He has the solution to the energy crisis and becomes the most powerful man on earth. "[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. Treer knew of these effects and decided to use it to their advantage in the war. Roland and Ronald (Seann William Scott) meet and shake hands. 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 "[34] A handful of the American and European critics, however, were more positive. The title refers to the Southland, a name used by locals to refer to Southern California and Greater Los Angeles. Edit, Richard Kelly has stated that "Kiss Me Deadly" is a huge influence on Southland Tales and that Boxer Santaros was modeled off that film's main character, Mike Hammer. Spirituality has nothing to do with it. 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? "Forget Myself" by Elbow13. "RONALD: "Its a physiological requirement of the body. Before Edward Snowden released information to the public about the NSA's numerous global surveillance programs, many people joked about the government spying on us through simple technology like our phones. The critic Laura Mulvey once suggested Blue Velvet, having been released in 1986, was the ideal film for the mood of the Reagan era. 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 two Rolands found each other in the end, but the movie ends before we can see what actually happens to them. The site's consensus states: "Southland Tales, while offering an intriguing vision of the future, remains frustratingly incoherent and unpolished. 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). In June 2008, Boxer Santaros (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson), an action movie star with ties to the Republican Party, disappears. All of these references to Marxism aren't entirely unconnected to the film's biblical references. The truck is his horse and the rocket launcher his sword.Dream and Dion: Kelly's movie may not be entirely coherent, but that's because there's so much it wants to say. Dick". It is suddenly interrupted when Boxer pulls out a gun and threatens to kill himself unless everybody evacuates the mega-zeppelin. Boxer gets into a convertible and drives off. 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. Suddenly, a bright light appears through windows and a mushroom. The director also added 90 new visual effects shots to the film and removed 20 to 25 minutes of footage from his initial cut. Additionally, tracks from Radiohead, Louis Armstrong, Beethoven, Kris Kristofferson, and several tracks from Moby's Hotel:Ambient are likewise absent from the album. If you replace the Antichrist with the bourgeoisie, and the kingdom of God with a communist utopia, you've got the same basic narrative. Krysta Now is as contemporary a creation as if she had been born yesterday a sharp alembic of Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Riley Reid, she is the best thing about Kellys jaded, freaky vision of future Los Angeles by a Miracle Mile. On January 25th Arrow Video released a Blu Ray double pack of Richard Kelly's 2006 film Southland Tales.Disc 1 includes a new 2K restoration of the Theatrical Cut, along with a new retrospective documentary on the legacy and making of the film, while Disc 2 contains the longer, rarely seen Cannes Cut, which screened at that festival back in '06 to a glacial response. Edit, Richard Kelly stated in his interview with Empire, Thumbprint identification is becoming much more prominent. This article is viewable at Salon.com here and is intended to give to viewer a better perception of the movie itself and answer questions not cleared up in the movie.An interview with Richard Kelly from the February issue of the film magazine Empire. They will reign forever and ever"Revelation 12 and 13: ZORA: "You know there's this theory that humans will evolve to a state of existence where bowel movements are no longer necessary. Does "Southland Tales: The Prequel Saga" explain what this fluid karma stuff is? Together the two have written a screenplay, called "The Power," that tells the story of the end of the world. A white light emerges from their hands and the ice cream truck starts floating. There is no real-life equivalent to the movie's "organic compound" which grants people telepathy etc. Does Sarah Michelle Gellar have a sex scene in this movie? 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. She became psychic when a plane she was onUnited 23flew through the rift in space-time above Lake Mead. 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. "And God wiped the tears from his eyes, so the new Messiah could see out to the New Jerusalem." 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. The final chapter of the film ("VI: Wave of Mutilation") begins. As part of the deal, the Baron has Serpentine cut off the prime minister's left hand. A cool guy. | When scientists injected fluid karma into the soldiers, they became telepathic and could see into the past and, eventually, the future. Support 100 years of independent journalism. When Boxer and Taverner went through the space-time rift, they traveled 69 minutes back in time -- creating duplicate versions of themselves. Nana Mae Frost (Miranda Richardson), the wife of Republican candidate Bobby Frost, inaugurates the Los Angeles USIDent headquarters. Much of Pilot Abilene's voiceover consists of direct quotations from the Book of Revelation. In a 2011 interview, Justin Timberlake himself said, "To me, Southland Tales is performance art. