‘Southland Tales’ by Richard Kelly (‘Donnie Darko’) is an extraordinary cinematic experience
Donnie Darko by Richard Kelly is a true cinematographic work to take into account in the history of cinema. So his second film had everyone in suspense when it was released in 2006, receiving very mixed reviews.
We talk about Southland Tales, a rather confusing film, overwhelmed by its own ideas and the large number of stories. The story also has a cryptic religious background that is much more present than in Donnie Darko.
Nonetheless, Southland Tales It has a certain fascination because the film is a source of new and creative ideas, packaged in a sleazy 2000s aesthetic that takes some getting used to.
Starring Dwayne Johnson, seen here in one of his first roles, Seann William from American Pie in a double role, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Justin Timberlake. It also has a great Moby soundtrack that is easy to listen to today.
With Southland TalesRichard Kelly has created a dystopian and sometimes bitter social satire which is becoming more and more trapped in reality with each passing year. Radical currents that threaten to destabilise society from within, privatised war operations, porn stars who become influencers and whose words carry social weight.
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A president who is building a surveillance state to secure his own power and a country that is fighting wars abroad but is at the same time in danger of losing the war on drugs. All wrapped up in a confusing plot about a boxer with no memory (Dwayne Johnson) who tries to regain it and gets caught up in a government conspiracy.
You can enjoy Southland Tales on RakutenTV.
