But, if you can get over the many minus points, youll find that southland tales is actually quite a novel story, told in a very slick and stylish way. Southland tales soundtrack from 2007, composed by various artists, moby. Southland tales film star developing her own reality television project, and ronald taverner, a hermosa beach police officer who holds the. Adtunes, the leading source of advertising music information, welcomes you. Again, this does give off the feeling of being a bit rushed.
Ambitious and arresting to the eye the gray palette serves the film well its too bad that southland tales is also pretentious, chaotic, and tries too hard. After i saw the directors cut 2004, which was 20 minutes longer, i began to comprehend some of what i had seen, and it became more interesting, even though i still didnt entirely understand it. Southland tales is a 2007 science fictiondrama film, written and directed by richard kelly. Southland tales nude scenes naked pics and videos at mr. Society is on the brink of social, economic and environmental collapse and an action starboxer, a porn star and a police officer are making a last stand. Movie star boxer santaros dwayne johnson plans his next film with the. The prequel saga is a collection of three graphic novels produced to accompany the 2006 feature film southland tales. The graphic novels were written by the film s screenwriterdirector richard kelly and illustrated by brett weldele. Southland tales, kellys longdelayed second film, makes sense as a vision of a world gone mad.
Starring dwayne johnson, seann william scott, sarah michelle gellar, mandy moore. Richard kelly recently appeared at kevin smiths smodcastle in hollywood california to present a screening of southland tales. Southland tales 2006 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. An unappreciated masterpiece by freddie deboer since andrew and the dish team gave me carte blanche to write about what i want, im going to go ahead and abuse the privilege by writing a defense of a largelyforgotten, eightyearold movie, richard kellys southland tales. Released by milan records in 2007 containing music from southland tales 2007. His life intertwines with krysta now, an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and ronald taverner, a hermosa beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy. In the year 2005, a nuclear attack wipes out part of the state of texas, and three years later america. The world of southland tales feels alive, even as kelly is adamant that the apocalypse occurred 8 years ago and all meaning has been lost. After i saw the first cut of richard kellys donnie darko 2002, i was left dazed and confused, but somehow convinced that i might have seen something. Director richard kelly of donnie darko 2001 fame is back with his second effort, southland tales 2006, a dystopic potpourri of politics, comedy, drama, and apocalyptic despair.
Southland tales on dvd march 18, 2008 starring seann william scott, sarah michelle gellar, dwayne johnson, cheri oteri. Everything you need to know about southland tales movie 2007. During a threeday heat wave just before a huge 4th of july celebration, an action star stricken with amnesia meets up with a porn star who is developing her own reality tv project, and a policeman who holds the key to a vast conspiracy. Here, southland tales simply tells half of the important plot points through a narrator and various fictional shots from the internet. How kelly persuaded the likes of wallace shawn, amy poehler, justin timberlake, cheri oteri, and. Southland tales, the new film from richard donnie darko kelly, is maddening, hyperintelligent, sporadically brilliant, but ultimately exhausting. Updated 04 december 2007 contains strong language, violence and sex references when it premiered at the cannes film festival in 2006, southland tales was a disaster. With dwayne johnson, sarah michelle gellar, seann william scott, carlos amezcua.
An analysis of time philosophy as it relates to the richard kelly film southland tales. California is at the epicenter of a political and environmental disaster that threatens to destroy the world in this ambitious fusion of comedy, drama, dystopian science fiction, and music from writer and director richard kelly, his first film after gaining a cult following with donnie darko. Director richard kellys soundtrack to his hyperactive endoftheworld satire southland tales echoes the filmmakers schizophrenic vision, relying on alternative rock giants like janes addiction and the pixies, country legend waylon jennings, northern soul crooner bertha tillman, and bespectacled electronic auteur moby to flesh out what was originally rumored to be a musical sarah michelle. Southland tales movie trailer music adtunes forums. Before the screening, smith recorded a one and a half hour. Everything you were afraid to ask about southland tales. A lot of people have seen southland tales and the reactions have been either they really loved it, or absolutely hated it, aside from the polarizing reactions, the common reaction among fans and haters is that not many understand it. Cast and crew credits for southland tales, 2007, directed by richard kelly, with gianna luchini, mike nielsen, philip sternberg, at turner classic movies. A large ensemble cast of characters includes boxer santaros dwayne johnson, an action star stricken with amnesia, krysta now sarah michelle gellar, an adult film star developing. As the premiere site about ad music, adtunes features the longest running and most popular forum about songs featured in television commercials, movie trailers, television shows, movie soundtracks, and more.
Directed by richard kelly and starring dwayne the rock johnson, seann william scott, sarah michelle gellar and mandy moore. Its election season 2008, and the world is still wrecked from a nuclear attack that took out part of texas and put everybody into a policestate state of mind. His life intertwines with krysta now sarah michelle gellar, an adult film star developing her. Boxer santaros is an action star whos stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with krysta now sarah michelle gellar, an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and ronald taverner.
Of the three 2006 films mentioned at the start of this, southland tales is the least sure of itself in everything other than its aesthetic, and kelly calls on the other two to make his film emote when it has to. Southland tales is a 2006 science fiction comedy thriller film and the second film written and directed by richard kelly. Southland tales is richard kellys follow up to his hit cult film donnie darko. Boxer santaros dwayne the rock johnson is an action star whos stricken with amnesia.
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