Richard Kelly, who developed a cult following with the strange tale of "Donnie Darko" in 2001, unleashes his imagination even further with his sophomore feature "Southland Tales." Set in an apocalyptic version of Los Angeles just two years in the future, the film stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as an action film star, Sarah Michelle Gellar as a porno actress and Seann William Scott as a Hermosa Beach police officer, all caught up in a grand conspiracy as a shellshocked America celebrates the Fourth of July, 2008. The Hollywood Reporter film editor Gregg Kilday talked with Kelly about his vision of the end of the world.

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