Holmes Osborne plays conservative Senator Bobby Frost, Will Sasso plays Fortunio Balducci and Christopher Lambert plays Walter Mung. Madeline walks in and tells him that he has been speaking in his sleep. Surrounded by his entourage, which includes Serpentine (Bai Ling); the Baron's mother, Dr. Inga Von Westphalen (Marion Card); Dr. Katarina Kuntzler (Zelda Rubinstein) and Dr. Soberin Exx (Curtis Armstrong) -- all dressed like a Cirque du Soleil troupe -- the Baron explains how fluid karma works: by "quantum entanglement.". Likewise, Kellys casting is not simply of the period, but inspired by its teenybopper culture: Dwayne The Rock Johnson, fresh from working as a wrestler; the singer and sometime actress Mandy Moore; Seann William Scott, an American Pie alumnus; Sarah Michelle Gellar, star of Cruel Intentions and Buffy the Vampire Slayer; and the pop star Justin Timberlake. The restaurant starts floating into space. 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. And, of course, gets corrupted and goes mad. It does get easier to understand, though, if you've read the Book of Revelation. These are all references to the seven plagues that precede the destruction of Babylon. The world ends. He says, "It all ends tonight.". The Book of Revelation is the last book in the New Testament. The Baron phones Simon Theory (Kevin Smith), an old bearded man, and instructs him to "remove the body from Utopia Three.". All rights reserved. Roland runs to meet him inside the ice cream truck. Why is 'Kiss Me Deadly' featured numerous times in the film? Zora abruptly pushes Ronald from the car, and runs over Bing. Ben's path down the dark side finally caught up to him when Sammy put the pieces together. There is no real-life equivalent to the movie's "organic compound" which grants people telepathy etc. 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. 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, Much of Pilot Abilene's voiceover consists of direct quotations from the Book of Revelation. 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. What does the name Martin Kefauver refer to, other than to its anagram "Freak Man Virtue" and the late U.S. senator? "Broken Hearted Savior" by Big Head Todd & The Monsters10. Although he recognizes Madeline as his wife, she remains unimpressed and demands to know why he disappeared. The false prophet and the Antichrist will create a dominating world system. He has the solution to the energy crisis and becomes the most powerful man on earth. Many of his answers are contained in this FAQ. Its plot hinges on a barely explained back story involving rifts in the fourth dimension. "Chord Sounds" by Moby7. It features 3 tracks by Moby that have not been released commercially: "Water Pistol", "It Looks Down" and "Ceanograph".Southland Tales OST Tracklist1. Their hands begin to glow. 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. Or, maybe it's just an hallucination from Fluid Karma that only the two of them can see (since Martin doesn't actually notice the light from his hands in the Hummer). Inside the levitating ice cream truck, the two Taverners continue to hold hands. Why did Roland Taverner end up driving Boxer Santaros through the space-time rift? When Boxer and Taverner went through the space-time rift, they traveled 69 minutes back in time -- creating duplicate versions of themselves. Tab wanted Ronald to help the Neo-Marxists destroy USIDent, so he entrusted Roland and Ronald to Zora Carmichaels, who then drove them to Venice Beach. In 2016, I implore you to give it a shot. Quick and essential guide to domestic and global politics from the New Statesman's politics team. It's easy to empathize with his position, not so easy to remain engrossed in a film that's occasionally inspired but ultimately manic and scattered. Dwayne Johnson joined the cast in April 2005, and principal photography was slated to begin August 1, 2005 in Los Angeles. Much of Pilot Abilene's voiceover consists of direct quotations from the Book of Revelation. However, there was a promotional soundtrack that was given to members of the press when the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006. The critic Laura Mulvey once suggested Blue Velvet, having been released in 1986, was the ideal film for the mood of the Reagan era. Why is the film listed as 2006 instead of 2007? Also, they had sex. 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. Edit, Those who use Fluid Karma are "Chemical Bleeders" (e.g. Where does the information in this FAQ come from? Why does Boxer keep twiddling his fingers? On his way to meet Krysta, Fortunio discovered Boxer Santaros in the desert, stricken with amnesia. Then, a mushroom cloud appears on the horizon, and history jumps the tracks. The director also sought to keep the musical number performed by Timberlake, based on "All These Things That I've Done" by The Killers which he felt was the heart and soul of the film. The idea with the severed thumbs is that the Neo-Marxists have figured out a way to create a free-floating voter. He wakes up in a bed in his apartment in Treer Plaza. [19], Many critics responded unfavorably to the film's long running time and sprawling nature. alternative fuel or the increasing obsession with celebrity and how celebrity now intertwines with politics". 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Roland and Ronald (Seann William Scott) meet and shake hands. 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. Kelly's previous cult masterpiece Donnie Darko (2001) and the . After Roland Taverner came back from Iraq, he got a job as a police officer in Hermosa Beach, thanks to his father. 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. Boxer joins her on the stage, followed by Madeline. Dragon from Revelation 12 and 13 (Puppet of the Anti-Christ)Pilot Abeline: The film is an international co-production of the United States, Germany and France. Once Krysta departs, Boxer receives a phone call from Starla instructing him to go to the Santa Monica pier. 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. We zoom out to a satellite view, revealing that another nuclear bomb has been detonated in El Paso. Southland Tales begins on Independence Day 2005 in an eminently recognizable Bush-era Texas. Once it was discovered, they sent monkeys through it, which failed (Boxer claims that only a human soul could survive the trip). And why is he having an affair with Krysta Now? 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. Cane loses consciousness. He played a character named "Donnie" in a movie with Boxer Santaros (in an obvious allusion to "Donnie Darko"). Original music was provided by Moby. It has a similar plot to Southland Tales, but with different characters and more gratuitous product placement. A blockade in the Strait of Hormuz impedes the flow of oil to the United States, causing an increased demand for alternative fuel sources. I still don't know what that movie is about. Southland Tales encapsulates these anxieties in the form of US-IDent, a state agency that can hear and see everyone in America at all times. 