Beasts from Revelation 12 and 13 (Puppet of the Anti-Christ)Baron Von Westphalen: This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. 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. Again, we're not entirely sure. Its story overlaps with the movie, so it explains some of the back story. Copyright 2023 Salon.com, LLC. The project was named "Serpentine Dream Theory.," which aimed to use the telepathic effect of the drug as an advantage for the soldiers on the battlefield.Two of the solders that participated in the experiment were Roland Taverner and Pilot Abilene. There is no real-life equivalent to the movie's "organic compound" which grants people telepathy etc. The screenplay ends at a McDonald's restaurant, when Caleb starts belching noxious gas and launching fireballs. These are all references to the seven plagues that precede the destruction of Babylon. Boxer's original self was incinerated in a car bomb triggered by Serpentine, while the duplicate Boxer is still roaming. etc., although it bears a resemblence to Eastern religious concepts such as Qi and Ki. "[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. 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. When scientists injected fluid karma into the soldiers, they became telepathic and could see into the past and, eventually, the future. Which quotes from the Books of Revelation are used in the film? 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. A blockade in the Strait of Hormuz impedes the flow of oil to the United States, causing an increased demand for alternative fuel sources. The world ends. The movie begins in earnest when Boxer wakes up on a beach near the Santa Monica pier. After Roland Taverner came back from Iraq, he got a job as a police officer in Hermosa Beach, thanks to his father. The truck is his horse and the rocket launcher his sword.Dream and Dion: 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. "Oh My Angel" by Bertha Tillman3. It also works as a drug. "Broken Hearted Savior" by Big Head Todd & The Monsters10. His musical dream sequence, which is actually a drug-induced telepathic thing, is the emotional center of the whole piece, since he was accidentally disfigured by his friend. If "Southland Tales" is a semi-straightforward reinterpretation of the Book of Revelation, then Baron Von Westphalen is the Antichrist, Sen. Bobby Frost is probably his false prophet, Krysta Now is the Whore of Babylon, the two witnesses are probably Boxer Santaros and Roland Taverner, the white horse is the levitating ice cream truck, and Christ is Ronald and Roland Taverner. 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. All three graphic novels were written by Richard Kelly, with artwork by Brett Weldele. In "Donnie Darko," the world ends when the Tangent Universe collapses, which may also be what happens at the end of "Southland Tales." Also, they had sex. 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. Krysta says she's putting it all in, Cyndi asks why she would do something that stupid, and that's what causes her to tell Cyndi she's sleeping with "a large and powerful man." What's the deal with the Treer company, and why are there all these references to Karl Marx? Eliot's "Hollow Men. Southland Tales EXPLAINED - Breakdown & Heavy Analysis - YouTube FOR MORE MOVIE EXPLANATION VIDEOS PLEASE LIKE AND COMMENT THIS VIDEO! 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). She cuts the ribbon as USIDent employees -- dressed in windbreakers -- applaud. "RONALD: "Sounds neat. She tells him that he must board the mega-zeppelin and what he is looking for is in the Baron's private chamber. The first three chapters of the story are told in a graphic novel called Southland Tales: The Prequel Saga, which among other things explains Roland Traveler's back story, Boxer's journey from the desert back to Los Angeles, and the true origin of Krysta and Boxer's screenplay. "Howl [Extended Version]" by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club4. If you'd like to skip directly to our question-and-answer section, click here. [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. Outside, the ice cream truck levitates upward. He says, "It all ends tonight.". The Tangent Universe is an alternate reality to our own. "[29], The film remains enigmatic to many viewers and even some of its makers. Musician Moby was approached on composing and performing the film's score. Kelly's movie may not be entirely coherent, but that's because there's so much it wants to say. He had Roland Taverner kidnap Boxer and drive him through the rift. 