6) Southland Tales
Verdict: I mean, probably
Richard Kelly made a name for himself with Donnie Darko, and his name was subsequently dragged through the mud after he decided to get even more audacious with Southland Tales. It was a bizarre end-of-the-world movie whose box office turnout was as disastrous as the events depicted. I wish I could say I made more sense of it after watching a second time, but I can’t. It’s weird and baffling, compelling at times and alienating at others, meandering from one narrative tone to another in a way that’s intriguing but unable for me to really get into yet.
Still, it has some cool interpretive defenders that I will gladly defer to, because even if I find it utterly confusing, it’s without a doubt a movie made with passion and vision, hard as that may be to clearly decipher.
Published: Feb 26, 2014 02:58 pm