[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. Thomas Rogers is Salon's former Arts Editor. How meta. The word of God or the Apostle John. It is unhinged, and occasionally exhilarating, and quite often funny. The screenplay ends at a McDonald's restaurant, when Caleb starts belching noxious gas and launching fireballs. 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. It has a similar plot to Southland Tales, but with different characters and more gratuitous product placement. : 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. Initial release: May 21, 2006. Protector of the Messiah/False ProphetRoland Taverner: They are eventually killed by those who are tormented by their prophecies.Revelation 22:5: Liberal extremist cells start to emerge, including a group called the Neo-Marxists. Fluid karma is an "organic compound" that the Treer company discovered while drilling off the coast of Israel. "ZORA: "You just wait and see." 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]. The world ends. The first three chapters of the story are told in a graphic novel called Southland Tales: The Prequel Saga, which among other things explains Roland Traveler's back story, Boxer's journey from the desert back to Los Angeles, and the true origin of Krysta and Boxer's screenplay. We learn that July 4 will be the launch date for the new Treer mega-zeppelin (the "Jenny Von Westphalen"). Beasts from Revelation 12 and 13 (Puppet of the Anti-Christ)Baron Von Westphalen: Or is it just bullshit by Richard Kelly? 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. As Andrew O'Hehir put it, the recut film "transcends its adolescent awkwardness and approaches being magnificent." In March 2004, Kelly and Cherry Road Films began development of Southland Tales. "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, He's the snake-oil salesman who shows up in Santa Monica with the elixir of God. 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. 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." 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. It's. Edit, After Roland Taverner came back from Iraq, he got a job as a police officer in Hermosa Beach, thanks to his father. Boxer meets Fortunio on the beach after his rendezvous with Starla. The Tangent Universe is an alternate reality to our own. Edit, Those who use Fluid Karma are "Chemical Bleeders" (e.g. The critic Laura Mulvey once suggested Blue Velvet, having been released in 1986, was the ideal film for the mood of the Reagan era. Where does that qualifying characteristic for a messiah come from? They decided to take advantage of her powers. Krysta Now stops by Zora's place to buy some drugs, when she notices the tape of Dream and Dion's murder on a chair. Why did Roland Taverner end up driving Boxer Santaros through the space-time rift? The Baron phones Simon Theory (Kevin Smith), an old bearded man, and instructs him to "remove the body from Utopia Three.". They decided to take advantage of her powers. 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. "Lucky Me" by Roger Webb8. Edit, No one really knows, it's never implied in the film who was behind it-Richard Kelly did mention he was given an article called "American Hiroshima" which revolved this plan of Al-Qaeda's to buy nuclear weapons off Russian mobsters and smuggle them into Texas over the Mexican border and detonate them in mid-sized cities. Chemical Bleeders can see back in time while Natural Bleeders can see back and forward in time. Cindy meets Vaughn Smallhouse at a restaurant and gives him a copy of the sex tape. Southland Tales is unashamedly maximalist, rushing through as many set pieces as Kelly can conjure whilst simultaneously touching upon practically every theme a work of art can contain. Martin has just learned that he's been drafted to go to Iraq and is about to shoot himself in the head. Original music was provided by Moby. We zoom out to a satellite view, revealing that another nuclear bomb has been detonated in El Paso. Which quotes from the Books of Revelation are used in the film? 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. 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. And then you would miss all the jokes and stop enjoying the dance sequences. Outside, the ice cream truck levitates upward. What's the deal with the "I'm a pimp, and pimps don't commit suicide" motto? The original script involved blackmail, a porn star, and two cops. When it premiered in its original three-hour form at Cannes, last year, the response was acidic. This soundtrack has 41 tracks, 9 of which are sound bytes taken from the film. [36], 41% of 106 reviews compiled by review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes are positive, and the average rating is 4.9 out of 10. They will reign forever and ever"Revelation 12 and 13: 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. In the graphic novels, Krysta says it's Boxer's favourite film. Once Krysta departs, Boxer receives a phone call from Starla instructing him to go to the Santa Monica pier. Edit, Much of Pilot Abilene's voiceover consists of direct quotations from the Book of Revelation. Certainly, the future as depicted here is deeply complex. [citation needed]. How did the Taverners end up with the Neo-Marxists in Venice Beach? He played a character named "Donnie" in a movie with Boxer Santaros. What's with the glow from Roland and Ronald's hands? 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. Also, they had sex. What does the Latin inscription "oderint dum metuant" on the UPU cars mean? Amy Poehler and Wood Harris appear as Neo-Marxist activists. Nana Mae Frost is also monitoring the entire situation from USIDent. 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. 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. Among his accomplices will be a "false prophet" -- a deceitful ruler. The Book of Revelation and Marxism have been connected by academicsboth advocate the overthrow of tyranny. 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." "[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. The other characters have all played their part and are redeemed in the end to enjoy eternal life. What's Justin Timberlake doing in all of this? One Taverner repeats, "friendly fire," while the other says, "I forgive you." 