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Is "The Power" important for understanding "Southland Tales"? So the parallels with the Bible are kind of buried. Eventually, the Antichrist will show up and take over the world. The name Treer is a reference to Trier, Marx's birthplace. Edit, We're not entirely sure. Edit, It is a proposition on the ballot to restict US-IDent's powers. Boxer walks up to the Frost mansion, where his wife, Madeline Frost (Mandy Moore), and the Frost team are waiting for him. Fifteen years after Southland Tales was booed out of the Cannes Film Festival, director Richard Kelly tells Inverse he embraces the chorus of jeers. She became psychic when a plane she was on -- United 23 -- flew through the rift in space-time above Lake Mead. He's the best friend of Seann William Scott's character (Roland Taverner), so he's witness to the resurrection. Background newscasts in "Southland Tales" are also constantly referring to earthquakes, wild fires and "red tides." That needs to change, The autonomous future is nearly here with Wejo, The need to grow Londons EV infrastructure at speed and scale, Ben Wheatleys In the Earth is a trippy eco-horror, Twenty years of feminist classic Legally Blonde, Cary Grants turn in the 1950s romcom Indiscreet is a lesson in effortlessness, The big consultancy con, with Mariana Mazzucato, The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon Audio Long Reads, Facility / Grounds Management and Maintenance, HR, Training and Organisational Development, Information and Communications Technology, Information Services, Statistics, Records, Archives, Infrastructure Management - Transport, Utilities, Science and Technical Research and Development. Where does that qualifying characteristic for a messiah come from? The screenplay ends at a McDonald's restaurant, when Caleb starts belching noxious gas and launching fireballs. This has opened up a rift in the space-time continuum on the outskirts of Lake Mead. What is the glowing orb carried around by Dr. Kuntzler? In 2021, Kelly announced that there are developments to expand the film into a franchise. That would be Fluid Karma. There are hundreds of these mechanical balls buried everywhere in the Southland. Edit, Much of Pilot Abilene's voiceover consists of direct quotations from the Book of Revelation. 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. 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. What are all of those tattoos on the body of Boxer Santaros (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson)? It opened in Canada, as well as nationwide in the United States, in just 63 theaters,[6] on November 16, 2007. At least that way, he isn't . 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. Ronald and Martin Kefauver pull up to the Rove Credit Union where Kefauver tries to withdraw his savings. 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. 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. SOUTHLAND TALES is an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Just before it hits, Boxer extends his arms, and his tattoo of Jesus begins to bleed in the nape of his neck. 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. 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. 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. That's why he wakes up on the beach at the start of the movie. Pimp is American slang for badass. Comedy Drama Mystery During a three-day heat wave just before a huge 4th of July celebration, an action star stricken with amnesia meets up with a porn star who is developing her own reality TV project, and a policeman who holds the key to a vast conspiracy. He is a pimp and pimps don't commit suicide.". A tide-powered generator, however, relies on an external source of power, the tides, and would not fall under that definition. He can be reached at @thomasmaxrogers. Both vehicles come to a rest in the middle of a shootout and Walter Mung is killed. Running time: 160 minutes. The baby, she explains, is the Messiah, and Jericho is his guardian. They are eventually killed by those who are tormented by their prophecies.Revelation 22:5: Starla Von Luft, the double-crossing USIDent employee, is reading a copy of "The Power" at work. 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. Y'know, the way porn stars are exploited is not that far off from the way actors are exploited. Elsewhere, in a luxurious apartment, Boxer crawls into bed with Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar), a former porn star with a reality television show. 