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." As they drive, Boxer continues to talk about his screenplay, explaining a subplot involving a miracle baby that doesn't produce bowel movements. What does the phrase "Do You Bleed" mean? Two of the solders that participated in the experiment were Roland Taverner and Pilot Abilene. One theory is that duplicate souls from alternate timelines are not meant to exist together in a single timeline. In fact, Marx was indirectly influenced by the Book of Revelation in his writing. The director also added 90 new visual effects shots to the film and removed 20 to 25 minutes of footage from his initial cut. Krysta is brought to the Frost mansion, where she is confronted by Madeline. It's. Filming was slated to begin in July 2004, but after a year, it had not begun. A website was also developed to intertwine with the graphic novels and the film itself. On October 26, 2020 Arrow Video announced a Remastered version approved by Richard Kelly will be released on Blu-ray on January 26, 2021. Elsewhere in the building, Ronald Taverner (Seann William Scott) is in the bathroom, looking at his reflection. Also, they had sex. Edit, The name does not refer to anything other than the anagram and the late U.S. Ronald agrees to take Boxer for a ride-along so he can research his role. | It is suddenly interrupted when Boxer pulls out a gun and threatens to kill himself unless everybody evacuates the mega-zeppelin. 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. That's why he wakes up on the beach at the start of the movie. Edit, It is a proposition on the ballot to restict US-IDent's powers. Somehow I doubt that will ever happen. Boxer gets into a convertible and drives off. SALON is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a trademark of Salon.com, LLC. Then, a mushroom cloud appears on the horizon, and history jumps the tracks. Kids are shooting home video of their Independence Day barbecue. So it's trying to say that our veterans are the biggest badasses that we have. Martin climbs on top of the truck and launches a missile at the mega-zeppelin. It's OK to be confused by Richard Kelly's "Southland Tales.". Three days later, he is discovered in the desert near Lake Mead. (Krystas pop album is called Teen Horniness is Not a Crime.) [22], Kelly edited the film down to the basic storylines of the characters portrayed by Scott, Gellar, and Johnson. 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: When Boxer and Taverner went through the space-time rift, they traveled 69 minutes back in time -- creating duplicate versions of themselves. Unfortunately, Kefauver and Ronald's Hummer soon collides with the ice cream truck carrying Roland. Kelly has said in interviews that the film was partially made in response to the rise of apocalyptic evangelism in the United States. 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. 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. Both vehicles come to a rest in the middle of a shootout and Walter Mung is killed. It turns out that Fortunio has been on the Baron's payroll all along. Edit, Most of the footage was a subplot between Kevin Smith's and Janeane Garofalo's characters (Simon Theory and General Teena MacArthur) where they discussed Operation Serpentine Dream Theory. Is it just me, or did that make no sense? This assertion seems to be based upon a flawed understanding of the the particular Law. 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." Links to many post-Cannes reviews, including multiple positive reviews by American, French, Spanish, Polish, and other reviewers. The two Rolands found each other in the end, but the movie ends before we can see what actually happens to them. He called it a "strange hybrid of the sensibilities of Andy Warhol and Philip K. Certainly, the future as depicted here is deeply complex. The final chapter of the film ("VI: Wave of Mutilation") begins. He has written for the Globe & Mail, the Village Voice and other publications. 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. Pimp is American slang for badass. "Southland Tales" also borrows from "Repo Man," which ends with a flying car. Background newscasts in "Southland Tales" are also constantly referring to earthquakes, wild fires and "red tides." 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". And why is he having an affair with Krysta Now? Why that happens when the Taverners touch, only Richard Kelly knows. Although he recognizes Madeline as his wife, she remains unimpressed and demands to know why he disappeared. He has the solution to the energy crisis and becomes the most powerful man on earth. What exactly happens at the end of the movie? Roger Ebert called it "the most disastrous Cannes press screening since, yes, 'The Brown Bunny.'" Boxer walks up to the Frost mansion, where his wife, Madeline Frost (Mandy Moore), and the Frost team are waiting for him. It's a schizophrenic break. She became psychic when a plane she was onUnited 23flew through the rift in space-time above Lake Mead. On March 25, 2009, the R2 DVD was released in France. "Yes They Can! Boxer and Ronald have stopped for some lunch. The filmmaker stated that discussions are ongoing as to whether the projects should be released as films or in a long-form format through a streaming service.[46]. Cane loses consciousness. What's up with Baron Von Westphalen (Wallace Shawn)? That's why he wakes up on the beach at the start of the movie. Southland Tales grossed $275,380 in limited release at the North American box office and $99,363 in Turkey and United Kingdom for a worldwide total of $374,743,[6] against a production budget of $17 million. Nana Mae Frost is also monitoring the entire situation from USIDent. Cindy meets Vaughn Smallhouse at a restaurant and gives him a copy of the sex tape. ", "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 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. 