Southland Tales

Southland Tales is a dramatic film written and directed by Richard Kelly. The film is Kelly's follow-up to cult favorite Donnie Darko.

The film was widely panned following its 2006 Cannes debut and left the festival without a distribution deal. Sony Pictures eventually bought the rights to the film and asked Kelly to recut it. When the film was finally released to the public, it was poorly received by many mainstream critics, who deemed the film needlessly obtuse and pretentious. Richard Roeper of At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper called the film, "two hours and twenty four minutes of abstract crap."

Southland Tales was conceived as a nine-part "interactive experience." The first six parts were to be released as graphic novels in the months leading up to the film's release. The feature film was to comprise the final three parts of the experience.

The six graphic novels were later collapsed into three and published by director Kevin Smith's View Askew Productions and Graphitti Designs.