Cannes cut not being released per richard kelly but maybe. While richard kellys 2001 culthit feature donnie darko put his name on the map, southland tales just might erase it. Southland tales is an apocalyptic tale set in an alternate current history. The cannes cut uk folks preservation opportunity apparently sky movies in the uk aired the original cannes cut of southland tales a few times earlier this month. The city stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Southland tales is packed with ideas, tangents, songlyricsasdialogue in particular, three days by janes addiction, cameos from established stars, and plenty of references to the post911 political landscape. Southland tales is an epic story set over the course of three days that culminate in a massive 4th of july. I was fortunate enough to get to see the longer version that was submitted at cannes which has a run time. Aug 17, 2014 a collection of deleted scenes that were in the version of southland tales that premiered at cannes, and which may be helpful for understanding the movie. Everything you know about desire is dead wrong following the gruesome murder of a young woman in her neighborhood, a selfdetermined woman living in new york cityas if to test the limits of her own safetypropels herself into an impossibly risky sexual liaison. Fifteen years before stranger things combined sciencefiction, spielbergian touches and 80s nostalgia to much acclaim, richard kelly set the template and the highwater mark with his debut feature, donnie darko. I have not had the opportunity to watch this, as all the torrent sites are pretty much useless for it these days.
The film has not developed the cult following that donnie darko did. 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. The audience did not react warmly to his hugely ambitious movie, and the film was drastically re cut before hitting theaters in late 2007, when it failed to make much of an impact. Southland tales, re cut since its world premiere at the 2006 cannes film festival, is apocalyptic vaudeville, as politicians, cops, iraq veterans porn stars and an amnesiac actor scramble to. It looks like we dont have any akas for this title yet. Much to his surprise, they loved it and wanted the film entered in competition for the palme dor. Harvey weinstein and director olivier dahan battled over final cut of this. Southland tales 2006 the city of lost children 1995 the final cut 2004 the man from earth 2007 the man who fell to earth 1976 the price of life 1987 the raven 2010, short the wild blue yonder 2005 yellow 2006, short delicatessen 1991, sepia. The critics savaged director richard kellys followup to donnie darko, calling it incomprehensible, self. When it premiered at the cannes film festival in 2006, southland tales was a disaster. I think a lot of people were just never going to accept the film for what it was. But sadly, southland tales is a disjointed, muddled mess. 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. Boxer santaros is an action star whos stricken with amnesia.
Then came the backlash, as critics ripped on the films 160 minute early cut. After i saw the first cut of kellys southland tales at cannes 2005, i was dazed, confused, bewildered, bored, affronted and deafened by the boos all around me, at the most disastrous cannes press screening since, yes, the brown bunny. And not because the director doesnt have any talent. Southland tales is the worst film ive ever seen film the. Starring dwayne johnson, seann william scott, sarah michelle gellar, mandy moore. Southland tales is a frustrating movie because the premise is actually interesting and a lot of the worldbuilding is well done, with some interesting characters and ideas. I wanted to go into cannes and tell everyone that it was a work in.
Had me in stitches this feature is not available right now. His life intertwines with krysta now, an adult film star developing her own reality television. Ive only been able to find a 861mb mp4 file that will undoubtedly be pretty low quality its almost three hours long. Nov 15, 2007 after i saw the first cut of kellys southland tales at cannes 2005, i was dazed, confused, bewildered, bored, affronted and deafened by the boos all around me, at the most disastrous cannes press screening since, yes, the brown bunny.
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. All 44 songs from the southland tales 2006 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions. Drawing on the rich and untilnow unexplored vein of neapolitan fairy tales written by giambattista basile in the early 17 th century, tale of tales combines the. Screened, once, at cannes, never to be seen again, he finally. Southland tales is a 2006 science fiction comedy thriller film and the second film written and directed by richard kelly. Richard kelly has written an animated screenplay adaptation. Like some of you i am a huge fan of southland tales and have always wanted to get the cannes cut released to dvd. 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. Soon she grows increasingly wary about the motives of every man with. Southland tales 2006 soundtrack complete list of songs. Here, southland tales simply tells half of the important plot points through a narrator and various fictional shots from the internet. After the disaster that was southland tales, it seemed very unlikely that. Because when it isnt being ignored, its usually being reviled, which is a crime.
