a 2006 science fiction comedy thriller film and the second film written and directed by Richard Kelly

Southland Tales is a 2006 science fiction comedy thriller film and the second film written and directed by Richard Kelly.

an epic story narrated by Iraq veteran Private Pilot Abilene (Justin Timberlake)

SOUTHLAND TALES is an epic story narrated by Iraq veteran Private Pilot Abilene (Justin Timberlake) and is set over the course of three days centred in Los Angeles, that culminate in an apocalyptic 4th July climax.

a darkly comic, futuristic epic set over the course of three days as the city stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster, in an America under the thumb of the sinister all-seeing agency US-Ident

Southland Tales is a darkly comic, futuristic epic set over the course of three days as the city stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster, in an America under the thumb of the sinister all-seeing agency US-Ident.

an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008

Southland Tales is an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as July stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster.

an epic story set over the course of three days that culminate in a massive 4th of July celebration

Southland Tales" is an epic story set over the course of three days that culminate in a massive 4th of July celebration.

a 2006 dystopian black comedy thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly

Southland Tales is a 2006 dystopian black comedy thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly.

the most Philip K. Dickian story , in Los Angeles cinema

Southland Tales, Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly's collision of satire, farce, polemic, zeitgeist movie, musical, and apocalypse narrative on Venice Beach, tells the most Philip K. Dickian story in Los Angeles cinema, even more so than the Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?-adapting Blade Runner.

Southern Gothic

Presented as a modern day Southern Gothic anthology series, the collected tales of this strange little town are told from the points-of-view of the various people who live there and travel through who .

a dizzying postmodern collage : science-fiction musical, political conspiracy thriller, noir-infused crime saga, Brechtian Gulf War satire and magic mushroom-induced religious prophecy of cinematic genres

Set in July 2008, in an alternative version of Los Angeles where nuclear attacks against America have sparked a third world war and instigated an Orwellian system of state surveillance, Southland Tales forms a dizzying postmodern collage of cinematic genres: science-fiction musical, political conspiracy thriller, noir-infused crime saga, Brechtian Gulf War satire and magic mushroom-induced religious prophecy.

to be a complex, satirical, drama set during an alternate history World War III, using this fictional conflict to examine issues relating the ongoing War on Terror, depicting the ultimate nightmare scenario as a potential outcome of this controversial conflict

Southland Tales was to be a complex, satirical, drama set during an alternate history World War III, using this fictional conflict to examine issues relating the ongoing War on Terror, depicting the ultimate nightmare scenario as a potential outcome of this controversial conflict.

many things: a pop art glimpse into a looming apocalypse, a dark sci-fi comedy, pop-culture-damaged surrealism, and a passionate plea for the de-criminalization of teen horniness

Southland Tales is many things: a pop art glimpse into a looming apocalypse, a dark sci-fi comedy, pop-culture-damaged surrealism, and a passionate plea for the de-criminalization of teen horniness.

apocalyptic comedy from a director

Southland Tales is apocalyptic comedy from a director too busy raising the stakes on Southland Tales's own nascent reputation as a filmmaker to set up a good, honest laugh, much less one that catches in our collective throats, as the world turns in the shadow of a mushroom cloud.

a 2006 science fiction dark comedy-drama film, written and directed by Richard Kelly

Southland Tales is a 2006 science fiction dark comedy-drama film, written and directed by Richard Kelly.

an experimental movie

Southland Tales Southland Tales can seem overloaded and convoluted, but what one should remember is Southland Tales is essentially an experimental movie, in the guise of something more mainstream.

crime, fantasy

The main genres are crime, fantasy, romance, science fiction, western, inspirational, historical fiction and horror.

a science-fiction comedy drama

Written and directed by Richard Kelly, Southland Tales is a science-fiction comedy drama.

a multi-narrative story set in post-apocalyptic Los Angeles on Fourth of July weekend 2008

Written and directed by Richard Kelly, Southland Tales is a multi-narrative story set in post-apocalyptic Los Angeles on Fourth of July weekend 2008.

a science-fiction flick, albeit one which is a damn sight more psychedelic than most

Southland Tales, on the other hand, is indeed — fairly unambiguously — a science-fiction flick, albeit one which is a damn sight more psychedelic than most.

historical narratives

The main genres are historical narratives, laws, prophecy, wisdom literature, poetry, genealogies (yes, genealogies!)

origin stories, stories about men and women, trickster cycles

The tales are divided into categories, such as origin stories, stories about men and women, trickster cycles.