19. "Southland Tales ends this argument, IMO" In response to In response to 0
There are a million and one things that Richard Kelly is doing in that film. I understood, maybe, 12 of them. I will freely admit to not "getting" that film on even a rudimentary level.
And yet, I have no problem telling anyone who'll listen that it was the worst fucking film I've ever seen.
You know why? Because he didn't even try to make a movie that made sense.
"Southland Tales was initially planned to be a nine-part "interactive experience", with the first six parts published in six 100-page graphic novels that would be released in a six-month period up to the film's release. The feature film comprises the final three parts of the experience."
Oh, I'm sorry Richard Kelly, am I a philistine because I didn't commit to absorbing the entirety of your masturbatory canon? I guess if I don't seek out and devour 600 pages of self-indulgent wankery, then I am completely unqualified to give my opinion on your film. Uh-uh. That movie was shit. SHIT. Celluloid doo-doo.