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. Boxer joins her on the stage, followed by Madeline. Southland Tales EXPLAINED - Breakdown & Heavy Analysis - YouTube FOR MORE MOVIE EXPLANATION VIDEOS PLEASE LIKE AND COMMENT THIS VIDEO! "3 Steps" by Moby9. Which quotes from the Books of Revelation are used in the film? [9] The idea of six graphic novels was later cut down to three. It is unhinged, and occasionally exhilarating, and quite often funny. She says "The religion that is the winner of the contest will bleed" Happily, it never does, which allows you to share in his unabashed joy in filmmaking as well as in his fury about the times. Copyright 2023 Salon.com, LLC. Southland Tales is dizzyingly maximalist, never happy with one set-piece if it can introduce five. ------------------------------------------. Fortunio and his buddies break into USIDent, killing all of the employees, including Nana Mae Frost. 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]. If you read the graphic novel, you'll find the legend which is spoken by Bai Ling's character Serpentine. 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. But they're in there. 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. Edit, Richard Kelly stated in his interview with Empire magazine; that the irony is, he's sort of the decoy messiah, and it ends up that Seann William Scott (Roland Taverner) is the true one. "ZORA: "You just wait and see." When Boxer and Fortunio met up with Krysta, she recognized Boxer and managed to convince him that she was an actress researching a role in his new movie, "The Power." Edit, Richard Kelly stated in his interview with Empire, She was designed as a sort of Arianna Huffington meets Jenna Jameson. Taverner reveals that he hasn't produced a bowel movement in six days. Several days before the movie starts, on the same houseboat on Lake Mead, Tab Taverner, Ronald/Roland's father, told Ronald -- who has amnesia -- that he must kidnap his brother in order to protect him. 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"). It's a sign that he is at the edge of uncertainty as to who he is. And why is he having an affair with Krysta Now? When he first discovered the rift, we learn, the Baron decided that the first human to travel through the rift would be a movie star and that movie star would be Boxer Santaros. 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. Its depiction of an American teenager experiencing premonitions about doomsday clocks and jet crashes suddenly became more piquant in light of such astounding tragedy. Would a tide-powered electrical generator actually contradict the Second Law of Thermodynamics? || Southland Tales Movie Ending Explained in English#endingexplained endingexplained Copyright Disclaimer: No Copyright in. (Krystas pop album is called Teen Horniness is Not a Crime.) It's OK to be confused by Richard Kelly's "Southland Tales.". They will reign forever and ever." No one really knows (except Richard Kelly, of course) but the glow could be to establish a connection between the two Taverners, that they are two identical souls walking on the same plane. With the United States under the threat of nuclear attack, the lives of several people converge in a dystopian Los Angeles. No idea. The original script involved blackmail, a porn star, and two cops. Zelda Rubinstein and Beth Grant portray Dr. Katarina Kuntzler and Dr. Inga Von Westphalen, members of the baron's entourage. 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. Most of the screenplay is included in the "Prequel Saga.". In the universe of the film, Dr. Inga Von Westphalen is also the granddaughter of Jenny Von Westphalen, Karl Marx's wife. "Howl [Extended Version]" by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club4. It's too bad, because "Southland Tales" is one of the more interesting and ambitious American films in recent memory. Boxer Santaros (Dwayne "The Rock". The other main reference points are T.S. 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. It has a similar plot to "Southland Tales," but with different characters and more gratuitous product placement. but those who do not but still feel the effects of Fluid Karma are known as "Natural Bleeders" (e.g. "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? 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 grenade -- disfiguring him. Your body would learn to how to absorb all nutrients into the body, making defecation unnecessary.RONALD: "Hmmm. Madeline walks in and tells him that he has been speaking in his sleep. There already exist generators powered by rivers or by wind, which clearly do not contravene physical law. The novel has obvious links in its plot with Southland Tales, and the story's main character is named Jason Taverner. However, there are several in the graphic novel "The Prequel Saga." SALON is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a trademark of Salon.com, LLC. "Broken Hearted Savior" by Big Head Todd & The Monsters10. Using the graphic novels, the Book of Revelation, friends and whatever else we could find, we've pieced together everything you need to know (or at least everything we've been able to figure out) about "Southland Tales.". [12] Editorial changes were