Comments on: AN ANTI-WAR MOVIE, APPROPRIATELY CRAFTED IN CHAOS http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2007/11/25/an_antiwar_movie_appropriately/ Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:37:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: Steven Shaviro http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2007/11/25/an_antiwar_movie_appropriately/#comment-1675 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:15:00 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2007/11/25/an_antiwar_movie_appropriately/#comment-1675 Thanks for this account of Southland Tales. I really really want to see it, but unfortunately it only played for a week where I live (Detroit) and is already gone. Attempts to torrent it have been unsuccessful, so I will probably have to wait for the DVD.
But you might be interested to know that Kelly also put out a comic book (three long parts, now collected into a single “graphic novel” TPB) which serves as a prequel to the movie. It gives a lot of plot, pretty much sets up all the stuff you describe here. Only it doesn’t visually match what I imagine the movie to be like (or as you describe it). The art by Brett Weldele is pretty good, but it lacks that multimedia density that you describe for the film. And of course, there’s no soundtrack to the comic.

]]> By: Steven Shaviro http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2007/11/25/an_antiwar_movie_appropriately/#comment-1674 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:12:04 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2007/11/25/an_antiwar_movie_appropriately/#comment-1674 Thanks for this account of Southland Tales. I really really want to see it, but unfortunately it only played for a week where I live (Detroit) and is already gone. Attempts to torrent it have been unsuccessful, so I will probably have to wait for the DVD.
But you might be interested to know that Kelly also put out a comic book (three long parts, now collected into a single “graphic novel” TPB) which serves as a prequel to the movie. It gives a lot of plot, pretty much sets up all the stuff you describe here. Only it doesn’t visually match what I imagine the movie to be like (or as you describe it). The art by Brett Weldele is pretty good, but it lacks that multimedia density that you describe for the film. And of course, there’s no soundtrack to the comic.

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