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. Why is the film listed as 2006 instead of 2007? In "Donnie Darko," the world ends when the Tangent Universe collapses, which may also be what happens at the end of "Southland Tales." 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). Zelda Rubinstein and Beth Grant portray Dr. Katarina Kuntzler and Dr. Inga Von Westphalen, members of the baron's entourage. 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." Why is 'Kiss Me Deadly' featured numerous times in the film? Edit, We're not entirely sure. This means that Christianity has won the "contest" for Earth and is the one true faith. Cheri Oteri plays Zora Carmichaels, while Jon Lovitz plays violent police officer Bart Bookman who is in love with Zora. At least that way, he isn't . 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 Additionally, tracks from Radiohead, Louis Armstrong, Beethoven, Kris Kristofferson, and several tracks from Moby's Hotel:Ambient are likewise absent from the album. 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. Boxer diverts the attention away from the real messiah, who almost gets killed. Unfortunately, the reworked film was received just as poorly, seen as an unfinished version of something much bigger. Boxer walks up to the Frost mansion, where his wife, Madeline Frost (Mandy Moore), and the Frost team are waiting for him. Also, a very subtle reference took place when Bart Bookman (Jon Lovitz) had just killed Dream and Dion: he said "Flow my tears". As they hold hands, the truck begins to float into the sky with Martin Kefauver on board. "Southland Tales" opens on July 4, 2005, in Abilene, Texas. On edge after being put on desk duty and forced to see a shrink, a neighbor's crap generator sets Cooper off and leads to a bloody altercation. Pimp is American slang for badass. 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. Edit, The name does not refer to anything other than the anagram and the late U.S. Feb. 7, 2021. 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. What's up with Baron Von Westphalen (Wallace Shawn)? [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. "It will never be night again and they will not need lamplight or sunlight, because the Lord God will be shining on them. If Proposition 69 passes, US-IDent will essentially be shut down or have its powers severely restricted. What are all of those tattoos on the body of Boxer Santaros (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson)? 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. Set in the then-near future of 2008, the film is a portrait of Los Angeles, and a satiric commentary on the militaryindustrial complex and the infotainment industry. Who does the name "Bing Zinneman" refer to. Original music was provided by Moby . Boxer receives a phone call from Starla Von Luft -- who is still under the impression that she is Dr. Muriel Fox -- and tells him to call Vaughn Smallhouse, one of Frost's assistants. Edit, "The Power" is a pretty hilarious piece of work. 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. 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. Boxer Santaros (Dwayne "The Rock". [18] Kelly's film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2006 with a length of 160 minutes. 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. If this is a parallel with the Book of Revelation, then who's whom? Southland Tales also predicted that the government was always watching us. 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 Southland Tales is streaming now on Mubi, This article appears in the 03 Jun 2020 issue of the New Statesman, We can't breathe. In the universe of the film, Dr. Inga Von Westphalen is also the granddaughter of Jenny Von Westphalen, Karl Marx's wife. Kids are shooting home video of their Independence Day barbecue. 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. Pilot Abilene, who has been watching the scene from his gun turret, shoots and kills Starla. Also, they had sex. 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. 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. If the two Taverners were to touch, Theory warns, the fourth dimension would collapse onto itself and the world would come to an end. Edit, Richard Kelly stated in his interview with Empire, They're representations of every major religion on Earth. I think defecation is the result of an inferior food supply and spiritual weakness. 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. 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. 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 Why does Pilot dream about the song "All These Things I've Done" by The Killers? Edit, The term fluid karma is used to refer to two things in the movie. "The Power" is a pretty hilarious piece of work. User Ratings Links to many post-Cannes reviews, including multiple positive reviews by American, French, Spanish, Polish, and other reviewers. So if that's anything to go by, it may have been Al-Qaeda. Then, two "witnesses" will appear. "[43] Manohla Dargis also gave the film a positive review in The New York Times, writing, "He doesn't make it easy to love his new film, which turns and twists and at times threatens to disappear down the rabbit hole of his obsessions. 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. 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. 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. She became psychic when a plane she was on -- United 23 -- flew through the rift in space-time above Lake Mead. Presumably, Tab was afraid that the Baron's people would find out that Roland had survived the trip through the time rift. She tells him that he must board the mega-zeppelin and what he is looking for is in the Baron's private chamber. As the party in the Mega-Zeppelin kicks off, Boxer heads upstairs to the Baron's secret chamber. So the parallels with the Bible are kind of buried. What does the name Martin Kefauver refer to, other than to its anagram "Freak Man Virtue" and the late U.S. senator? He can be reached at @thomasmaxrogers. 