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EvilRedEye

Our next film is Kevin Costner’s divisive 1995 epic Waterworld. The film split critics upon release and struggled to make back its gigantic production budget but is being reevaluated by many modern film lovers.

Archive for Sunday Movie Roast #1: Southland Tales - 14 April at 7pm

We’ve long enjoyed roasting the latest videogame presentation, now let enjoy roasting a controversial movie with a forum watchalong!

Our first film is Southland Tales, the controversial follow-up to Donnie Darko by director Richard Kelly. Envisioned as a multi-media interactive experience, Southland Tales cratered at the box office, with appreciators and detractors divided over its enigmatic nature.

Date and time is negotiable if it’s problematic for everyone but this is my starter for ten.

In the run-up to its launch, Southland Tales was preceded by a three-volume graphic novel and while this is now out of print, it can be accessed via Internet Archive if you’re interested in reading up before the film. Don’t be shocked when the film starts with Chapter IV!

Book 1: https://archive.org/details/southlandtalesvo0000kell
Book 2: https://archive.org/details/southlandtalesvo0002kell
Book 3: https://archive.org/details/southlandtales3m0003kell

The film itself is widely available but feel free to share the cheapest ways of accessing it.

The cheapest option for a new Blu-ray is the current Arrow store sale (£5 + £3 P&P): https://www.arrowfilms.com/southland-tales-blu-ray/13667925.html

HMV isn’t far behind at £8.99 if you’re popping into a store.

The film is not on any of the subscription services currently but is widely available for digital rent. The cheapest digital rent option is an SD rent for £2.49 at Rakuten TV: https://www.rakuten.tv/uk?content_type=movies&content_id=southland-tales

regmcfly

Let's gooo

EvilRedEye

Oh yeah, if you’re watching via the Arrow Blu-ray set, it’s the theatrical cut not the Cannes cut we’re watching.

regmcfly

Good heads up

g.man

I like this idea. How do you propose to make it work?
Also. 7th April? Old Firm match that day, followed by Wrestlemania.

g.man

Can this filum be streamed anywhere?

regmcfly

g.man wrote:

I like this idea. How do you propose to make it work?
Also. 7th April? Old Firm match that day, followed by Wrestlemania.

That's a good shout. I'll be absolutely out. Can we move date?

regmcfly

g.man wrote:

Can this filum be streamed anywhere?

It's a £5er on Arrow films website ATM

EvilRedEye

g.man wrote:

I like this idea. How do you propose to make it work?
Also. 7th April? Old Firm match that day, followed by Wrestlemania.

Everyone hits play on the film at 7pm and starts posting along.

Those events are in the middle of the day and middle of the night respectively, unless you mean you’re working that day?

g.man wrote:

Can this filum be streamed anywhere?

It’s not on the subscription services but it can be streamed via digital rental on all the major services.

regmcfly

I don't think you understand what old Firm and Wrestlemania means.

EvilRedEye

Can move to Sunday 14? Give people are bit more chance to get the Blu if they want one.

regmcfly

Your one comrade in arms

EvilRedEye

regmcfly wrote:

I don't think you understand what old Firm and Wrestlemania means.

The allure of sport is opaque to me.

g.man

EvilRedEye wrote:

Can move to Sunday 14? Give people are bit more chance to get the Blu if they want one.

I'm free then

EvilRedEye

Cool, I’ve moved it. I’ve eBayed a Blu-ray (gotta have dat sweet, sweet slipcase) so at least it saves me stressing about that arriving in time.

regmcfly

I went with the arrow store because damn

Moot_Geeza

Tip for film syncing if you're all Whatsapping along to something you've hit play on - a dvd will bugger it up vs a streamer because it runs a tiny bit faster and messes the sync up.

acemuzzy

Also Funk is fucked with his 1.5x bullshit

regmcfly

Just read part 1. Um

EvilRedEye

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Tip for film syncing if you're all Whatsapping along to something you've hit play on - a dvd will bugger it up vs a streamer because it runs a tiny bit faster and messes the sync up.

I don’t think that’s as much as an issue with post-DVD formats as they don’t have to be converted to PAL. There’ll inevitably be some lack of syncage anyway - we did an event where we rewatched some old E3 presentations a few years ago and we managed even though people were a bit out.

Moot_Geeza

Yeah might not be an issue with BluRay. I remember messing up a Denzel sync in the caravan once when everyone else was on Netflix.

b0r1s

I may buy this, it's £5.99 on Apple, my platform of choice.

regmcfly

FIVER FOR ARROW BLU RAY

EvilRedEye

I’ve added the cheapest access options to the OP.

b0r1s

regmcfly wrote:

FIVER FOR ARROW BLU RAY

I literally have nothing to play it on. Digital4life

regmcfly

This thread is already unhinged. I can't wait. Book 2 tomorrow. Hope you all like reading film scripts.

EvilRedEye

regmcfly wrote:

This thread is already unhinged. I can't wait. Book 2 tomorrow. Hope you all like reading film scripts.

Suddenly… a tiny gaseous fart erupts from the crib. THE HOUSE BEGINS TO VIBRATE ONCE AGAIN.

b0r1s

The book thing is not that mad an idea, especially as the Donnie Darko DVD benefited by reading the very low quality Philosophy of Time Travel that they included in the extras.

Here's the books if you would rather not use that terrible interface, found on a dodgy site: https://we.tl/t-mGKtvvdSWl

ShabbyMcCrabby

I've been messaging to watch this for yonks. I'm in!!

I feel like the Donnie Darko is one of the only films I've seen where the directors cut is markedly worse than the original version. He takes too much of the mystery out of it and shuffles the songs into worse places.

b0r1s

I refused to watch it. Actually calling SG from the film thread, you can add Donnie Darko as a modern classic for me.

EvilRedEye

Tbh, I prefer my interpretation of what happened in Donnie Darko to the official one from the Director’s Cut.

I haven’t watched Southland Tales since my single cinema viewing when it came out so it will be interesting to see whether the additional information from the graphic novels adds or detracts.

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