On March 25, 2009, the R2 DVD was released in France. Cane loses consciousness. Eliot's "Hollow Men. 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. 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. Southland Tales is streaming now on Mubi, This article appears in the 03 Jun 2020 issue of the New Statesman, We can't breathe. The Anti-ChristSerpentine: During their discussion, they learn that Ronald has been dreaming of Boxer. [22], Kelly edited the film down to the basic storylines of the characters portrayed by Scott, Gellar, and Johnson. "RONALD: "Its a physiological requirement of the body. 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. 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"). Presumably, Tab was afraid that the Baron's people would find out that Roland had survived the trip through the time rift. Boxer Santaros (Dwayne "The Rock". Most of the screenplay is included in The Prequel Saga. And, of course, gets corrupted and goes mad. What does the name "Vaughn Smallhouse" refer to? The truck is his horse and the rocket launcher his sword.Dream and Dion: Serpentine explains that the world is coming to an end; the rotation of the Earth is slowing at a rate of .000000006 miles per hour every day. User Reviews Why does Boxer keep twiddling his fingers? Ronald persuades him not to commit suicide, and the two decide to go to Mexico. In "Southland Tales" the Earth's rotation IS actually slowing down BECAUSE of an inter-dimensional rift above Lake Meade. 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. Elsewhere in the building, Ronald Taverner (Seann William Scott) is in the bathroom, looking at his reflection. "The Star Spangled Banner" by Rebekah del Rio & The Section Quartet14. 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. Why did Roland Taverner end up driving Boxer Santaros through the space-time rift? The New Statesmans global affairs newsletter, every Monday and Friday. 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". 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. As they hold hands, the truck begins to float into the sky with Martin Kefauver on board. Edit, The name does not refer to anything other than the anagram and the late U.S. If you read the graphic novel, you'll find the legend which is spoken by Bai Ling's character Serpentine. Ronald and Roland Taverner, furthermore, are not twins, but copies of the same person. So what's causing the Earth to slow down ? Zora abruptly pushes Ronald from the car, and runs over Bing. Roland manages to escape, climb onto the roof, and fall into a dumpster. In near-future 2008, Los Angeles (referred to as "The Southland" by locals) is a dystopian[8] city on the brink of chaos overshadowed by the growth of an underground neo-Marxist organization. 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. These are (Book 1) Two Roads Diverge, (Book 2) Fingerprints and (Book 3) The Mechanicals. As the movie explains, the compound is being used by the Baron to power his energy plants, hence the energy field produced is named after it.The compound also works as a drug, which comes in several forms with different effects, as mentioned by Pilot Abilene: "Green, you dream. 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. 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. 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. 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. "And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death"Revelation 11: The film was released on Region 4 DVD in Australia on April 30, 2008. 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. "[29], The film remains enigmatic to many viewers and even some of its makers. 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. When Vaughn threatens her, she tells him that she has multiple copies, then Tasers him in the balls. Edit, Revelation 22:5: "It will never be night again and they will not need lamplight or sunlight, because the Lord God will be shining on them. He played a character named "Donnie" in a movie with Boxer Santaros (in an obvious allusion to "Donnie Darko"). Madeline walks in and tells him that he has been speaking in his sleep. She says "The religion that is the winner of the contest will bleed" While Roeper called the film "Two hours and twenty-four minutes of abstract crap," Phillips felt that "the film has a head on its shoulders despite the fact that it can't find any direction" but nevertheless gave the film a thumbs down. But, then again, you probably shouldn't try to interpret "Southland Tales" too literally. I still don't know what that movie is about. For some reason, Wallace Shawn is dressed like a new-wave Japanese pimp. The baby, she explains, is the Messiah, and Jericho is his guardian. Edit, Much of Pilot Abilene's voiceover consists of direct quotations from the Book of Revelation. What's up with Baron Von Westphalen (Wallace Shawn)? If you replace the Antichrist with the bourgeoisie, and the kingdom of God with a communist utopia, you've got the same basic narrative. Their hands begin to glow. "[40] David Edelstein's review in New York magazine criticized the film's writing, "Kelly aims high and must have shot off his own ear, which is the only way to account for the dialogue. In fact, Marx was indirectly influenced by the Book of Revelation in his writing. Meanwhile, using a sex tape given to her by Krysta Now, Cyndi Pinziki is blackmailing Frost for money and demanding the passage of Proposition 69 (a bill that restricts USIDent's powers). Sign up to receive information regarding NS events, subscription offers & product updates. A tide-powered generator, however, relies on an external source of power, the tides, and would not fall under that definition. 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. If that wasnt enough, a German company whose CEO is played by Wallace Shawn has invented an infinite energy source called fluid karma. 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. [28][29] After significant edits, the final version premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 22, 2007. Fluid karma is an "organic compound" that the Treer company discovered while drilling off the coast of Israel. Two of the solders that participated in the experiment were Roland Taverner and Pilot Abilene. It stinks and we have to accept it. Why does the movie start with Boxer Santaros asleep on a beach? 