The idea with the severed thumbs is that the Neo-Marxists have figured out a way to create a free-floating voter. 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. 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. The film features an ensemble cast including Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mandy Moore, and Justin Timberlake. Sign up to receive information regarding NS events, subscription offers & product updates. "Wave of Mutilation [UK Surf Version]" by Pixies2. 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. Two souls join into one, the forth dimension collapses. Director Richard Kelly Writer Richard Kelly Stars Dwayne Johnson Sarah Michelle Gellar This means that Christianity has won the "contest" for Earth and is the one true faith. 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]. Kids are shooting home video of their Independence Day barbecue. Unfortunately for the Neo-Marxists, their operative in USIDent, Kenny Chan, has been compromised. "Southland Tales" opens on July 4, 2005, in Abilene, Texas. Edit, Operation Dream Theory was an experiment created by Treer. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. Eliot or the Book of Revelation. Certainly, the future as depicted here is deeply complex. Starla Von Luft, the double-crossing USIDent employee, is reading a copy of "The Power" at work. The Book of Revelation and Marxism have been connected by academicsboth advocate the overthrow of tyranny. 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. They decided to take advantage of her powers. That's why he wakes up on the beach at the start of the movie. When cops arrive on the scene, he still doesn't stop,. Edit, Revelation 6:8: A white light emerges from their hands and the ice cream truck starts floating. Ronald Taverner and Baby Caleb in "The Power") not have a bowel movement? The name Treer is a reference to Trier, Marx's birthplace. [45], Kelly later expressed regret in releasing the latter chapters first through the original film, stating that this placed the audience at a disadvantage. 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"). Elsewhere in the building, Ronald Taverner (Seann William Scott) is in the bathroom, looking at his reflection. The theatrical cut of "Southland Tales" has been extensively reedited -- a subplot has been excised, additional special effects shots have been inserted, a new explanatory sequence opens the movie -- and critics have been considerably kinder to it. What's the relation between Walter Mung and Veronica "Dream" Mung? Background newscasts in "Southland Tales" are also constantly referring to earthquakes, wild fires and "red tides." 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. Like its contemporary David Lynchs Inland Empire (which used the then modern aesthetic of digital video to emphasise the way technology allowed the user to be present in two places, and therefore exist in two different states) it exaggerates the ugliness of 2006 the tribal tattoos and the awful CGI, the typefaces that look like something from a bitchin Geocities website until what was merely bad taste looks absurd, a dark dream that takes place in a strip mall food court. "The Power" is a pretty hilarious piece of work. 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"). "[37] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 44 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Is Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar) based on anyone? 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 ? 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. As in "Southland Tales," a character in "Kiss Me Deadly" picks up a stranger in the desert, and one of the main characters in the film is named after a poet. Southland Tales begins on Independence Day 2005 in an eminently recognizable Bush-era Texas. Then why do people keep on injecting it into their neck? but those who do not but still feel the effects of Fluid Karma are known as "Natural Bleeders" (e.g. Ronald and Roland Taverner, furthermore, are not twins, but copies of the same person. 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. When scientists injected fluid karma into the soldiers, they became telepathic and could see into the past and, eventually, the future. Martin has just learned that he's been drafted to go to Iraq and is about to shoot himself in the head. Cane loses consciousness. Kelly has said that this idea was inspired by a real U.S. Army project. The world ends. Defecation is a part of life. What's the deal with the "I'm a pimp, and pimps don't commit suicide" motto? 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. It was first released in 2006 to almost uniformly terrible reviews, and has since found an audience with fans who love it for its great ambition, its disdain for common sense, and its prescient use of neo-Marxism, internet censorship and celebrity sex-tapes as harbingers of the future. [citation needed]. Chemical Bleeders can see back in time while Natural Bleeders can see back and forward in time. He learns that his account has been blocked, so Kefauver and Ronald use the Hummer to rip the ATM from the wall. But if "Southland Tales" follows the same logic as "Donnie Darko," as laid out in that film's DVD extras, when the fourth dimension is corrupted, it causes the creation of two parallel universes: the Tangent Universe and the Primary Universe. Roland Taverner, his (alleged) twin -- a racist cop -- is sitting unconscious in the main room, having been kidnapped and drugged by the Neo-Marxists. Kelly has said that this idea was inspired by a real U.S. Army project. As they drive, Boxer continues to talk about his screenplay, explaining a subplot involving a miracle baby that doesn't produce bowel movements. 