The Film
Southland Tales
This is the way the world ends.
The Story
Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.
preposterous absurd fourth dimension absurdism mysterious past world war iii environmental issue alternate timeline southern california government corruption doppelgänger big corporation split personality terrorism conspiracy interracial relationship end of the world film in film twin brother surrealism afghanistan time travel allegory blackmail mass murder nevada spy kidnapping prophecy parent child relationship undercover agent smuggling (contraband) sibling relationship middle east husband wife relationship amnesia suicide
Directed by
Richard Kelly
Written byRichard Kelly
Gallery
The Stills.
