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Product Description: The stage is set and destiny continues towards its fulfillment at breakneck speed. Southland Tales: The Prequel Saga collects writer/director Richard Kelly's (Donnie Darko) three graphic novels that set the stage to his second film, Southland Tales. Graphitti Designs and View Askew in conjunction with Darko Entertainment are proud to present this special collection prior to the movie release. These first three chapters set the tone and introduces you to the world and characters that comprise the movie events of July 4, 2008. The book and the movie combine to create a rich multimedia experience!
Strange Story, but good commentary on life ^ This is definitely a must read for anyone completely confused on where the movie was coming from. Really interesting to see Richard Kelly's take on the world we live in today, and what could possibly be our end. Interesting art style as well. :)
simple drawings, but great ^ Southland Tales (the movie that most likely brought you here) is warped and bizarre. It attempts to sum up what happened so far, but you are essentially coming into the story half way through. This book/comic explains it all in great detail.
I'm not saying this comic will make you slap your forehead and exclaim "that explains it all" one of the elements of the overall story is one of interpretation, interpretation of the world, the prophecy of revelation and what is happening in the world today... or two years ago (one would hope). No what this comic does do however is give you the full picture.
As my heading stated, the drawings are simple. Think cleaned-up story boards, with color. But the medium works (i apologize if i'm trivializing the style, i'm not an art student, artist or comic fan), and is engrossing.
Bottom line is that simple or not, it works and it is fun an entertaining. If you liked Southland Tales, this is a must, if you didn't like it because there were missing things from the movie in terms of story, then you probably should read this. If the out there style is what you didn't like I doubt this will rectify it for you.
Southland Tales "explained." ^ This is NOTHING like Lynch, it is a postmodern movie, similar to the books Naked Lunch, by William Burroughs or Gravity's Rainbow by Pynchon. Pop references abound - half the movie is populated by Saturday night Live actors, mixing genres and even media, the first three chapters of the story can be found only in the `prequel' graphic novel, the movie starts in the middle much like star wars. Many of the actors seem to be in on the joke, cracking smiles knowingly. It deconstructs itself as we watch it, cannibalizing other movies as it goes. The Rock plays a superstar actor, which he actually is in real life, the movie almost spills into reality, it never lets you forget that this is all a farce, fake, a movie - and then shows you that real life in many ways is also a farce. In a nod to David Lynch Rebekah Del Rio sings in a scene, as she does in Mulholland Drive. The movie even recycles certain time travel elements from the director's first movie Donnie Darko. It's pop culture turned in on itself, Shakespeare's play within a play, or the postmodern creed of "Nothing is true. Pop cult personality Kevin Smith plays the leader of a neo-marxist group, the movie doesn't even pretend to take itself seriously yet the issues really are deadly serious. Like the Media and pop culture it turns the world's issues, even the world itself, into one giant false spectacle. Postmodern author J.G. Ballard, author of Crash, in 1970 predicted that within a few years we'd all be living in one giant T.V. studio. The news and media now define our consensus of what reality is, we are told and sold on what's really going on. Dance pop star Justin Timberlake parodies himself, reflecting the ugliness of MTV culture his face is scarred, he does an MTV style video musical number of The Killer's "All These Things That I've Done." He also plays an Iraq war veteran, which shows how commercialized and vulgarized war has become, it is now practically entertainment: "I think I'll turn on CNN and watch the War show." So, within a self-referencing postmodern context I think it succeeds as a critique of our post 911, post Christian (the movie repeats twice that the NY times has reported that god is dead) world which has no center and the distinction between reality and media is becoming blurred. Plus it's funny as hell.
A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! ^ if you didn't like this movie you should stick to your mind numbing romantic comedies and seen one seen 'em all action movies. This movie was such a refreshing unique statement cinematically from the usual predictable hollywood put out. I wish there were more on its level.
Very excellent prequel for a very underappreciated flick! ^ If you've seen the film SOUTHLAND TALES, you without a doubt had some questions. This graphic explains pretty much everything you need to know, ranging from Liquid Karma and its role, more details about Pilot and Taverner, to the screenplay written by Krysta and Boxer, etc. There is also a nice deal of discussion regarding some of the religious and symbolic aspects of the film. If you enjoyed the film very much or if you liked it, but weren't sure what exactly was going on, I really recommend you pick this up.
My only gripe would be the art is pretty minimal, and it reminded me of the style of "30 Days of Night" as it's very basic, plain, and at times, sort of confusing as some panels don't go into much detail and it's hard to figure who is who.
Overall, I was very pleased with the PREQUEL SAGA and I easily recommend it to fans of the film.
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