2006's ‘Southland Tales’ Imagined an America Gone Off the Deep End. 20 Years Later, We're Living There
Culture Index
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Relevance
10/25
Freshness
21/25
Authority
18/20
Brand Signal
11/15
Depth
4/15
5-Axis Cultural Radar
Jeered at Cannes and blanked at the box office, director Richard Kelly's sprawling 2006 sci-fi epic now plays like an almost clairvoyant vision of the 21st century, predicting everything from the Cybertruck to the Strait of Hormuz blockade to the Rock being taken seriously as an actor. 20 years later, Kelly talks about how history caught up with his cult classic—and the “gigantic” new project he's

