. Hello. Maligned at Cannes in 2006 when it premiered in an unfinished version, “Southland Tales” went back to the editing room, lost 20 minutes, and stumbled into theaters later in the year. "[41], 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. Original music was provided by Moby. The filmmaker stated that discussion are ongoing as to whether the projects, should be released as films or in a long-form format through a streaming service. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008 DVD (USA) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008 Blu-ray (USA) Arrow Video 2021 Blu-ray (USA) Review Discuss Compare. 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. "[3], 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 all made perfect sense in Kelly’s mind as a complex response to a paranoid, post-9/11 America. Quote; Report; Author Gellar fan Time 14-Apr-2018 8:32 AM Post link. Southland Tales (2006) CANNES CUT 720p BluRay DD5.1 x264-LoRD Posted on March 9, 2021 Comedy • Drama • Movie • Mystery • Sci-Fi • Thriller • Western Directed by Richard Kelly. The PATRIOT Act has extended authority to a new agency known as US-IDent, which keeps constant surveillance on citizens—even to the extent of censoring the Internet and requiring fingerprints to access computers and bank accounts. [citation needed]. "[30] Jason Solomons, in The Observer (UK), said that "Southland Tales was so bad it made me wonder if [Kelly] had ever met a human being" and that ten minutes of the "sprawling, plotless, post-apocalyptic farrago" gave him the "sinking feeling that this may be one of the worst films ever presented in [Cannes] competition. The process of making that film was still opening up in Richard’s mind in terms of how much of that story he wanted to tell. Clearly. On October 26, 2020 Arrow Video announced a Remastered version approved by Richard Kelly will be released on Blu-ray on January 26, 2021. Set in the then-near future of 2008, the film is a portrait of Los Angeles, and a satiric commentary on the military–industrial complex and the infotainment industry. RK: It premiered on the Sunday night at Cannes, which puts you in the crosshairs. The original script involved blackmail, a porn star, and two cops. Kelly wrote them while … I’d like to have “Southland Tales: The Cannes Cut 1080p HDTV capture”, but I have no account on MySpleen (and have no invitations). It’s not finished yet. Kelly wrote them while making the film and found it very difficult as it pushed him "to the edge of my own sanity", as he remarked in an interview.[16]. Originally running for 160 minutes, Southland Tales premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006 to a disastrous reception. But “Donnie Darko” was getting more fan support and a cult following, so I started layering in more of the Philip K. Dick element into the “Southland Tales” script. 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So this is awesome! I think it was just sort of we were the UFO. Over a year after its Cannes premiere, Southland Tales was released in November 2007. We rehearsed the whole thing, knowing that we didn’t have access to Justin until the day of the shoot, but we had all the dancers and we mapped it out with the steady cam shots. As the city stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental chaos, ... (1080p) presentations of both versions of the film: the 145-minute theatrical cut and the 160-minute â Cannes cutâ , which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006; In 2021, Kelly announced that there are developments to expand the film into a franchise. [15] 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. We brought the dancers onto Santa Monica Pier. 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). [33], As of March 2021[update], the film holds a 39% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 102 reviews with an average rating of 4.63 out of 10. I was always saying “Why? I’ll never understand how his brain works but his ideas are amazing. Amongst the songs not available on the soundtrack but featured in the film are Muse's "Blackout", The Killers' "All These Things That I've Done", and Blur's "Tender". Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. 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. Southland Tales is a 2006 American dystopian comedy thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly. I met the love of my life, who became my wife. KR: I feel like if you get it, you get it. It was tough. It felt like a redo of Sundance and “Donnie Darko,” but just much bigger and more challenging. Justin Timberlake actually said that to me while we were making it and he was 100 percent right. I prefer the Cannes version, which has more of a playful tone to it. That’s where all the craziness of the film we know came into it. [18], Universal Studios had originally optioned the U.S. rights, but after the Cannes screening, it was sold to Sony, although Universal still retained some international rights. He brought me in and offered me the chance to rewrite “Domino.” For 18 months, it was a dream come true. It’s a success!” Then