SOUTHLAND TALES is a modern CULT EPIC

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Do you think Southland Tales deserves a second chance, or is it too bizarre to follow? Let us know your thoughts below! And if you love deep dives like this one, check out The Kubrick Imposter here -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/rn2ZfqernJ6kq68 | Chris Lawler & Justin Neal, your Screen Jockeys, want to hear from you!

[@tamilee9462]

thank you for this. I love this movie and watch it often. I still don't know what the hell is going on except this movie was ahead of its time. thanks!

[@RodmanTackleAdvisor]

I love this film. To me, this was Revelations on film. I never knew about the novels. I understood the intent of the film.

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I completely understand. Thanks for chiming in with your thoughts! - Justin

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

I saw Donnie Darko in the theater. It's been one of my favorites ever since. This film sounds amazing.

[@screenjockeys]

You are in for something very strange and unusual. Lol - Justin

[@gareckthetailor9918]

looks like were about to get a spiritual successor in copola's megalopolis lol

[@screenjockeys]

Holy shit - I have had the exact same thought!!! 🤣🤣🤣 - Justin

[@CloverHeartTreasures]

Awesome video. Your influence beought Donnie Darko into my world. I remember watching Southland Tales with you when you were freshly making all your friends watch it wth you. Such an interesting movie. A good rewatch too. Thanks for sharing!

[@screenjockeys]

Yes! And you would have been one of the first since you lived upstairs. ❤️ Thanks for watching, gurl.

[@jdh21403]

One of my favorite films of all time. Really want to read the books.

[@screenjockeys]

You really should - makes soooo much more sense. Thanks for watching. - Justin

[@serialfreak8115]

So do I, and I can only find them used on eBay! The prequel novel is going for over 100 bucks! So I'm going to have to by the 3 separate books. They are going for around 20 each.

[@MarsNova]

@@serialfreak8115 That’s the move. That’s the only way you’re gonna get them without coughing up at least a bill on eBay.

[@Dtxcityboy]

Just ordered it on blu ray lets see how it is lol👍

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Awesome! Lol Lemme know what you think. - Justin

[@Dtxcityboy]

@@screenjockeys just finished the movie, liked it alot more than i thought I was, felt pulp fiction-esque. The car f*cking scene caught me off guard lol the whole movie has good jokes but yea boss liked it alot thanks for this video probably wouldn’t have watched it without this.👍🤙

[@samcargillkicks]

this video is going to hopefully blow up your channel, great work!

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I appreciate that! Welcome to Screen Jockeys.

[@GEMINIEARTHWALKER]

I have always sung this films praises. I got the Arrow Video release with the alternative cut. . I just love this film.

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We have found our people. Glad to have you here at Screen Jockeys.

[@GEMINIEARTHWALKER]

@@screenjockeys I hope that Kelly gets to make more movies. . I consider his three films to be his Quantum Theory Trilogy, or the What The Bleep Do We Know Trilogy. . The reason that every single actor in Sothland Tales is playing against type (Is That Kevin Smith) was, to visualize the idea of alternative realities. . It's a film that was way ahead of it's time and with every election cycle it becomes more and more prophetic and prescient. I've noticed that the film is having a similar legacy that Idiocracy has had. . I'm glad that this film is finding an audience that is growing every year

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@@GEMINIEARTHWALKER How did you discover Southland Tales? Or Donnie Darko, really. Just curious. From what RK has said he's never stopped writing. I know one project is called Soulmates, which is a great title. It's funny that you mention Idiocracy because we talked about that (and Office Space) in one of our recent episodes ---> kzbin.info/www/bejne/lX2cl5eoiq6UmNUsi=hJKYd3KZERsRXEdc Thanks for chiming in. I love the shop talk. And would love to see more work from Kelly also. Actually I'd love to just read what he's been cooking up - I like reading screenplays.

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@@screenjockeys I worked at Blockbuster when it came out on DVD and Blu-ray. I was already a fan of Donnie Darko, so I was excited for Southland Tales already. And for some reason I understood the context and meaning on my first viewing without knowing about or reading the supplemental material

[@aydenvavra2153]

Easily in my top five films of all time. I adore Southland Tales warts and all. I wish Richard Kelly got to make more films because I love Donnie Darko, The Box, Southland Tales and he wrote my favorite Tony Scott film Domino which kicks so much ass.

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I hear ya - thanks for the comment. I've only seen Domino once (need to watch it again actually) - Man on Fire was my Tony Scott jam around that time, though. - Justin

[@serialfreak8115]

Great essay of one of my favorite confusing films! You got a subscriber in me!

