21 - Southland Tales w Johnny Crawford

2020-04-20

"This is how the world ends, not with a whimper but with a bang." What does The Rock, Sarah Michelle Gellar, two Sean William Scotts, Justin Timberlake and enough SNL cast members to be a full episode create?Richard Kelly's Southland Tales. We're joined by the delightful Johnny Crawford, Vice-President of the Film Society to guide us through this labyrinthine plot and immerse us in the then-future 2008 Venice Beach realness. A huge flop with it's premiere at Cannes in 2006,...

"This is how the world ends, not with a whimper but with a bang."

What does The Rock, Sarah Michelle Gellar, two Sean William Scotts, Justin Timberlake and enough SNL cast members to be a full episode create?

Richard Kelly's Southland Tales.

We're joined by the delightful Johnny Crawford, Vice-President of the Film Society to guide us through this labyrinthine plot and immerse us in the then-future 2008 Venice Beach realness.

A huge flop with it's premiere at Cannes in 2006, Southland Tales has been undergoing a reappraisal lately. Is it a masterful black comedy, a ruthless satire of the Bush era, a surreal Lynchian adventure or a weirdly prescient tale of the Trump era, or is it just trash.

Johnny, Cass, Matt and James open the bag to try to discern if Southland Tales has got soul.

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