I realized I was reading the paper as if they would actually be using the slang use of “the bomb.” It hit me that they were using it in its true meaning. Why is this character saying that?” I was just trying to corral the unlimited ideas. SM: We had to overcome “Donnie Darko.” People respected Richard as a filmmaker but to go onto his version of Gilliam doing “Brazil” was a tall order. I mean, Dwayne was there the whole time. I was committed to making it work. "[40] Manohla Dargis also gave the film a positive review in The New York Times, writing, "He doesn't make it easy to love his new film, which turns and twists and at times threatens to disappear down the rabbit hole of his obsessions. A website was also developed to intertwine with the graphic novels and the film itself. The film was released in the UK on December 7, 2007 exclusively to UK cinema chain Cineworld in a limited number of locations. The film features an ensemble cast including Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mandy Moore, and Justin Timberlake. Now, a new Blu-ray release from Arrow Video has brought the 160-minute Cannes cut to the public for the first time, and with it, an opportunity to fully assess one of the strangest American movies of this young century. SM: Richard will always be one of the most singularly creative voices I’ve come across. [32] The Village Voice critic J. Hoberman, for example, called Southland Tales "a visionary film about the end of times" comparable in recent American film only to David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. He stopped editing the film and was also unable to complete all of the visual effects in time for the screening. Arrow Video has officially announced that they will be releasing two highly-anticipated releases this month on Blu-Ray. The film is an international co-production of the United States, Germany and France. SM: It was a nearly impossible feat on set. RK: Once we had Dwayne Johnson, there was no turning back. And then when we had Justin in the day, it was four hours and we didn’t even have a costume for him. [17], Many critics responded unfavorably to the film's long running time and sprawling nature. And then I decided to make Justin the narrator. So you really needed a solid, visible cast to anchor it. 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. "Yes They Can! RK: Whether it’s tragedy or farce is to be debated, but it was definitely history repeating itself. Dick". Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! The director also added 90 new visual effects shots to the film and removed 20 to 25 minutes of footage from his initial cut. Let’s try to figure it out.” It was never going to be fully satisfying, but we were trying to warm the audience up to the idea that they were entering into a story at chapter four. 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. Grace of Monaco (2014) [27] The film was originally scheduled to be released in the United States on November 9, 2007 in partnership with Destination Films and Samuel Goldwyn Films,[28] but in eventually opened in limited release in California on November 14, 2007. Southland Tales: Los Angeles, 2008: The city stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Even if I had more time with the edit, if I had had a lot more visual effects, I’m not even sure that the response would have been much better for us. I had to walk away. I tried looking into this a year ago, having found Moby's gorgeous score for director Richard Kelly's cult classic sci-fi political comedy-drama Southland Tales up on YouTube in full. Southland Tales. RICHARD KELLY, DIRECTOR: It’s very therapeutic for me to be able to talk about this. With Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Carlos Amezcua. [35], 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. • High Definition Blu-ray™ (1080p) presentations of both versions of the film: the 145-minute theatrical cut and the 160-minute “Cannes cut”, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006 • Original lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and PCM 2.0 stereo soundtracks • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing 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. Arrow Video 2021 Blu-ray. Matthew Rhodes, who was one of the producers who came on to produce with us and finance, is now my husband. He has to make more films. Southland Tales is now about to arrive on Blu-ray via the brave folks at Arrow Video. Release Date: January 26 2021. MATTHEW RHODES: I responded to this original, fantastical, forward-thinking, fresh story. ‘Southland Tales’ at 15: An Oral History of the Cannes Cut Nobody Saw Coming "[38], On the program Ebert & Roeper, Richard Roeper and guest critic Michael Phillips gave the film a negative review. SM: During the screening the silence was palpable. Southland Tales was one of The Rock’s first films, and the movie is set to get a special edition Blu-ray release from Arrow Video. KR: I will never forget waking up and picking up the paper in Cannes and reading on the cover, “Southland Tales est une bombe!” For a minute, because I loved it so much, I thought, “They liked it! [2][3], Along with two other American filmmakers (Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette and Richard Linklater's Fast Food Nation), Kelly's follow-up to Donnie Darko was in competition for the coveted Palme d'Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival[29] and was screened on May 21 at the Grand Lumiere Theater. Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! It was me and Sofia Coppola and Richard Linklater in competition. MPAA Rating: R. I take all the blame for that, but it’s my nature. How ‘Minari’ Found the Answer, The Visceral Cinema of ‘Sound of Metal’ Was Rooted in an Immersive Set, Oscar Cinematography Survey: Here Are the Cameras and Lenses Used to Shoot 32 Awards Contenders, 40 Indie Horror Movies Now Streaming, from ‘The Witch’ to ‘Midsommar’, The 7 Best Movies New to Netflix in April 2021, Regé-Jean Page Opens Up on Exiting ‘Bridgerton’ Ahead of Season 2: ‘It’s a One-Season Arc’, ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Director Adam Wingard: ‘I Can’t Wait to Use the Potential That This Might Buy Me’. During a three-day 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. Tony Scott had read the first draft of “Southland Tales,” without all of the political, science fiction, and spiritual elements layered into it. I was shellshocked while trying to do all the press. Also, I knew we needed to try different things with the cut editorially. We brought Justin back in to redo the narration to make it very serious. RK: I think I knew I had something that was unfinished, so I was already really nervous about the edit not being polished enough and the visual effects not being finished. "[14] Kelly said the film's biggest influences are Kiss Me Deadly, Pulp Fiction, Brazil, and Dr. Strangelove. The only new special feature announced was an audio commentary by Kelly. Trying to fit a story of this magnitude into this many subplots was almost impossible. Amy Poehler and Wood Harris appear as Neo-Marxist activists. Richard Kelly with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Sarah Michelle Gellar at Cannes. Filming was slated to begin in July 2004, but after a year, it had not begun. It was about a failed group of actors creating an elaborate con against a major action movie star. I was perhaps incredibly naive or foolish enough to think that we could get people to read these books and buy these graphic novels and that I could get a distributor to really get behind this transmedia concept. Release Date: January 26th, 2021. Copyright © 2021 Penske Business Media, LLC. 29-Nov-2008, 11:15 PM Apparently Sky Movies in the UK aired the original Cannes cut of Southland Tales a few times earlier this month. Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. It was very much a comedy, almost Altmanesque. It definitely became a big red flag for any distributor knowing that I had basically written a six-chapter story where the film is the second half of it. Dwayne Johnson joined the cast in April 2005, and principal photography was slated to begin August 1, 2005 in Los Angeles. 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. Getting to work with all those actors was the greatest experience of my life. Arrow gives this child a new lease on life with new 2K presentations of the film, approved by Kelly, in both the 145-minute theatrical cut and the 160-minute “Cannes cut.” The release also comes with a wide range of special features, including a brand-new documentary on the film’s making. We had him for one 16-hour day at the Santa Monica Pier, and it was our longest day and night. "[12], Kelly's breakthrough film, Donnie Darko, was released in the United States on October 26, 2001, the same day the PATRIOT Act was signed. Countless directors have contended with the curse of the sophomore slump, but the saga of “Southland Tales” exists in a category of its own. Share Share Tweet Email Comment New 'Suicide Squad' Character, Team Posters Revealed by James Gunn & Cast The film was released on Region 4 DVD in Australia on April 30, 2008. [14] Kelly consciously sought out actors that he felt had been pigeonholed and wanted to showcase their "undiscovered talents."[12]. "[25] Salon.com critic Andrew O'Hehir called the Cannes cut "about the biggest, ugliest mess I've ever seen. It opened in Canada, as well as nationwide in the United States, in just 63 theaters,[4] on November 16, 2007. I had some opportunities to direct other people’s screenplays and I pursued a project called “Knowing” with this company called Escape Artists. [16] Much to his surprise, they loved it and wanted the film entered in competition for the Palme d'Or. And maybe we shouldn’t have done it. Release date : January 26, 2021 Actors : Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Justin Timberlake, Kevin Smith Studio : Arrow Video He lip-synced the lyrics. Neither the Cannes nor the theatrical cut is fully satisfying in my mind. RK: I absolutely loved working with Justin Timberlake. I loved the entire experience of making “Southland Tales.”