"[29], The film remains enigmatic to many viewers and even some of its makers. 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. What's the relation between Walter Mung and Veronica "Dream" Mung? The Treer generators were slowing the rotation of Earth by .0000006 mile per hour (.9 inch per day, or 2.3 centimeters per day), per day, which caused strange effects around the world. In this article, Kelly is interviewed about some of the less straightforward aspects of Southland Tales. Back when the film was released in Cannes, three scenes were released on YouTube (which have long since been rendered unavailable): Boxer and Krysta talking with Roland about their film, Fortunio watching Krysta's show "Now", and Krysta's meeting with Cyndi Pinziki. 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 Second Law of Thermodynamics refers to a closed system, wherein entropy will accumulate and efficiency will diminish until the system stops. What exactly happens at the end of the movie? Boxer's original self was incinerated in a car bomb triggered by Serpentine, while the duplicate Boxer is still roaming. Krysta is brought to the Frost mansion, where she is confronted by Madeline. The movie begins in earnest when Boxer wakes up on a beach near the Santa Monica pier. So what's causing the Earth to slow down ? "Southland Tales" opens on July 4, 2005, in Abilene, Texas. "It will never be night again and they will not need lamplight or sunlight, because the Lord God will be shining on them. "Broken Hearted Savior" by Big Head Todd & The Monsters10. Metacritic Reviews. Boxer diverts the attention away from the real messiah, who almost gets killed. Presumably, Tab was afraid that the Baron's people would find out that Roland had survived the trip through the time rift. 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. A weekly newsletter helping you fit together the pieces of the global economic slowdown. The movie plays in the background in several scenes, and in the "Prequel Saga," Krysta tells Boxer it is his favorite movie. The New Statesmans weekly environment email on the politics, business and culture of the climate and nature crises - in your inbox every Thursday. It stinks and we have to accept it. 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." A tide-powered generator, however, relies on an external source of power, the tides, and would not fall under that definition. The Grey Horseman. 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. There are hundreds of these mechanical balls buried everywhere in the Southland. Original music was provided by Moby. What's the deal with the Treer company, and why are there all these references to Karl Marx? I still don't know what that movie is about. The feature film comprises the final three parts of the experience. They are available together in the one graphic novel as Southland Tales: The Prequel Saga. How did the Taverners end up with the Neo-Marxists in Venice Beach? 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"). Edit, Yes, there is a soundtrack available to buy, from Amazon.com or any other retailer that specializes in music. Abilene injects himself with fluid karma, collapses, and, in a dream sequence, dances a routine to the Killers' "All The Things You've Done," while nurses twirl around him. Boxer and Ronald have stopped for some lunch. "Chord Sounds" by Moby7. 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. Initial release: May 21, 2006. 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. Their hands begin to glow. ", "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.". Then why do people keep on injecting it into their neck? ------------------------------------------. How would that work? 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). The only new special feature announced was an audio commentary by Kelly. Cane loses consciousness. Zelda Rubinstein and Beth Grant portray Dr. Katarina Kuntzler and Dr. Inga Von Westphalen, members of the baron's entourage. He learns that his account has been blocked, so Kefauver and Ronald use the Hummer to rip the ATM from the wall. 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. And then you would miss all the jokes and stop enjoying the dance sequences. 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. This means that Christianity has won the "contest" for Earth and is the one true faith. That would be Fluid Karma. Edit, It is implied that they are either divorced or brother and sister. Fortunio's goons inject Boxer with fluid karma and load him into an ambulance. "[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. No, it's not just you. 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. 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. Krysta has decided to make her sex tape public by placing it into a Neo-Marxist drop box. After Roland Taverner came back from Iraq, he got a job as a police officer in Hermosa Beach, thanks to his father. "RONALD: "Sounds neat. "[5], In January 2021, Richard Kelly announced that developments are underway to expand the film into a franchise with intention being that the original cast return. [22], Kelly edited the film down to the basic storylines of the characters portrayed by Scott, Gellar, and Johnson. 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). "Southland Tales" opens on July 4, 2005, in Abilene, Texas. Ten years ago, a critical audience at Cannes sealed 'Southland Tales' fate. They will start speaking out against the Antichrist and begin overthrowing the evil empire. Suddenly, a bright light appears through windows and a mushroom cloud rises in the distance: Abilene has been nuked. Edit, Richard Kelly envisioned the story as being told across multiple formats. but those who do not but still feel the effects of Fluid Karma are known as "Natural Bleeders" (e.g. What's the deal with the Treer company, and why are there all these references to Karl Marx? A website was also developed to intertwine with the graphic novels and the film itself. What happens in the screenplay? Southland Tales (2007) Rated R for language, violence, sexual material and some drug content 160 minutes Cast Dwayne Johnson as Boxer Seann William Scott as Roland/Ronald Sarah Michelle Gellar as Krysta Kapowski/Krysta Now Curtis Armstrong as Dr. Soberin Exx Mandy Moore as Madeline Kevin Smith as Simon Theory Justin Timberlake as Abilene (This 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.) 