Southland Tales

Szlia · 05-23-2006, 10:41 AM

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405336/

The second movie from Richard "Donnie Darko" Kelly got screened in Cannes the other day since it is in competition. A film critic descibed it as a sci-fi comedy mixed with musical and political satyre. All this with a 150 people cast in a 160' film. The cast seems as wacky as the project since you have The Rock, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mandy Moore, Bai Ling, Justin Timberlake, Janeane Garoffalo, Christophe "Highlander" Lambert, Jon Lovitz, etc...

It seems many people left the theatre during the screening and a lot of those who remained did so to boo the movie. The critic reporting that enjoyed it though and I should add that emptying the theatre and being boo'ed as been the treatement given to several Palme d'Or (the highest award of the festival) in the past.

zilkoril · 05-23-2006, 11:44 AM

Sounds interesting, strange cast though...

Jabberwhacky · 05-23-2006, 12:48 PM

Looks good to me. An interview and a clip from the film can be found here:

http://www.festival-cannes.fr/video/...e=6002&jour=21

Scroll around till you find the Southland Tales stuff, the clip is near the bottom.

Mir · 05-24-2006, 07:11 AM

I was a big fan of donnie darko. Been waiting for this film for a while now.

Szlia · 05-24-2006, 09:38 AM

I should add that the journalist said the movie had several european distributor but was still looking for an american one, though imdb lists Universal both as producer and distributor... mystery, mystery.

Matt the Gimp · 05-24-2006, 09:56 PM

Darko is a hugely overrated bandwagon movie. I'll pass.

05-23-2006, 10:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
Szlia Conquest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 4,812 +16 Internets	Southland Tales http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405336/ The second movie from Richard "Donnie Darko" Kelly got screened in Cannes the other day since it is in competition. A film critic descibed it as a sci-fi comedy mixed with musical and political satyre. All this with a 150 people cast in a 160' film. The cast seems as wacky as the project since you have The Rock, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mandy Moore, Bai Ling, Justin Timberlake, Janeane Garoffalo, Christophe "Highlander" Lambert, Jon Lovitz, etc... It seems many people left the theatre during the screening and a lot of those who remained did so to boo the movie. The critic reporting that enjoyed it though and I should add that emptying the theatre and being boo'ed as been the treatement given to several Palme d'Or (the highest award of the festival) in the past. __________________ -retrosabotage-

05-24-2006, 09:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
Szlia Conquest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 4,812 +16 Internets	I should add that the journalist said the movie had several european distributor but was still looking for an american one, though imdb lists Universal both as producer and distributor... mystery, mystery. __________________ -retrosabotage-

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05-23-2006, 11:44 AM	#2 (permalink)
zilkoril Banned Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Italy Posts: 322 +0 Internets	Sounds interesting, strange cast though...

05-23-2006, 12:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jabberwhacky Walker told me I have AIDS Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In da FACE!! (two times) Posts: 2,849	Looks good to me. An interview and a clip from the film can be found here: http://www.festival-cannes.fr/video/...e=6002&jour=21 Scroll around till you find the Southland Tales stuff, the clip is near the bottom.

05-24-2006, 07:11 AM	#4 (permalink)
Mir HULK SMASH Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Saturn Posts: 225 -2 Internets	I was a big fan of donnie darko. Been waiting for this film for a while now.

05-24-2006, 09:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
Matt the Gimp sylvos is going to have my butt babies Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,792 -2 Internets	Darko is a hugely overrated bandwagon movie. I'll pass.