Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Movie Report: Southland Tales


Whoa. Trippy.

Richard Kelly does not do simple, easily digestible movies (see Donnie Darko). But his moves do tweak your brain in some interesting ways.

This of this as a bunch of excellent YouTube clips strung together with a cast full of people you actually recognize. Yes, there's a story -- there are several, in fact, and they twist around one another like weeds -- but ultimately, I'm not sure the overall story is as important as the way the paths intersect.

Then again, this is the first time I've seen someone fire a Syrian rocket at a zeppelin while standing on an ice cream truck that's been lifted high over Los Angeles by the power of two identical souls touching, so I might be wrong.

This is the way the world ends ...

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