Law. but those who do not but still feel the effects of Fluid Karma are known as "Natural Bleeders" (e.g. 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. Bing is freaked out by the murders, and decides that he no longer wants to be part of the group. Would a tide-powered electrical generator actually contradict the Second Law of Thermodynamics? Also, a very subtle reference took place when Bart Bookman (Jon Lovitz) had just killed Dream and Dion: he said "Flow my tears". He is a pimp and pimps don't commit suicide.". "Teen Horniness is Not a Crime" by Sarah Michelle Gellar, Abbey McBride, ClarKent11. What do all the characters in the film keep on quoting from? Violence has erupted throughout the city. Jericho Cane is the name of Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in "End of Days.". The Treer company is a German defense contractor that employs Dr. Inga Von Westphalen, a zeppelin designer and the Baron's mother. As the party in the Mega-Zeppelin kicks off, Boxer heads upstairs to the Baron's secret chamber. What exactly happens at the end of the movie? Edit, No. Why did Roland Taverner end up driving Boxer Santaros through the space-time rift? 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. Edit, No. He played a character named "Donnie" in a movie with Boxer Santaros (in an obvious allusion to "Donnie Darko"). 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 Boxer gets into a convertible and drives off. But, then again, you probably shouldn't try to interpret "Southland Tales" too literally. 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." 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. Edit, Much of Pilot Abilene's voiceover consists of direct quotations from the Book of Revelation. As part of the deal, the Baron has Serpentine cut off the prime minister's left hand. What are all of those tattoos on the body of Boxer Santaros (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson)? Why that happens when the Taverners touch, only Richard Kelly knows. What happens in the screenplay? She says "The religion that is the winner of the contest will bleed" 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"). 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. 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." "Samuel Goldwyn to handle US distribution of Southland Tales", "Universal, Wild Bunch board Southland Tales", This Maligned 2006 Movie About Dystopian L.A. Is Too Real at This Point. "[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. 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. Dwayne Johnson joined the cast in April 2005, and principal photography was slated to begin August 1, 2005 in Los Angeles. 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. 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 is an international co-production of the United States, Germany and France. 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"). This is a reference to a Philip K. Dick book called Flow My Tears the Policeman Said. Roland, Ronald, Pilot, etc.) I still don't know what that movie is about. Two months before Southland Tales was released, he announced the launch of Darko Entertainment.[15]. 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. The restaurant starts floating into space. It's filled with so many references and so much self-conscious irony that it's nearly impossible to make sense of it all. 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 release of Kellys first film, Donnie Darko, more or less coincided with the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers. "And God wiped the tears from his eyes, so the new Messiah could see out to the New Jerusalem." Why is 'Kiss Me Deadly' featured numerous times in the film? And then you would miss all the jokes and stop enjoying the dance sequences. On March 25, 2009, the R2 DVD was released in France. They claim to have read his screenplay. If you read the graphic novel, you'll find the legend which is spoken by Bai Ling's character Serpentine. Boxer diverts the attention away from the real messiah, who almost gets killed. The critic Laura Mulvey once suggested Blue Velvet, having been released in 1986, was the ideal film for the mood of the Reagan era. Ronald Taverner, meanwhile, has picked up Zora and Bing Zinneman, a new member of the Neo-Marxists. 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