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. When a confrontation erupts near the Neo-Marxist drop box, Zora and Bart are both killed by a soldier. Reading the graphic novels shows that she had the revelation of the screenplay, which happened (more or less) as she said it would, much as the book of revelation was occurring (more or less) as John had proposed it. Roland and Ronald (Seann William Scott) meet and shake hands. Southland Tales grossed $275,380 in limited release at the North American box office and $99,363 in Turkey and United Kingdom for a worldwide total of $374,743,[6] against a production budget of $17 million. The novel has obvious links in its plot with Southland Tales, and the story's main character is named Jason Taverner. Before being drafted, Pilot Abilene was also a movie star. Two witnesses appear in Jerusalem to speak out against the sins of mankind. Ronald Taverner, meanwhile, has picked up Zora and Bing Zinneman, a new member of the Neo-Marxists. The film was released on Region 4 DVD in Australia on April 30, 2008. [16] Kelly consciously sought out actors that he felt had been pigeonholed and wanted to showcase their "undiscovered talents."[14]. Presumably, Tab was afraid that the Baron's people would find out that Roland had survived the trip through the time rift. Edit, The Treer company is a German defense contractor that employs Dr. Inga Von Westphalen, a zeppelin designer and the Baron's mother. "RONALD: "Its a physiological requirement of the body. It's too bad, because "Southland Tales" is one of the more interesting and ambitious American films in recent memory. The New Statesmans weekly environment email on the politics, business and culture of the climate and nature crises - in your inbox every Thursday. "ZORA: "A modified organic diet and transcendental meditation. Again, we're not entirely sure. Two souls join into one, the forth dimension collapses. 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. Much of Pilot Abilene's voiceover consists of direct quotations from the Book of Revelation. 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. Before being drafted, Pilot Abilene was also a movie star. She cuts the ribbon as USIDent employees -- dressed in windbreakers -- applaud. Defecation is a part of life. At their Venice Beach headquarters, we meet the rest of the Neo-Marxists, including Veronica "Dream" Mung (Amy Poehler) and Dion Element (Wood Harris). Just before it hits, Boxer extends his arms, and his tattoo of Jesus begins to bleed in the nape of his neck. 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. 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. He learns that his account has been blocked, so Kefauver and Ronald use the Hummer to rip the ATM from the wall. 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. | 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. In response to the recent fuel shortage in the wake of global warfare, the German company Treer designs a generator of inexhaustible energy, which is propelled by the perpetual motion of ocean currents, called "Fluid Karma". She would, I think, make a good president. There are now two versions of each co-existing in the same universetwo Boxer Santaros and two Roland Taverners. Ronald Taverner and Baby Caleb in "The Power") not have a bowel movement? For half of Kelly's epic film about the end of the world, characters are quoting T.S. If these scenes are anything to go by, very minuscule moments in them that were cut can be noticed and they are now more compact and give the bare essentials in the theatrical cut. You know those overlooked classics that are critically ignored only to blossom into beautiful definitive works over time.like "Pinkerton" or "Starship Troo. What do all the characters in the film keep on quoting from? [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. But they're in there. 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. Nowadays, the debate surrounding freedom, privacy,. This means that Christianity has won the "contest" for Earth and is the one true faith. As the movie suggests, the Baron conducted secret experiments, headed by Simon Theory, with soldiers in Iraq. The police break into Neo-Marxist headquarters and kill Kenny Chan. 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. A conversation between Zora and Ronald in "Fingerprints" (Book 2 of the graphic novels) sheds some light on this: Musician Moby was approached on composing and performing the film's score. Happily, it never does, which allows you to share in his unabashed joy in filmmaking as well as in his fury about the times. We quickly learn that the United States is running low on gas and has cut a deal with a "renegade scientist" named Baron Von Westphalen (Wallace Shawn) and his company, Treer. Ronald and Roland Taverner, furthermore, are not twins, but copies of the same person. Fifteen years after Southland Tales was booed out of the Cannes Film Festival, director Richard Kelly tells Inverse he embraces the chorus of jeers. Support 100 years of independent journalism. Despite being critically and commercially unsuccessful, the film has developed a cult following in later years. Edit, Richard Kelly stated in his interview with Empire, Thumbprint identification is becoming much more prominent. Neo-Marxist cells have begun to converge on central Los Angeles. 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. For . 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. The generators depicted in the film, and similar real-life power sources, are not closed systems but open ones. "And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death"Revelation 11: In addition to her reality show, Krysta has launched an energy drink and recorded a hit single called "Teen Horniness Is Not a Crime." 9 in D Minor, op. Roland runs to meet him inside the ice cream truck. [18] Much to his surprise, they loved it and wanted the film entered in competition for the Palme d'Or. According to the "Prequel Saga," "The Power" was written entirely by Krysta Now, who is apparently psychic. 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