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. "Martin Kefauver: He is the angel of death that rides on the horse (the ice cream truck) Edit, Fred Zinnemann, the well-known movie director of the 1950s and 60s, maybe? 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. They are available together in the one graphic novel as Southland Tales: The Prequel Saga. . Background newscasts in "Southland Tales" are also constantly referring to earthquakes, wild fires and "red tides." Everything and everyone is bedazzled in red, white, and blue; burgers and Buds are happily consumed on the lawn of every McMansion. 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. That's why he wakes up on the beach at the start of the movie. . 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. 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. Why is the film listed as 2006 instead of 2007? [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. The name Treer is a reference to Trier, Marx's birthplace. Fluid karma also makes telepathy possible between those that are using it. As they drive, Boxer continues to talk about his screenplay, explaining a subplot involving a miracle baby that doesn't produce bowel movements. 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 Would a tide-powered electrical generator actually contradict the Second Law of Thermodynamics? She is pursued by Zora and Bart, who have discovered that Krysta has taken Dion and Dream's murder tape by mistake. At a beachside restaurant, Krysta Now meets Cyndi Pinziki (Nora Dunn), a porn producer with ties to the Neo-Marxist movement, to discuss Krysta's marketing plan. And why is he having an affair with Krysta Now? It's. Among his accomplices will be a "false prophet" -- a deceitful ruler. Walter Mung recognizes him and quickly sedates him with an injection of fluid karma. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. When Boxer and Taverner went through the space-time rift, they traveled 69 minutes back in time -- creating duplicate versions of themselves. According to the "Prequel Saga," "The Power" was written entirely by Krysta Now, who is apparently psychic. "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". 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Back in Venice Beach, Boxer and Roland pull up in front of a house while Dion and Dream pretend to fight inside. The quick and essential guide to domestic and global politics from the New Statesman's politics team. 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. [18] After the film's festival release, Southland Tales was purchased by Sony Pictures (via their label Destination Films) and Samuel Goldwyn Films, originally Sony Pictures Classics, Screen Gems and TriStar Pictures were up for US distribution rights. The Treer company is a German defense contractor that employs Dr. Inga Von Westphalen, a zeppelin designer and the Baron's mother. The final chapter of the film ("VI: Wave of Mutilation") begins. 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. Suddenly, a bright light appears through windows and a mushroom cloud rises in the distance: Abilene has been nuked. The first chapter in the film ("IV: Temptation Waits") begins. "Look Back In" by Moby5. Boxer meets Fortunio on the beach after his rendezvous with Starla. "Southland Tales" also borrows from "Repo Man," which ends with a flying car. A newsletter showcasing the finest writing from the ideas section, covering political ideas, philosophy, criticism and intellectual history - sent every Wednesday. When scientists injected fluid karma into the soldiers, they became telepathic and could see into the past and, eventually, the future. Once it was discovered, they sent monkeys through it, which failed (Boxer claims that only a human soul could survive the trip). And "pimp?" It's a sign that he is at the edge of uncertainty as to who he is. 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. 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. In the midst of the action, Ronald is shot in the eye but survives. But they're in there. 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). Richard Kelly's science-fiction comedy was widely derided on release in 2006, but it has since found a cult audience. "Howl [Extended Version]" by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club4. Edit, In the 1980s British TV comedy 'Allo 'Allo!, the right-hand man of Herr Flick of the Gestapo is called "von Smallhausen", so maybe that's where Kelly drew his inspiration from. "[16] Kelly said the film's biggest influences are Kiss Me Deadly, Pulp Fiction, Brazil, and Dr. Strangelove. The false prophet and the Antichrist will create a dominating world system. 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). "The Power" is a pretty hilarious piece of work. Why that happens when the Taverners touch, only Richard Kelly knows. (Krystas pop album is called Teen Horniness is Not a Crime.) Anything important or cool? The mega-zeppelin launch is at hand. There will be some dancing and singing, but it will be incorporated into the story in very logical scenarios as well as fantasy dream environments. A weekly newsletter helping you fit together the pieces of the global economic slowdown. A blockade in the Strait of Hormuz impedes the flow of oil to the United States, causing an increased demand for alternative fuel sources. Roland and Ronald (Seann William Scott) meet and shake hands. Ten years ago, a critical audience at Cannes sealed 'Southland Tales' fate. The original script was written 6 years ago just after Richard and his team returned from Sundance. Southland Tales had a rough go of it. Roland Taverner, his (alleged) twin -- a racist cop -- is sitting unconscious in the main room, having been kidnapped and drugged by the Neo-Marxists. 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." After much trial and error with monkeys, Baron decided to send Boxer through itchosen because of his political ties and his celebrity persona. Elsewhere, in a luxurious apartment, Boxer crawls into bed with Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar), a former porn star with a reality television show. Kelly sent the organizers of the 2006 Cannes Film Festival a rough cut of Southland Tales on DVD assuming that it would not be accepted. 