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. As they hold hands, the truck begins to float into the sky with Martin Kefauver on board. "And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death"Revelation 11: Happily, it never does, which allows you to share in his unabashed joy in filmmaking as well as in his fury about the times. "ZORA: "You just wait and see." In fact, Marx was indirectly influenced by the Book of Revelation in his writing. She would, I think, make a good president. 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. "[34] A handful of the American and European critics, however, were more positive. What's the deal with this screenplay-within-the-movie that all the characters keep referring to? "Oh My Angel" by Bertha Tillman3. 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.". 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. What happens in the screenplay? Then, two "witnesses" will appear. Then she pulls out her gun and threatens to kill herself unless she can give Boxer a blowjob. After the attacks, Kelly revised the script. For "Southland Tales," he loosely adapted the plot of the Book of Revelation and set it in an alternate version of the present day. Although it's part of a different section in the book, Revelation also refers to the Whore of Babylon -- dressed in scarlet and covered in gold -- as a symbol of Babylon's corruption. As a result of the attacks, Republicans win the November 2006 elections by a landslide (290 Republicans and 145 Democrats in the House) and they beef up the Patriot Act -- creating USIDent, a think tank that monitors, among other things, the Internet. [It] restores an uncanny to American culture, she wrote in Fetishism and Curiosity, that the uncanny president disavows. In Southland Tales we have a movie whose frenetic, all-American surrealism its blend of censorship and sexuality, commerce and violence spookily pre-empted the prevailing culture under Donald Trump a decade before he was elected president. 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. As part of his participation in the Neo-Marxists' plot, Ronald must pretend to be his brother Roland and accompany Boxer during his movie research. Ronald Taverner, meanwhile, has picked up Zora and Bing Zinneman, a new member of the Neo-Marxists. "Three Days [Live Version]" by Jane's Addiction15. The quick and essential guide to domestic and global politics from the New Statesman's politics team. Is the soundtrack availiable for the film? 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. All of these references to Marxism aren't entirely unconnected to the film's biblical references. "[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. It is suddenly interrupted when Boxer pulls out a gun and threatens to kill himself unless everybody evacuates the mega-zeppelin. Director Richard Kelly Writer Richard Kelly Stars Dwayne Johnson Sarah Michelle Gellar ", "This is the way the world ends, This is the way the world ends, This is the way the world ends, Not with a whimper, but with a bang.". In fact, Marx was indirectly influenced by the Book of Revelation in his writing. What's the deal with the Treer company, and why are there all these references to Karl Marx? The other characters have all played their part and are redeemed in the end to enjoy eternal life. According to the "Prequel Saga," "The Power" was written entirely by Krysta Now, who is apparently psychic. Is "The Power" important for understanding "Southland Tales"? "[12] He described the film as a "tapestry of ideas all related to some of the biggest issues that I think we're facing right now . They will reign forever and ever"Revelation 12 and 13: "The Star Spangled Banner" by Rebekah del Rio & The Section Quartet14. After much trial and error with monkeys, Baron decided to send Boxer through itchosen because of his political ties and his celebrity persona. Dr. Severin Exx read Krysta the Book of Revelation while she was under hypnosis. For half of Kelly's epic film about the end of the world, characters are quoting T.S. Eliot or the Book of Revelation. They are the two witnesses.Krysta Now: 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. They decided to take advantage of her powers. 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. Elsewhere, in a luxurious apartment, Boxer crawls into bed with Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar), a former porn star with a reality television show. Back when the film was released in Cannes, three scenes were released on YouTube (which have long since been rendered unavailable): Boxer and Krysta talking with Roland about their film, Fortunio watching Krysta's show "Now", and Krysta's meeting with Cyndi Pinziki. Protector of the Messiah/False ProphetRoland Taverner: Boxer and Ronald have stopped for some lunch. The original script was written 6 years ago just after Richard and his team returned from Sundance. During their discussion, they learn that Ronald has been dreaming of Boxer. Filming was slated to begin in July 2004, but after a year, it had not begun. What are all of those tattoos on the body of Boxer Santaros (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson)? 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. 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The baby, she explains, is the Messiah, and Jericho is his guardian. Martin climbs on top of the truck and launches a missile at the mega-zeppelin. Things certainly ended on a dark note for many of the characters on the "Southland" season finale, but the final moments left fans' jaws on the ground in a cliffhanger that may never be resolved. In addition to her reality show, Krysta has launched an energy drink and recorded a hit single called "Teen Horniness Is Not a Crime." The movie plays in the background in several scenes, and in the "Prequel Saga," Krysta tells Boxer it is his favorite movie. [24][25], The soundtrack for Southland Tales was released in stores and online on November 6, 2007. "Southland Tales" also borrows from "Repo Man," which ends with a flying car (and which also referenced "Kiss Me Deadly"). 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. Southland Tales had a rough go of it. Associated Press articles: Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. Edit, Yes, there is a soundtrack available to buy, from Amazon.com or any other retailer that specializes in music. "Wave of Mutilation [UK Surf Version]" by Pixies2. Back in Venice Beach, Boxer and Roland pull up in front of a house while Dion and Dream pretend to fight inside. The Anti-ChristSerpentine: Directed by Richard Kelly, a guy who can only make cult classics . Then why do people keep on injecting it into their neck? Why would Martin let himself die after he killed everyone on the Mega-Zeppelin? 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