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Score. You are very welcome here! - Justin

[@travisrlel2]

Saw this when it came out in a near-empty theater in the Beverly Center in LA. It was the only theater in the entire city where it was screening and I knew it wouldn't last more than a week there. I loved it for its incomprehensibility and rush of ideas and concepts that just appear out of nowhere and quickly disappear. It reminded me of the book the Sheep Look Up by John Brunner, which it may have been influenced by. I've seen it 3 times. The first time I thought it was genius, the second I thought it was totally stupid, the third, genius again.

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Hey thanks for the comment and memory. I love hearing about other people's adventures with Southland Tales since no one has a "normal" experience with it. - Justin

[@elliotcrain2383]

Love it! Subscribed 😊

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Great! You are very welcome here! - Justin

[@samlibutti]

For anyone interested, the graphic novels are available on Internet Archive for free in pdf

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Good tip - Justin

[@irkallaLustre]

donny Darko was not appreciated until years later... yes. a similar thing happened to it's a wonderful Life it is now seen as a classic and it is an incredible film but at the time the nation was struggling to pull itself out of the Great depression . and a film about a man wanting to kill himself and an angel convincing him otherwise by taking him into an alternate world in which he was never born. people thought it was too dark and it bombed at the box office. the only reason why we know it as a classic today is because it fell into the public domain and public stations like PBS started airing it every Christmas season

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@irkallalustre I didn't know that about "It's a Wonderful Life" - thanks for that piece of knowledge, I appreciate it. - Justin

[@MrJasonshores364]

I saw a preview for it on a movie rental. I immediately went on the hunt for the DVD. Found it, watched it 3 times and decided it was my Favorite mind phuk of a movie. The cast alone was enough to get me but hearing that it was from the same MIND as Donnie Darko, I was immediately obsessed.

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I know exactly what you mean. Thanks for the memory! - Justin

[@tgiby9062]

People hate the Can Cut, but i fucking love it.

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I do too. You are very welcome here. - Justin

[@SantosZox]

Great vid, i subscribed! Would love to watch a Donnie Darko vid from you in the future if you make it. 🎉

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Thanks for the sub! I think a Donnie Darko deep dive is totally possible.

[@ABWABWABWABWABWABWABWABWABWA]

Very underrated movie

[@screenjockeys]

And highly misunderstood. - Justin

[@MarsNova]

Wonder if elements of the plot are starting to make more sense to people now, or…?

[@screenjockeys]

I thought of that while I was making this. - Justin

[@stevecatanio8532]

I agree

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Nice; you are welcome here. - Justin

[@jasonweitz9823]

I want to watch the blu ray now and read the graphic novels, but that's not exactly a couple activity my wife would approve 😂

[@screenjockeys]

That's what your office is for. You can borrow my disc. - Justin

[@philipsharpe1405]

Maybe you can watch it with your wife’s bf

[@ruzzodac]

Nobody does reaction videos to this movie! WHY??

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Maybe most people don't know how to react to this movie. 😆 - Justin

[@scottymacdewder5229]

Dude adapted frank miller's "dark knight strikes again" without batman...

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Lol What? - Justin

[@scottymacdewder5229]

@screenjockeys go read Frank Miller's "Dark Knight Strikes Again" you can do a whole other video on the parallels between two misunderstood, oft maligned, Comercial and critical failures...

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Cool, thanks for the tip. I've read Miller's "Batman Year One." - Justin

[@scottymacdewder5229]

Its more like batman: the final years... probably going to want to read "Dark Knight Returns" first as DKSA is canonically a sequel... DKR is widely considered one of if not the best Comic of all time... DKSA is generally despised

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Ok noted. Thanks again for the recs. - Justin

[@nickbezdek8456]

I'm not quite understanding what your talking about🤷‍♂️🤷

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Which part? - Justin

[@vinnyscaramuzzino8088]

It's bad.

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Hahahaha... a case can be made. - Justin

[@markwrede8878]

Overpriced cameos in a right wing fantasy.

[@screenjockeys]

What? Richard Kelly is super-liberal. This is a liberal protest satire. - Justin

[@markwrede8878]

@@screenjockeys Why liberals fail. They won't be socialists, so they end up projecting right wing delusions.

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Oh, I see now. Interesting thought. - Justin

[@markwrede8878]

@@screenjockeys American politics is based on the poor reading comprehension sponsored of owners and investors.

[@markwrede8878]

@@screenjockeys There is no such thing as capitalism. It is the swindler's name for extortion.

[@The420BrownKid]

No it’s not.

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