I promised I would report on the film festival and here I am. Overall, I’m glad I had a free VIP pass, lol! However, I would have paid for everything I saw on the last day. It was all sci-fi and it was all good, really good. A day like that makes the previous two worth it.

Instead of trying to describe films you’ll probably never see, I’ll just pimp Southland Tales. I didn’t link it yet because it needs a little preface.

After the film ended, I was just sitting there wondering “Where the fuck did that come from?!”…it was so bizarre in an awesome sort of way. The name Richard Kelly didn’t ring a bell at first. I know, I know, all you Donnie Darko fans are shaking your head in disgust at me right now. But yeah, it’s him. Once I figured that out, the film made a lot more sense, haha.

If you’re harboring any anger towards Kelly from Domino, get over it and give Southland Tales a chance when it hits theatres in a couple weeks. I’m definitely gonna go give it another spin.

And yes, that was the official site link. It sucks. Apparently, it’s been around in one form or another for about 3 years. I came across some random forum threads from ’04 in which people were trying to figure out some of the phrases and allusions given on the site. Kelly had a lot of trouble getting this to the big screen, here’s a little background on that from Wired.

Whatever you do, don’t watch the trailer on the official site. It’s tiny and crappy. Go pick one of these tasty HD ones from Apple. I’m not going to try and review or describe the film. I mean, how do you effectively describe Donnie Darko to someone? Same situation with this one.

Just go watch it and have fun

(Oh, did I mention the soundtrack was put together by Moby? Fuuuuuuccckkkk yeesssssssss!)

• Dude, that movie looks SO fucked up! I’m there.

  Dan Allison - 10.23.2007 @ 9:54 am
  
  

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