made to restructure the order of the film's scenes, including re-recording all of Timberlake's voice-over. Anything important or cool? Everything and everyone is bedazzled in red, white, and blue; burgers and Buds are happily consumed on the lawn of every McMansion. Kelly wrote Southland Tales shortly before the September 11 attacks. Also, they had sex. Filming was slated to begin in July 2004, but after a year, it had not begun. This means that Christianity has won the "contest" for Earth and is the one true faith. It's not exactly easy to follow, and its meaning is still heavily debated, but if you read it as a prophecy, this is one way of interpreting it: In the future, the world will be a miserable place filled with war, famine and disease. The film is an international co-production of the United States, Germany and France. "Teen Horniness is Not a Crime" by Sarah Michelle Gellar, Abbey McBride, ClarKent11. 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. Despite being critically and commercially unsuccessful, the film has developed a cult following in later years. Fortunio's goons inject Boxer with fluid karma and load him into an ambulance. Inside the levitating ice cream truck, the two Taverners continue to hold hands. 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.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. "Yes They Can! Roger Ebert called it "the most disastrous Cannes press screening since, yes, 'The Brown Bunny.'" Messiah = high spirituality. User Reviews "ZORA: "I disagree. Musician Moby was approached on composing and performing the film's score. alternative fuel or the increasing obsession with celebrity and how celebrity now intertwines with politics". After much trial and error with monkeys, Baron decided to send Boxer through itchosen because of his political ties and his celebrity persona. 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. 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. According to the "Prequel Saga," "The Power" was written entirely by Krysta Now, who is apparently psychic. Original music was provided by Moby . 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. 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. As the party in the Mega-Zeppelin kicks off, Boxer heads upstairs to the Baron's secret chamber. He climbs out and walks up to the nearby ice cream truck. On March 25, 2009, the R2 DVD was released in France. However, its inventor Baron von Westphalen and his associates are hiding the fact that the generators alter the ocean's currents and cause the Earth to slow its rotation, and that the transmission of Fluid Karma to portable receivers (via quantum entanglement) is ripping holes in the fabric of space and time. The White Horseman, with his rifle post being his horse and his rifle his bow. Why is the film listed as 2006 instead of 2007? Certainly, the future as depicted here is deeply complex. What's the deal with the Treer company, and why are there all these references to Karl Marx? [45], Kelly later expressed regret in releasing the latter chapters first through the original film, stating that this placed the audience at a disadvantage. 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. What exactly happens at the end of the movie? Is it just me, or did that make no sense? [42], J. Hoberman defended the film, yet again, in his review for the theatrical cut. His follow-up is a decidedly post-9/11 story, haunted by the Iraq War. When Boxer and Fortunio met up with Krysta, she recognized Boxer and managed to convince him that she was an actress researching a role in his new movie, "The Power." Janeane Garofalo appears as General Teena MacArthur. The baby, she explains, is the Messiah, and Jericho is his guardian. "Southland Tales" also borrows from "Repo Man," which ends with a flying car (and which also referenced "Kiss Me Deadly"). 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 Book of Revelation is the last book in the New Testament. Bing is freaked out by the murders, and decides that he no longer wants to be part of the group. Edit, Richard Kelly stated in his interview with Empire, He is the doomsday prophet, the witness of everything. Unfortunately, Kefauver and Ronald's Hummer soon collides with the ice cream truck carrying Roland. If the two Taverners were to touch, Theory warns, the fourth dimension would collapse onto itself and the world would come to an end. So what's causing the Earth to slow down ? One Taverner repeats, "friendly fire," while the other says, "I forgive you." Nana Mae Frost is also monitoring the entire situation from USIDent. Several soldiers were selected (Pilot, Roland, Rick [from the graphic novels]) as test subjects and were injected with Fluid Karma before going out into battle. Taken as a purely Christian parable, then this is the book of Revelations and God ending the world and humanity in it's present form. "[41], On the program Ebert & Roeper, Richard Roeper and guest critic Michael Phillips gave the film a negative review. It's just more physical. 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