Cheri Oteri plays Zora Carmichaels, while Jon Lovitz plays violent police officer Bart Bookman who is in love with Zora. 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. SALON is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a trademark of Salon.com, LLC. As they drive, Boxer continues to talk about his screenplay, explaining a subplot involving a miracle baby that doesn't produce bowel movements. The baby, she explains, is the Messiah, and Jericho is his guardian. It has a similar plot to Southland Tales, but with different characters and more gratuitous product placement. Vaughn sends a car to pick up Boxer and bring him back to the Frost mansion. Liberal extremist cells start to emerge, including a group called the Neo-Marxists. Ben's path down the dark side finally caught up to him when Sammy put the pieces together. It's filled with so many references and so much self-conscious irony that it's nearly impossible to make sense of it all. The baby, she explains, is the Messiah, and Jericho is his guardian. 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. They also added in a newly animated opening prologue called the Doomsday Scenario Interface. 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. [16] Kelly consciously sought out actors that he felt had been pigeonholed and wanted to showcase their "undiscovered talents."[14]. On the soundtrack, Pilot Abilene says, "Revelation 21: And God wiped away the tears from his eyes so the new Messiah could see into the new Jerusalem, his name was Officer Roland Taverner from Hermosa Beach, California. Amy Poehler and Wood Harris appear as Neo-Marxist activists. The police break into Neo-Marxist headquarters and kill Kenny Chan. 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. Suddenly, a bright light appears through windows and a mushroom cloud rises in the distance: Abilene has been nuked. For some reason, Wallace Shawn is dressed like a new-wave Japanese pimp. 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". In the graphic novels, Krysta says it's Boxer's favourite film. Original music was provided by Moby. Nana Mae Frost (Miranda Richardson), the wife of Republican candidate Bobby Frost, inaugurates the Los Angeles USIDent headquarters. Sign up to receive information regarding NS events, subscription offers & product updates. She may also be representative of the Whore of Babylon (ancient Babylon situated in what is now Iraq) and her energy drink the "Cup of Abominations".Madeline Frost Santaros: but those who do not but still feel the effects of Fluid Karma are known as "Natural Bleeders" (e.g. 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. External Reviews While Ronald is briefly distracted, Boxer is beckoned over by Serpentine, who has been hovering nearby. "Lucky Me" by Roger Webb8. 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). [23], Southland Tales: Music from the Motion Picture is the original soundtrack of Richard Kelly's 2007 film Southland Tales. There are now two versions of each co-existing in the same universetwo Boxer Santaros and two Roland Taverners. What does the phrase "Do You Bleed" mean? The New Statesmans global affairs newsletter, every Monday and Friday. There is no real-life equivalent to the movie's "organic compound" which grants people telepathy etc. 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. No idea. Edit, Fred Zinnemann, the well-known movie director of the 1950s and 60s, maybe? According to their plan, Boxer is to videotape their faked murder. The song he listens to is "All These Things I've Done" by The Killers, while he was listening to the song, the "friendly fire" incident occurs. 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. 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. That's why he wakes up on the beach at the start of the movie. Southland Tales EXPLAINED - Breakdown & Heavy Analysis - YouTube FOR MORE MOVIE EXPLANATION VIDEOS PLEASE LIKE AND COMMENT THIS VIDEO! What do all the characters in the film keep on quoting from? They will start speaking out against the Antichrist and begin overthrowing the evil empire. 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. "[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. Edit, The Treer company is a German defense contractor that employs Dr. Inga Von Westphalen, a zeppelin designer and the Baron's mother. 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. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. 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 movie suggests, the Baron conducted secret experiments, headed by Simon Theory, with soldiers in Iraq. In "Donnie Darko," the world ends when the Tangent Universe collapses, which may also be what happens at the end of "Southland Tales." Why does the movie start with Boxer Santaros asleep on a beach? The current world ends, the joined souls become the new messiah, a new world begins. The Tangent Universe is an alternate reality to our own. Is the soundtrack availiable for the film? Filmmakers entered negotiations with actors Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Lee, Janeane Garofalo, Tim Blake Nelson, Amy Poehler, Kevin Smith, and Ali Larter. One copy of Boxer traveled 69 minutes back in time, while the other copy was killed by an explosive charge in the car. 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"). "ZORA: "I disagree. Boxer joins her on the stage, followed by Madeline. Blue, in an hour you feel new, and you can forget about Mellow yellow or Agent Orange, 'cause hey, I'm giving you blood red." "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? "And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death"Revelation 11: In March 2004, Kelly and Cherry Road Films began development of Southland Tales. Defecation is a part of life. ZORA: "You know there's this theory that humans will evolve to a state of existence where bowel movements are no longer necessary. Most of the screenplay is included in the "Prequel Saga.". The site's consensus states: "Southland Tales, while offering an intriguing vision of the future, remains frustratingly incoherent and unpolished. 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. What was in the 20 to 25 minutes cut out of the original version showed at Cannes? It's a schizophrenic break. | 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). For half of Kelly's epic film about the end of the world, characters are quoting T.S. 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.". 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. He says, "It all ends tonight.". What's the deal with the Treer company, and why are there all these references to Karl Marx? 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. Boxer diverts the attention away from the real messiah, who almost gets killed. It's a sign that he is at the edge of uncertainty as to who he is. . "The Power" is a pretty hilarious piece of work. 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. 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. 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. What is the glowing orb carried around by Dr. Kuntzler? On October 26, 2020 Arrow Video announced a Remastered version approved by Richard Kelly will be released on Blu-ray on January 26, 2021. 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. Boxer appears at the Santa Monica pier to meet Starla Von Luft. If you replace the Antichrist with the bourgeoisie, and the kingdom of God with a communist utopia, you've got the same basic narrative. 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." When it premiered in its original three-hour form at Cannes, last year, the response was acidic. HitFix's Alan Sepinwall reviews "Reckoning," the season finale of the TNT cop drama "Southland," and says it worked as a perfect series-ender in the event of cancellation. "RONALD: "Its a physiological requirement of the body. 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. 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. The director also added 90 new visual effects shots to the film and removed 20 to 25 minutes of footage from his initial cut. [45], Kelly later expressed regret in releasing the latter chapters first through the original film, stating that this placed the audience at a disadvantage. 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 idea with the severed thumbs is that the Neo-Marxists have figured out a way to create a free-floating voter. Violence has erupted throughout the city. Madeline walks in and tells him that he has been speaking in his sleep. Running time: 160 minutes. The Grey Horseman. 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. Starla is in love with Boxer and, in a fit of delusion, has assumed the role of Dr. Muriel Fox, a character from the screenplay. Kelly has claimed on his MySpace blog that he had very little time for the DVD as he was starting shooting on his next feature, The Box. He learns that his account has been blocked, so Kefauver and Ronald use the Hummer to rip the ATM from the wall. Why would Martin let himself die after he killed everyone on the Mega-Zeppelin? "Southland Tales" opens on July 4, 2005, in Abilene, Texas. 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. 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