. Can anybody help me? [16] After the film's festival release, Southland Tales was purchased by Sony Pictures. But I think at Cannes in 2006, people were struggling with watching a nuclear explosion in Texas and then being able to have any sense of levity or being excited to go on this bonkers journey. We made the movie for $17.8 million and it was still nowhere near enough to do all the things we wanted to do. Interviews with leading film and TV creators about their process and craft. On March 25, 2009, the R2 DVD was released in France. I still don't know what that movie is about [laughs]. I've said on this site before about how much I love director Richard Kelly's crazy-ass political satire SOUTHLAND TALES… After the attacks, Kelly revised the script. They have been collected together into one single volume: The titles of the parts in the film are:[24], The film premiered May 21, 2006, at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, where it was poorly received. 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". Southland Tales comes to a special edition Arrow blu-ray January 26, 2021. Two months before Southland Tales was released, he announced the launch of Darko Entertainment.[13]. 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,[4] against a production budget of $17 million. RK: I’m so proud of this movie. That was confusing for the marketplace at that time. You have a limited amount of weeks. Additionally, tracks from Radiohead, Louis Armstrong, Beethoven, Kris Kristofferson, and several tracks from Moby's Hotel:Ambient are likewise absent from the album. The project fell apart because of concern over its ambition and whether my version was commercial enough. Musician Moby was approached on composing and performing the film's score. Because of this, it was re-edited and shortened in length as part of the distribution deal. But there’s something we can do with it.”. Here, Kelly — with additional input from producers Sean McKittrick (“Get Out”), Kendall Rhodes, and Matthew Rhodes — recalls its strange journey and how the movie sits with him all these years later. Both are still works in progress. [17] Kelly describes the negative reaction at Cannes as a "very painful experience on a lot of levels" but ultimately felt that the film "was better off because of it". 27 January 2021; by Eric Kohn; Indiewire I would never, ever change that. "[37] 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. Once we got back to LA and regrouped and Scott read all the graphic novel materials, we were like, “Okay. It was very grounded and didn’t have sci-fi components at all. The film follows the criss-crossed destinies of Boxer Santaros, an action film actor stricken with amnesia; Krysta Now, a psychic ex-porn 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. Basically, it was missing the Philip K. Dick-level stuff. I don’t even know if the distribution apparatus existed at the time to do what we wanted to do with it. "[26], The film remains enigmatic to many viewers and even some of its makers. [20], Southland Tales: Music from the Motion Picture is the original soundtrack of Richard Kelly's 2007 film Southland Tales. 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. I’ve read plenty of his screenplays in the past that should still get made. Thanks, found it on MySpleen. SM: I was always chasing Richard to try and figure out what he was doing. Southland Tales is an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. [39], J. Hoberman defended the film, yet again, in his review for the theatrical cut. In 2006, Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly premiered his second feature film, Southland Tales, at the Cannes Film Festival.The audience did not react warmly to … It was definitely reliant upon this graphic novel transmedia prequel. SM: If the limited series existed back then, maybe it would’ve been better suited for eight hours so audiences could wrap their heads around it. Southland Tales "Cannes Cut" Coming To Blu-ray From Arrow Jan. 25th. [19], Kelly edited the film down to the basic storylines of the characters portrayed by Scott, Gellar, and Johnson. He used to yell at me and call me the “Why” parakeet. MR: I continue to this day to get emails, social media comments, and even receive hand-written letters from fans around the world that love this movie. We pitched a lot of places to get that extra financing we needed. [42] Kelly later expressed regret in releasing the latter chapters first through the original film, stating that this placed the audience at a disadvantage. SOUTHLAND TALES gets new, extended cut! Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mandy Moore, Justin Timberlake, Miranda Richardson, Bai Ling, Wallace Shawn, Nora Dunn, John Larroquette, Kevin Smith, Holmes Osbourne, Amy Poehler, Wood Harris, Zelda Rubinstein, Beth Grant, Will Sasso, Jon Lovitz, Kevin Smith, Janeane Garofalo Director: Richard Kelly Screenwriter: Richard Kelly Distributor: Arrow Video Running Time: 145 min Rating: R Year: 2006 Release Date… But he was such a positive, supportive person. RK: We were barely able to get “Donnie Darko” into theaters. Get the details! 