'Southland Tales' Finally Gets a Trailer!
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Though I don't recall being slipped any drugs within the past hour {curiously looks at dog}, I sure did feel like I was on something while watching the newly-released trailer for Richard Kelly's Southland Tales (check out our exclusive poster premiere for this film here). If you're temped to blurt out a "What the ...?" go ahead and do so -- I know I was lost about 20 seconds in. There's obviously a lot going on in this film, which explains why the trailer makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, but I sure hope that changes once we sit down and watch Kelly's vision unfold on screen. If not, I'll have to kill time trying to figure out all the different tats Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson sports throughout the film. Is that a two-headed monkey riding a tricycle on his forearm? No? Well can I draw one then?
It's taken quite some time for Southland Tales to hit theaters; the film first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival two -- count em' two -- years ago, where the flick did not receive a warm welcome. Since then, Kelly's been hard at work in the editing room, cutting and trimming Southland in the hopes folks will change their opinion of it given the amount of time that has passed and work that has gone into it. Is it better? Don't know, never saw it the first time -- but the trailer definitely has me intrigued. Everyone in the cast (including Johnson, Justin Timberlake, Seann William Scott, Mandy Moore and Sarah Michelle Gellar) seem to be playing characters outside their comfort zones, which is something I'm always attracted to. As far as story goes, it takes place in Los Angeles and, as they say throughout the trailer, "This is the way the world ends." The rest? Figure it out for yourself. Southland Tales arrives in theatres on November 9.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-20-2007 @ 5:02PM
Akbar Fazil said...
Still not sure about it. I will defintely check it out but the trailer makes it look like a colossal mess. Hope that is not the case.
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9-20-2007 @ 5:25PM
YouFaceTheTick said...
Trailer is fantastic. What exactly was confusing in it?
The story's not revealed and that alone makes the trailer an 8. Mix in good music, slick lines and we're up to a 9. this is the way all trailers SHOULD be.
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9-20-2007 @ 5:51PM
Akbar Fazil said...
I didn't say it was confusing. Just looks to be a busy movie. That can go one of two ways... everything will all fall in place and be perfect, or it will be one giant mess. (based off of the previous Cannes reviews it leans towards mess) Lets hope Kelly was able to salvage something great in the editing room.
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9-20-2007 @ 6:21PM
AutomagV said...
This trailer is amazing.
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9-20-2007 @ 7:13PM
YouFaceTheTick said...
@erik - well you did say it befuddled you in some measure:
"If you're temped to blurt out a 'What the ...?' go ahead and do so -- I know I was lost about 20 seconds in. "
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9-20-2007 @ 7:19PM
Erik Davis said...
@YouFaceTheTick -- yes, I did say that. And? I only watched it once, and thought it was very pretty, very enticing, but I didn't get it one bit. It's been a hectic day though, so perhaps I'll watch it again tonight and pay closer attention.
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9-20-2007 @ 9:45PM
Rufus said...
It does look interesting in a car-crash way (stop and look no matter what) but i have to agree with Erik (no buddy, it gets no clearer the soberer you are) it's confusing:
It's a near-futuristic film about how the world ends, but Johnson is researching a role across from what i recall in the story to be twin-brothers played by Scott and... did i see Jon Lovitz in there? o_O
What the hell, it's going to be better than half the pap we've already seen! Maybe it will become a 'Brazil'.
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9-20-2007 @ 11:18PM
Zach Isso said...
This will hopefully make up for how mediocre Donnie Darko was.
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9-21-2007 @ 11:03AM
YouFaceTheTick said...
Yes, Zach, lucky thing, right? Darko was so under the radar and totally unloved.
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