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). 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. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. The Baron phones Simon Theory (Kevin Smith), an old bearded man, and instructs him to "remove the body from Utopia Three.". 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. Tab wanted Ronald to help the Neo-Marxists destroy US-IDent, so he entrusted Roland and Ronald to Zora Carmichaels, who then drove them to Venice Beach. "Teen Horniness is Not a Crime" by Sarah Michelle Gellar, Abbey McBride, ClarKent11. 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. 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. It has a similar plot to Southland Tales, but with different characters and more gratuitous product placement. All rights reserved. These are (Book 1) Two Roads Diverge, (Book 2) Fingerprints and (Book 3) The Mechanicals. Directed by Richard Kelly, a guy who can only make cult classics . Kelly's previous cult masterpiece Donnie Darko (2001) and the . When it premiered in its original three-hour form at Cannes, last year, the response was acidic. The title refers to the Southland, a name used by locals to refer to Southern California and Greater Los Angeles. Ronald Taverner, meanwhile, has picked up Zora and Bing Zinneman, a new member of the Neo-Marxists. Dr. Severin Exx read Krysta the Book of Revelation while she was under hypnosis. Cane loses consciousness. User Ratings The filmmaker explained that the original film is chapters 4-6, while a prequel project will explore chapters 1-3 with intentions being to do so through an animation medium; while additional projects can explore events that take place in 2024. "Southland Tales" also borrows from "Repo Man," which ends with a flying car. Associated Press articles: Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. Back in the dumpster, Roland Taverner wakes up as his hands begins to glow. [42], J. Hoberman defended the film, yet again, in his review for the theatrical cut. Southland Tales also predicted that the government was always watching us. 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. One theory is that duplicate souls from alternate timelines are not meant to exist together in a single timeline. If you haven't seen the movie and don't want to have it -- or the graphic novels -- spoiled, you should stop reading this right now. Is the screenplay important for understanding the movie? "[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 the deal with the Treer company, and why are there all these references to Karl Marx? Second, fluid karma is the name used by Treer for the "hydroelectric energy field" produced by the their Utopia tidal generators. Before being drafted, Pilot Abilene was also a movie star. 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. Boxer and Ronald have stopped for some lunch. The movie plays in the background in several scenes, and in the "Prequel Saga," Krysta tells Boxer it is his favorite movie. 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? 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. She tells him that he must board the mega-zeppelin and what he is looking for is in the Baron's private chamber. Muriel and Jericho take the child after its parents are killed, and, under Muriel's guidance, drive to a farmhouse, where they are met by Serpentine, the Baron's mistress. They claim to have read his screenplay. A pregnant woman, a dragon and two beasts; They are the puppets of the Anti-ChristRevelation 22:12: Cheri Oteri plays Zora Carmichaels, while Jon Lovitz plays violent police officer Bart Bookman who is in love with Zora. Southland Tales EXPLAINED - Breakdown & Heavy Analysis - YouTube FOR MORE MOVIE EXPLANATION VIDEOS PLEASE LIKE AND COMMENT THIS VIDEO! 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. 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. Kelly wrote Southland Tales shortly before the September 11 attacks. Ronald persuades him not to commit suicide, and the two decide to go to Mexico. The second section of the film ("V: Memory Gospel") begins. On September 8, 2008, it was announced that it would be one of the five films being released on Blu-ray on November 18, 2008. 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. They will start speaking out against the Antichrist and begin overthrowing the evil empire. Boxer walks up to the Frost mansion, where his wife, Madeline Frost (Mandy Moore), and the Frost team are waiting for him. 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. 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. The screenplay ends at a McDonald's restaurant, when Caleb starts belching noxious gas and launching fireballs. "[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. Their hands begin to glow. Edit, Yes, there is a soundtrack available to buy, from Amazon.com or any other retailer that specializes in music. In the universe of the film, Dr. Inga Von Westphalen is also the granddaughter of Jenny Von Westphalen, Karl Marx's wife. The 2008 election, which is being fought between Clinton-Lieberman (Democrats) and Eliot-Frost (Republicans), hinges on the electoral votes of the state of California. And "pimp?" With many repeated usage, Chemical Bleeders can sometimes see both ways (ahead and back in time). Why is 'Kiss Me Deadly' featured numerous times in the film? 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