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 Michelle Gellar as a psychic reality show star with a background in porn, and Sean William Scott as a racist police officer and his politically active twin. We enjoyed the hilarious moments along the way, shooting all over L.A., which is really difficult to do. Matthew and Kendall Rhodes, Richard Kelly, and Sean McKittrick at Cannes. Release Details. RK: As we were putting the movie together, it was clear that the ambition was going to be a problem. We did the emotional change at the end and everything. After Roger Ebert called it "the worst film in the history of Cannes," Vincent Gallo sliced 26 minutes before the film's August 2004 release. It was really about just trying to finish the film in the best way we could. Kelly's movie may not be entirely coherent, but that's because there's so much it wants to say. He did all the choreography and he navigated it all. All rights reserved. There’s actually a line in the movie where Sarah Michelle Gellar says to Dwayne on the MegaZeppelin, “It had to be this way.” And he says, “I know.” I always think of that moment. Oscar Noms for ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Reflect Years of Hollywood Diversity Efforts, The MCU and MonsterVerse Blend Film and TV, but Here’s What Keeps Them Apart — TV Podcast, Oscars Stir Controversy Among Nominees with Banned Zoom Speeches, but Nobody Has a Better Solution, What Does a Childhood Memory Look and Sound Like? It was weird being in a ballroom gown and tuxes and watching a very twisted dark political comedy. Southland Tales: The Cannes Cut 1080p HDTV capture. SM: We were naive enough to accept the invitation from Cannes even though we weren’t ready. [16] Kelly's film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2006 with a length of 160 minutes. Release Date: 01/26/21In 2001 ... the beguiling and baffling Southland Tales.Los Angeles, 2008. Janeane Garofalo appears as General Teena MacArthur. He called it a "strange hybrid of the sensibilities of Andy Warhol and Philip K. This makes it seem like it would be a good addition to my collection of Moby albums on CD, but a look at Discogs only gives us a listing for the heavily abridged 2007 soundtrack release. "Kelly launches Darko Entertainment", by Dade Hayes, "How The World Ends: Conversation With Richard Kelly", "Exclusive Interview: Richard Kelly (Southland Tales)", Southland Tales - Music From The Motion Picture, "Apocalypse Soon: A Mushroom Cloud Doesn't Stall 2008 Electioneering". This release will include both the original theatrical cut and the Cannes cut. He just stepped into it like a true professional who’s been doing this since he was a kid. alternative fuel or the increasing obsession with celebrity and how celebrity now intertwines with politics". Arrow Video will be releasing a 2K restoration of Southland Tales on January 25th that includes the 145-minute theatrical cut as well as the 160-minute Cannes cut that premiered at the Cannes … The feature film comprises the final three parts of the experience. [7] The idea of six graphic novels was later narrowed down to three. It was Scott Schuman who screened it back in Los Angeles, away from all the craziness of Cannes. I have a much more Zen attitude about it now. Sofia had already won an Oscar and Linklater had a much longer directorial career. Southland Tales is the worst film I've ever seen It's more than a year since the calamitous Cannes premiere of Richard Kelly's follow-up to Donnie Darko, but the experience still haunts me. 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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 anarchy 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. We just started building more and more momentum. Southland Tales was initially planned to be a nine-part "interactive experience", with the first six parts published in six 100-page graphic novelsthat would be released in a six-month period up to the film's release. [10] Editorial changes were made to restructure the order of the film's scenes, including re-recording all of Timberlake's voice-over. ‘Southland Tales’ at 15: An Oral History of the Cannes Cut Nobody Saw Coming . How could we say no? When people see a UFO, maybe they’re worried that it’s going to be hostile. The novels were written by Kelly and illustrated by Brett Weldele. There was no time to reflect on it. The reason for the exclusion of some of these tracks, like the song by The Killers was as a result of a dispute with the record label. SOUTHLAND TALES is an epic story … His character was a famous actor and a pop star who was drafted and used as a propaganda tool by the United States army as a celebrity who sets off to Iraq and then was tragically disfigured by his friend. There are plenty that I’d absolutely pay to see. . It was such a complicated film with so many huge ideas and it was impossible to explain it all to someone with a checkbook who could make the movie. "[10] 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 . [43], CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (, This Maligned 2006 Movie About Dystopian L.A. 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