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[[File:southland-tales-poster-0_2605.jpg|frame|[[Mood Dissonance|Have A Nice]] [[The End of the World as We Know It|Apocalypse]]]]
[[File:southland-tales-poster-0_2605.jpg|frame|[[Mood Dissonance|Have A Nice]] [[The End of the World as We Know It|Apocalypse]]]]
{{quote| ''"[[Arc Words|This is the way the world ends. Not with a whimper...but with a bang]]."''}}
{{quote|''"[[Arc Words|This is the way the world ends. Not with a whimper...but with a bang]]."''}}


''Southland Tales'' is a 2007 [[Science Fiction]]/[[Black Comedy]] film from director Richard Kelly, the follow-up to his 2001 cult hit ''[[Donnie Darko]]''. While planned as a mainstream breakthrough, things didn't really pan out that way. The combination of a large budget and Sony's decision to shelve the film after lackluster showings in a handful of cities means that it's not likely to show profit for years to come. Nonetheless, ST did make some critics' year's best lists and has found a modest [[Cult Classic|cult]] on DVD.
''Southland Tales'' is a 2007 [[Science Fiction]]/[[Black Comedy]] film from director Richard Kelly, the follow-up to his 2001 cult hit ''[[Donnie Darko]]''. While planned as a mainstream breakthrough, things didn't really pan out that way. The combination of a large budget and Sony's decision to shelve the film after lackluster showings in a handful of cities means that it's not likely to show profit for years to come. Nonetheless, ST did make some critics' year's best lists and has found a modest [[Cult Classic|cult]] on DVD.
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* '''[[Mind Screw]]'''
* '''[[Mind Screw]]'''
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Ronald Taverner, stemming from his tour in [[My Greatest Failure|Fallujah.]]
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Ronald Taverner, stemming from his tour in [[My Greatest Failure|Fallujah.]]
{{quote| '''Pilot Abilene''': He could not forgive himself for what he had done to me.}}
{{quote|'''Pilot Abilene''': He could not forgive himself for what he had done to me.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Never the Selves Shall Meet]]: This is the way the world ends.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Never the Selves Shall Meet]]: This is the way the world ends.}}
* [[Noodle Incident]]: The film never explains what happened between Tavener and Pilot in Fallujah. {{spoiler|It's revealed in the comic and passingly hinted at in the film that while under the influence of fluid karma Roland accidentally scarred Pilot's face with a grenade.}}
* [[Noodle Incident]]: The film never explains what happened between Tavener and Pilot in Fallujah. {{spoiler|It's revealed in the comic and passingly hinted at in the film that while under the influence of fluid karma Roland accidentally scarred Pilot's face with a grenade.}}
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** Almost all the chapters are allusions: ''Two Roads Diverge'' is an allusion to [[Robert Frost]], ''Fingerprints'' likely to Leonard Cohen, ''Temptation Waits'' to [[Garbage]] and ''Memory Gospel'' to [[Moby]]. The final chapter is called [[Pixies|Wave of Mutilation]]. ''The Mechanicals'' is named after an improv group that Kelly took a liking too and who bit parts in the film.
** Almost all the chapters are allusions: ''Two Roads Diverge'' is an allusion to [[Robert Frost]], ''Fingerprints'' likely to Leonard Cohen, ''Temptation Waits'' to [[Garbage]] and ''Memory Gospel'' to [[Moby]]. The final chapter is called [[Pixies|Wave of Mutilation]]. ''The Mechanicals'' is named after an improv group that Kelly took a liking too and who bit parts in the film.
** The corrupt senator and his running mate are named [[Robert Frost|Frost]] and [[T. S. Eliot|Eliot]].
** The corrupt senator and his running mate are named [[Robert Frost|Frost]] and [[T. S. Eliot|Eliot]].
{{quote| [[T. S. Eliot|"This is the way the world ends."]]}}
{{quote|[[T. S. Eliot|"This is the way the world ends."]]}}
** Possible parody of ''[[Left Behind]]'': The character of Fortunio Balducci, the Baron's [[The Mole|Mole]]. [[Word of God]] confirms that, following the Book of Revelation, Fortunio is the False Prophet. His counterpart's name in ''Left Behind''? Leon Fortunato.
** Possible parody of ''[[Left Behind]]'': The character of Fortunio Balducci, the Baron's [[The Mole|Mole]]. [[Word of God]] confirms that, following the Book of Revelation, Fortunio is the False Prophet. His counterpart's name in ''Left Behind''? Leon Fortunato.
* [[Tag-Along Actor]]: Boxer with Taverner.
* [[Tag-Along Actor]]: Boxer with Taverner.
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{{quote| '''Pilot Abiliene''': ''[[Opening Narration|They say the path down the road not taken concludes with a stairway to heaven. The gates would not open for another three days, and Boxer Santaros was searching for the key.]]''
{{quote|'''Pilot Abiliene''': ''[[Opening Narration|They say the path down the road not taken concludes with a stairway to heaven. The gates would not open for another three days, and Boxer Santaros was searching for the key.]]''
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