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. Zora Carmichaels and Bart Buchman return to the Neo-Marxist headquarters, where we learn that the two are lovers and have planned the murder of Dion and Dream. 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. 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. 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. Why would Martin let himself die after he killed everyone on the Mega-Zeppelin? Southland Tales premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and received so much negative feedback that the studio reworked the film. (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.) [7] The title refers to the Southland, a name used by locals to refer to Southern California and the Greater Los Angeles area. Before Fortunio encountered Boxer, he was introduced to Krysta, who promised him that she would get him an "interstate travel visa" to get him back into California. In a 2011 interview, Justin Timberlake himself said, "To me, Southland Tales is performance art. Boxer diverts the attention away from the real messiah, who almost gets killed. Happily, it never does, which allows you to share in his unabashed joy in filmmaking as well as in his fury about the times. "[34] A handful of the American and European critics, however, were more positive. He can be reached at @thomasmaxrogers. No, it's not just you. 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. The film features an ensemble cast including Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mandy Moore, and Justin Timberlake. He is a pimp and pimps don't commit suicide.". User Ratings The critic Laura Mulvey once suggested Blue Velvet, having been released in 1986, was the ideal film for the mood of the Reagan era. Boxer joins her on the stage, followed by Madeline. At least that way, he isn't . 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.". Due to the poor reception they received at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and still without a distributor, Richard Kelly went back and re-edited the film, trimming out 20-25 minutes worth of footage and adding approximately a hundred or so extra visual effects shots. 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. What's with the glow from Roland and Ronald's hands? After the attacks, Kelly revised the script. [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. They will reign forever and ever"Revelation 12 and 13: Edit, Operation Dream Theory was an experiment created by Treer. The film was released in the UK on December 7, 2007, exclusively to UK cinema chain Cineworld in a limited number of locations. 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. It opened in Canada, as well as nationwide in the United States, in just 63 theaters,[6] on November 16, 2007. Edit, Several days before the movie starts, on the same houseboat on Lake Mead, Tab Taverner, Ronald/Roland's father, told Ronaldwho has amnesiathat he must kidnap his brother in order to protect him. At their Venice Beach headquarters, we meet the rest of the Neo-Marxists, including Veronica "Dream" Mung (Amy Poehler) and Dion Element (Wood Harris). || Southland Tales Movie Ending Explained in English#endingexplained endingexplained Copyright Disclaimer: No Copyright in. So the parallels with the Bible are kind of buried. Jericho Cane is the name of Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in "End of Days." Movie star Boxer Santaros (Dwayne Johnson) plans his next film with the . "3 Steps" by Moby9. Does Sarah Michelle Gellar have a sex scene in this movie? 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. These are (Book 1) Two Roads Diverge, (Book 2) Fingerprints and (Book 3) The Mechanicals. Why does Pilot dream about the song "All These Things I've Done" by The Killers? "Southland Tales" also borrows from "Repo Man," which ends with a flying car (and which also referenced "Kiss Me Deadly"). Kelly sought more financing to finish visual effects for the film, and he negotiated a deal with Sony to cut down on the film's length in exchange for funds to complete the visual effects. "Three Days [Live Version]" by Jane's Addiction15. The first chapter in the film ("IV: Temptation Waits") begins. Does "Southland Tales: The Prequel Saga" explain what this fluid karma stuff is? The New Statesmans global affairs newsletter, every Monday and Friday. 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. [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. Director Richard Kelly Writer Richard Kelly Stars Dwayne Johnson Sarah Michelle Gellar [18], The track "Memory Gospel" was used from time to time by the CBC Radio One program Q in the background of an opening monologue given by host Jian Ghomeshi. The Tangent Universe is an alternate reality to our own. He learns that "The Power" is correct: As a result of the Baron's Utopia projects, the world is coming to an end and the Earth's rotation is slowing down. She says "The religion that is the winner of the contest will bleed" Where does the information in this FAQ come from? In Donnie Darko, the world ends when the Tangent Universe collapses, which may also be what happens at the end of Southland Tales. Meanwhile, Martin Kefauver (Lou Pucci), a young man dressed in hip-hop gear, meets Pilot Abilene at the "Fire" Arcade, where he exchanges pot for fluid karma. This is the way the world ends not with a bang, but with a fascinating near three-hour disaster of a movie, as deranged as Heavens Gate and as distinctively mid-Noughties as a Juicy Couture tracksuit. [26], Southland Tales was initially planned to be a nine-part "interactive experience", with the first six parts published in six 100-page graphic novels that would be released in a six-month period up to the film's release. The world ends. 