Before seeing it on the shelf in Blockbuster, I had heard nothing about Richard Kelly’s film ‘Southland Tales’. Curious, I thought, considering that he was the brains behind the sublime Donnie Darko, one of those cult word of mouth successes that actually lived up to the hype.
Surely, this film should be good or at the very least interesting.
Wrong and wrong.
Unfortunately, no news turned out to be bad news.
The film is really a shambles from start to finish. It never really decides if it wants to be a futuristic farce or apocalyptic nightmare . Continue reading
