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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]]]]

{{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.

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* '''[[Mind Screw]]'''

* [[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.}}

* [[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.

** The corrupt senator and his running mate are named [[Robert Frost|Frost]] and [[T. S. Eliot|Eliot]].

** 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.

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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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