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 2006, for example, a film by the director. 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. His eye for detail is impressive, and he takes chances, which is more than you can say about most filmmakers these days. Set in a dystopian nearfuture, director richard kellys visionary tale mines postsept. Highdef digests midyear bluray report card highdef. In 2006, donnie darko director richard kelly premiered his second feature film, southland tales, at the cannes film festival. Southland tales was one of those rare cannes moments. The making of southland tales video 2008 release info. Daniels father enjoys telling his son tall tales to pass the time. But now here is the directors cut, which is 20 minutes shorter, lops off a couple of characters and a few. His life intertwines with krysta now sarah michelle gellar, an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and ronald taverner. Boxer santaros dwayne the rock johnson is an action star whos stricken with amnesia.
Every summer for many decades, millions of visitors come to southern california to play on our lovely beaches, to visit on of our many amusement parks, to enjoy our sunny weather and. The confused story is about a goofy capitalist, a movie star with amnesia kidnapped by marxistleninist terrorists, a republican running for president and his wife who heads up a secret spy agency, a policeman searching for his doppelganger twin, a singing drug dealer, a female porn star with her own cable tv talk show. 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. In the year 2005, a nuclear attack wipes out part of the state of texas, and three years later america is a virtual police state, with the government taking control of nearly every part of people. Fifteen years before stranger things combined sciencefiction, spielbergian touches and 80s nostalgia to much acclaim, richard kelly set the template. Listen to and download the music, ost, score, list of songs and trailers. While i can see some of the visionary imagination that gave us darko, hes a complete fish out of water. Southland tales is richard kellys follow up to his hit cult film donnie darko. I chose to ask richard kelly through twitter if this was ever a possibility to be released when he said no. Marsden gets rejected from the astronaut program due to a failed psychological exam. We figured that when trying to find other movies similar to southland tales you might be looking for other action or adventure movies or perhaps those with dwayne johnson. Southland tales is the worst film ive ever seen film. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the akas submission guide.
Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. At times, it even works as a dark comedy and a dystopian scifi epic, but often isnt really sure which of these things it wants to be more, and then it just veers off into. While a heat wave takes its toll on the sprawling metropolis, one man foresees the coming apocalypse but can he prevent it. Mar 31, 2008 southland tales is packed with ideas, tangents, songlyricsasdialogue in particular, three days by janes addiction, cameos from established stars, and plenty of references to the post911 political landscape. Southland tales was a really aggressive, provocative film even for cannes. Martian, the 2015 66 subtitles downloaded 11995 times. The film premiered may 21, 2006, at the 2006 cannes film festival, where it was poorly received.
After significant edits, the final version premiered at fantastic. As much as id love to see kelly make an animated southland tales prequel, im not sure there is an audience. If you like southland tales you might like similar movies the air i breathe, he was a quiet man, black snake moan, london, the salton sea. May, 2015 drawing on the rich and untilnow unexplored vein of neapolitan fairy tales written by giambattista basile in the early 17 th century, tale of tales combines the wildly imaginative world of kings. Em 2005, um ataque nuclear arrasou o estado do texas. Since the shortened version was shown theatrically and released on dvd, the cannes cut has been shown on cable tv and dvd releases in europe. In 1905, a young boy by the name of daniel hackett has become unhappy about his life as a farmer and wants to live in new york city. Southland tales prequel in the works from richard kelly. Pecos bill, paul bunyan and john henry are among the tales that would be repeated to daniel over.
The new york times manhola dargis for a postcannescutting release 20. A collection of deleted scenes that were in the version of southland tales that premiered at cannes, and which may be helpful for understanding the movie. Aug 01, 2007 southland tales is the worst film ive ever seen. Dec 06, 2007 all 44 songs from the southland tales 2006 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions.
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