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HAPPINESS
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Todd Solondz takes an overtly ironic view of middle-class suburban life in this hotly debated film where obscene phone calls, suicide, and pedophilia are par for the course.
LIFE DURING WARTIME (CRITERION)
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In a mix of dry comedy, dysfunctional family drama, and broad satire, Todd Solondz returns to the main characters of his nihilistic 1998 film, Happiness. Despite having drastically different, and ostensibly better, lives ten years later, the Jordan sisters (Shirley Henderson, Allison Janney, and Ally Sheedy) are still affected by past traumas.
PALINDROMES
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Todd Solondz (Happiness, Storytelling) is no stranger to             controversy, and this odd fable--about a pregnant teen who flees her New         Jersey home--caused many critics to trot out familiar claims of misanthropy      and empty provocation. Nevertheless, Solondz's formal innovation of casting    seven different actors to play the film's lead role is compelling, and his     unblinking willingness to look at difficult topics (abortion, religion, social ostracism) is admirable. "No comic filmmaker in America today works so hard t  o stay on the knife's edge between humor and pathos or is so eager to challenge  his viewers emotionally" (J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader). With Ellen        Barkin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Richard Masur.                               Todd Solondz---USA---2005---100 mins.
STORYTELLING (SOLONDZ)
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The writer-director of Welcome to the Dollhouse and Happiness presents another hardened, comic view of human nature with the potential to shock, amuse, anger, or annoy, depending on the viewer's sensibility. The feature consists of two separate narratives. In Fiction, a writing student encounters intense emotional and sexual cruelty but is criticized for using it in her work. In Non-Fiction, a documentary filmmaker sets out to capture an extremely dysfunctional family. "...the leanest and meanest of Solondz's misanthropic comedies...For Solondz, the failure of empathy is a given" (J. Hoberman, The Village Voice). With Selma Blair, Paul Giamati, John Goodman, Julie Hagerty, Robert Wisdom, Lupe Ontiveros, and Leo            Todd Solondz---USA---2001---87 mins.
WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE
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Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival, a dark and    very funny look at adolescence told through the eyes of an angry, young, geeky   girl. The usual teen stuff is covered--school, grades, puppy love, sex and       rock 'n' roll--but with an original and highly amusing take which "never loses its sense of compassion and respect for the underdog" (New York Daily       News). With Heather Matarazzo, Matthew Faber, Angela Pietropinto and Eric   Mabius (I Shot Andy Warhol).                                               Todd Solondz---USA---1996---88 mins.