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. According to their plan, Boxer is to videotape their faked murder. "[37] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 44 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Starla Von Luft, the double-crossing USIDent employee, is reading a copy of "The Power" at work. "Southland Tales" feels insane because it tells a truth that most of us would rather ignore: that faced with the chaos of what feels like a disintegrating society and imperiled world, we would . Boxer meets Fortunio on the beach after his rendezvous with Starla. The Cannes boo is the annual terrorist attack of . If you replace the Antichrist with the bourgeoisie, and the kingdom of God with a communist utopia, you've got the same basic narrative. What If He Is Dead, But He Is Not? [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. A tide-powered generator, however, relies on an external source of power, the tides, and would not fall under that definition. This is a reference to a Philip K. Dick book called Flow My Tears the Policeman Said. 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. 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 ? One copy of Boxer traveled 69 minutes back in time, while the other copy was killed by an explosive charge in the car. 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. The baby, she explains, is the Messiah, and Jericho is his guardian. "ZORA: "A modified organic diet and transcendental meditation. 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. Elsewhere, in a luxurious apartment, Boxer crawls into bed with Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar), a former porn star with a reality television show. Cheri Oteri plays Zora Carmichaels, while Jon Lovitz plays violent police officer Bart Bookman who is in love with Zora. [9] The idea of six graphic novels was later cut down to three. Why that happens when the Taverners touch, only Richard Kelly knows. We learn that July 4 will be the launch date for the new Treer mega-zeppelin (the "Jenny Von Westphalen"). Edit, Boxer Santaros: Holmes Osborne plays conservative Senator Bobby Frost, Will Sasso plays Fortunio Balducci and Christopher Lambert plays Walter Mung. Edit, Those who use Fluid Karma are "Chemical Bleeders" (e.g. [18] Much to his surprise, they loved it and wanted the film entered in competition for the Palme d'Or. "[41], On the program Ebert & Roeper, Richard Roeper and guest critic Michael Phillips gave the film a negative review. And "pimp?" Kelly's previous cult masterpiece Donnie Darko (2001) and the . If the two Taverners were to touch, Theory warns, the fourth dimension would collapse onto itself and the world would come to an end. Ambitious and arresting to the eye -- the gray palette serves the film well -- it's too bad that Southland Tales is also pretentious, chaotic, and tries too hard. Thinking it's her sex tape with Boxer, she takes it with her. 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. For . Back in the dumpster, Roland Taverner wakes up as his hands begins to glow. Zelda Rubinstein and Beth Grant portray Dr. Katarina Kuntzler and Dr. Inga Von Westphalen, members of the baron's entourage. We zoom out to a satellite view, revealing that another nuclear bomb has been detonated in El Paso. 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. Once Krysta departs, Boxer receives a phone call from Starla instructing him to go to the Santa Monica pier. In Donnie Darko, the world ends when the Tangent Universe collapses, which may also be what happens at the end of Southland Tales. 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.". He said, "[The original script] was more about making fun of Hollywood. When cops arrive on the scene, he still doesn't stop,. 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." 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. Murdered and the two people to witness this are Boxer and Roland. The Book of Revelation and Marxism have been connected by academicsboth advocate the overthrow of tyranny. If that wasnt enough, a German company whose CEO is played by Wallace Shawn has invented an infinite energy source called fluid karma. 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. Quick and essential guide to domestic and global politics from the New Statesman's politics team. Spirituality has nothing to do with it. 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. As a result, Boxer was duplicated. If this is a parallel with the Book of Revelation, then who's whom? Metacritic Reviews. 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