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. [9] Filming began on August 15, 2005, with a budget of around US$1517 million. They also added in a newly animated opening prologue called the Doomsday Scenario Interface. On his way to meet Krysta, Fortunio discovered Boxer Santaros in the desert, stricken with amnesia. Martin has just learned that he's been drafted to go to Iraq and is about to shoot himself in the head. 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"). 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. At least that way, he isn't . Zelda Rubinstein and Beth Grant portray Dr. Katarina Kuntzler and Dr. Inga Von Westphalen, members of the baron's entourage. Filmed in 2005, it was produced on a reasonable budget of under 20 million and had a hip as hell cast including Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Amy Poehler, Jon Lovitz, Kevin Smith, Mandy Moore and Wallace Shawn. As Andrew O'Hehir put it, the recut film "transcends its adolescent awkwardness and approaches being magnificent." One copy of Boxer traveled 69 minutes back in time, while the other copy was killed by an explosive charge in the car. Once there, Boxer meets Simon Theory, one of the Baron's employees. Then she pulls out her gun and threatens to kill herself unless she can give Boxer a blowjob. 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. Also, they had sex. They will reign forever and ever"Revelation 12 and 13: (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.) [17] The film often references religious and literary works; a policeman says, "Flow my tears," in reference to a Philip K. Dick novel of that name. Ronald Taverner, meanwhile, has picked up Zora and Bing Zinneman, a new member of the Neo-Marxists. This soundtrack has 41 tracks, 9 of which are sound bytes taken from the film. One Taverner repeats, "friendly fire," while the other says, "I forgive you." Southland Tales begins on Independence Day 2005 in an eminently recognizable Bush-era Texas. Roland runs to meet him inside the ice cream truck. 9 in D Minor, op. Ronald agrees to take Boxer for a ride-along so he can research his role. 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. 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. Southland Tales is a 2006 thriller and comedy-drama film and the second film of Richard Kelly. 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. 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. Murdered and the two people to witness this are Boxer and Roland. One critic wondered if Kelly had ever met another human being. It may seem really amateurish at first, letting things like that "this is the way the world ends" quote fly from all directions throughout the film. Despite being critically and commercially unsuccessful, the film has developed a cult following in later years. || Southland Tales Movie Ending Explained in English#endingexplained endingexplained Copyright Disclaimer: No Copyright in. Unfortunately, Kefauver and Ronald's Hummer soon collides with the ice cream truck carrying Roland. It never becomes clear what exactly happened in the desert. What If He Is Dead, But He Is Not? So it's trying to say that our veterans are the biggest badasses that we have. It also works as a drug. According to Serpentine, "The future is just as [he] imagined.". Suddenly, a bright light appears through windows and a mushroom. What is the glowing orb carried around by Dr. Kuntzler? "Lucky Me" by Roger Webb8. The idea with the severed thumbs is that the Neo-Marxists have figured out a way to create a free-floating voter. Edit, Moments before the whole Fallujah incident, when Pilot and Roland were roping down their helicopter, Pilot is nervous so Roland gives him his iPod to listen to. I also watched it because at present there is something satisfying about an apocalypse story that suggests humanity may be too dumb, too self-interested and too naturally violent to survive. ("Taverner" is the name of the main character in the same book and suffers identity problems of his own.) Serpentine explains that the world is coming to an end; the rotation of the Earth is slowing at a rate of .000000006 mile per hour every day. That's why. Treer knew of these effects and decided to use it to their advantage in the war. [19], Many critics responded unfavorably to the film's long running time and sprawling nature. You know those overlooked classics that are critically ignored only to blossom into beautiful definitive works over time.like "Pinkerton" or "Starship Troo. After Roland Taverner came back from Iraq, he got a job as a police officer in Hermosa Beach, thanks to his father. Vaughn sends a car to pick up Boxer and bring him back to the Frost mansion. [23], Southland Tales: Music from the Motion Picture is the original soundtrack of Richard Kelly's 2007 film Southland Tales. 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. It's too bad, because "Southland Tales" is one of the more interesting and ambitious American films in recent memory. The Tangent Universe is an alternate reality to our own. That would be Fluid Karma. [9] The idea of six graphic novels was later cut down to three. "[39] In her review for the Los Angeles Times, Carina Chocano wrote, "You get the sense that Kelly is too angry to really find any of it funny. 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." Director Richard Kelly Writer Richard Kelly Stars Dwayne Johnson Sarah Michelle Gellar "ZORA: "You just wait and see." 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 Why that happens when the Taverners touch, only Richard Kelly knows. Why would Martin let himself die after he killed everyone on the Mega-Zeppelin? 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. 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. Edit, No. 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. 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. It is unhinged, and occasionally exhilarating, and quite often funny. This is a reference to a Philip K. Dick book called Flow My Tears the Policeman Said. As part of the deal, the Baron has Serpentine cut off the prime minister's left hand. A pregnant woman, a dragon and two beasts; They are the puppets of the Anti-ChristRevelation 22:12: "Broken Hearted Savior" by Big Head Todd & The Monsters10. 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