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. The false prophet and the Antichrist will create a dominating world system. The film also evokes Kurt Vonnegut's sci-fi absurdism, Philip K. Dick's philosophical approach to time travel, and Thomas Pynchon's sprawling narratives. Edit, No. 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. Does "Southland Tales: The Prequel Saga" explain what this fluid karma stuff is? The final chapter of the film ("VI: Wave of Mutilation") begins. Since then, Kelly has released prequel comics to coincide with the film. 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. This means that Christianity has won the "contest" for Earth and is the one true faith. "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 . "[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. What's up with Baron Von Westphalen (Wallace Shawn)? ("Taverner" is the name of the main character in the same book and suffers identity problems of his own.) Ben's path down the dark side finally caught up to him when Sammy put the pieces together. When scientists injected fluid karma into the soldiers, they became telepathic and could see into the past and, eventually, the future. [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. 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. Edit, The term fluid karma is used to refer to two things in the movie. Its depiction of an American teenager experiencing premonitions about doomsday clocks and jet crashes suddenly became more piquant in light of such astounding tragedy. According to their plan, Boxer is to videotape their faked murder. 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. We may have to wait for the DVD commentary to figure that one out. In a 2011 interview, Justin Timberlake himself said, "To me, Southland Tales is performance art. Presumably, Tab was afraid that the Baron's people would find out that Roland had survived the trip through the time rift. 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. Richard Kelly's science-fiction comedy was widely derided on release in 2006, but it has since found a cult audience. Once it was discovered, they sent monkeys through it, which failed (Boxer claims that only a human soul could survive the trip). 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. Scientists are saying the futures going to be far more futuristic than they originally predicted, Krysta suggests, as if this helped to explain anything. [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. Edit, Awards What was in the 20 to 25 minutes cut out of the original version showed at Cannes? Eliot's "Hollow Men. What If He Is Dead, But He Is Not? 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. All of these references to Marxism aren't entirely unconnected to the film's biblical references. 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. As part of the deal, the Baron has Serpentine cut off the prime minister's left hand. 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. 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. Its plot hinges on a barely explained back story involving rifts in the fourth dimension. As they drive, Boxer continues to talk about his screenplay, explaining a subplot involving a miracle baby that doesn't produce bowel movements. Although Kelly's first film, "Donnie Darko," was an obtuse cult hit about time travel and an apocalyptic rabbit, few people could have anticipated a follow-up as thoroughly baffling as "Southland Tales." The Book of Revelation is the last book in the New Testament. 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. All rights reserved. Or is it just bullshit by Richard Kelly? Ronald and Martin Kefauver pull up to the Rove Credit Union where Kefauver tries to withdraw his savings. Because of this rift the world is essentially going mad.remember when I said there's a reason why everything seems so crazy in this movie ? Nowadays, the debate surrounding freedom, privacy,. Fluid karma is an "organic compound" that the Treer company discovered while drilling off the coast of Israel. Our weekly culture newsletter from books and art to pop culture and memes sent every Friday. In fact, Marx was indirectly influenced by the Book of Revelation in his writing. If you replace the Antichrist with the bourgeoisie, and the kingdom of God with a communist utopia, you've got the same basic narrative. 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". "Lucky Me" by Roger Webb8. 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." He called it a "strange hybrid of the sensibilities of Andy Warhol and Philip K. When Boxer (and Roland) traveled through the rift, it created duplicate versions of bothone set of duplicates traveled 69 minutes back in time, while the "originals" stayed in their original time. 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. He wakes up in a bed in his apartment in Treer Plaza. Although it's part of a different section in the book, Revelation also refers to the Whore of Babylon -- dressed in scarlet and covered in gold -- as a symbol of Babylon's corruption. [18] Much to his surprise, they loved it and wanted the film entered in competition for the Palme d'Or. Boxer meets Fortunio on the beach after his rendezvous with Starla. It has a similar plot to Southland Tales, but with different characters and more gratuitous product placement. 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. It's a schizophrenic break. The other main reference points are T.S. Cane loses consciousness. Edit, Richard Kelly stated in his interview with Empire film magazine, The idea of wireless electricity and tides being a source of energy, and there being a potentially world-altering energy source under the ocean, is based on real scientific theory. "Look Back In" by Moby5. In 2021, Kelly announced that there are developments to expand the film into a franchise. Elsewhere, in a luxurious apartment, Boxer crawls into bed with Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar), a former porn star with a reality television show. During their discussion, they learn that Ronald has been dreaming of Boxer. 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. 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). According to the "Prequel Saga," "The Power" was written entirely by Krysta Now, who is apparently psychic. [28][29] After significant edits, the final version premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 22, 2007. A conversation between Zora and Ronald in "Fingerprints" (Book 2 of the graphic novels) sheds some light on this: And, of course, gets corrupted and goes mad. 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. 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, No. "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". 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. 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. An audacious near-future pop fever dream under the guise of blockbuster aesthetics, "Southland Tales" starred Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as a movie star who keeps forgetting his past, Sarah. 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 They decided to take advantage of her powers. Meanwhile, Martin Kefauver (Lou Pucci), a young man dressed in hip-hop gear, meets Pilot Abilene at the "Fire" Arcade, where he exchanges pot for fluid karma. Southland Tales begins on Independence Day 2005 in an eminently recognizable Bush-era Texas. 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. Boxer walks up to the Frost mansion, where his wife, Madeline Frost (Mandy Moore), and the Frost team are waiting for him. 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. You know those overlooked classics that are critically ignored only to blossom into beautiful definitive works over time.like "Pinkerton" or "Starship Troo. "[41], On the program Ebert & Roeper, Richard Roeper and guest critic Michael Phillips gave the film a negative review. The screenplay ends at a McDonald's restaurant, when Caleb starts belching noxious gas and launching fireballs. | Edit, Boxer Santaros: 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. While Ronald is briefly distracted, Boxer is beckoned over by Serpentine, who has been hovering nearby. [23], Southland Tales: Music from the Motion Picture is the original soundtrack of Richard Kelly's 2007 film Southland Tales. The soundtrack does not feature all the music from the film, probably due to rights/royalties issues. Kelly has said that this idea was inspired by a real U.S. Army project. The movie plays in the background in several scenes, and in the "Prequel Saga," Krysta tells Boxer it is his favorite movie. Why that happens when the Taverners touch, only Richard Kelly knows. So the parallels with the Bible are kind of buried. She says "The religion that is the winner of the contest will bleed" Many people think wireless electricity is the thing that could rescue us from our dilemma as we reach the end of the petroleum era. But once they went through the rift, the car's self-destruct mechanism was activated, killing the copy of Boxer that did not travel back in time. What is the glowing orb carried around by Dr. Kuntzler? 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. 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. 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. One critic wondered if Kelly had ever met another human being. What follows is a hyperkinetic Fox News-style summary of the following three years in the "Southland Tales'" alternate universe: After the nuclear attacks in Texas, the United States reinstates the draft, and by October 2005, war (sponsored by Hustler and Bud Light) breaks out with Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, North Korea and Iraq -- where Pilot Abilene, the film's narrator, is injured in a friendly-fire accident. 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. "[34] A handful of the American and European critics, however, were more positive. Elsewhere in the building, Ronald Taverner (Seann William Scott) is in the bathroom, looking at his reflection. What exactly happens at the end of the movie? Unfortunately for the Neo-Marxists, their operative in USIDent, Kenny Chan, has been compromised. Ambitious and arresting to the eye -- the gray palette serves the film well -- it's too bad that Southland Tales is also pretentious, chaotic, and tries too hard. Eventually, the Antichrist will show up and take over the world. Martin has just learned that he's been drafted to go to Iraq and is about to shoot himself in the head. 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. A pregnant woman, a dragon and two beasts; They are the puppets of the Anti-ChristRevelation 22:12: At least that way, he isn't . Is it just me, or did that make no sense? They claim to have read his screenplay. With the United States under the threat of nuclear attack, the lives of several people converge in a dystopian Los Angeles. The Anti-ChristSerpentine: Or, maybe it's just an hallucination from Fluid Karma that only the two of them can see (since Martin doesn't actually notice the light from his hands in the Hummer). However, there was a promotional soundtrack that was given to members of the press when the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006. The filmmaker stated that discussions are ongoing as to whether the projects should be released as films or in a long-form format through a streaming service.[46]. "And God wiped the tears from his eyes, so the new Messiah could see out to the New Jerusalem." 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