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Title: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: 82 on March 29, 2005, 08:44:23 PM
I will be going to the palindromes preview tomorrow and hang arround for the ....


Q&A WITH TODD SOLONDZ!

So.. Any questions you guys need answered?
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: Stefen on March 29, 2005, 08:46:09 PM
did he bang heather matarrazo when she was in welcome to the dollhouse? cause i think shes gay now.
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: RegularKarate on March 29, 2005, 09:35:17 PM
it doesn't really matter what you ask him because he has a sly way of not really answering the questions he's asked.
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: pete on March 29, 2005, 09:51:53 PM
haha that's funny, I have another friend doing that for The Reader.  if you see this blond girl with a funny voice from the reader at the q & a or the screening tell her Pete says hi.
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: Sleuth on March 29, 2005, 10:19:36 PM
Are you talking about Pete Lee
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: modage on March 29, 2005, 10:28:35 PM
ask him if he knows alexander payne is from omaha, and then ask him if he liked Sideways.
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: SiliasRuby on March 30, 2005, 12:25:23 PM
Maybe I'm being ignorant or something but shouldn't this thread be locked. There is already a thread about todd solondz....
http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=891
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: Pubrick on March 31, 2005, 08:29:08 AM
Quote from: SiliasRubyMaybe I'm being ignorant or something but shouldn't this thread be locked. There is already a thread about todd solondz....
http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=891
today u are a man.
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: Stefen on August 25, 2009, 04:32:29 PM
Can't find a Solondz thread so I guess this is the best place for this.

Supposedly he's making a sequel to Happiness, but different actors are going to play the parts. Omar from the Wire is playing Phillip Seymour Hoffman's part. I swear to god I'm not making this up.
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: MacGuffin on August 25, 2009, 04:54:39 PM
Quote from: Stefen on August 25, 2009, 04:32:29 PM
Can't find a Solondz thread so I guess this is the best place for this.

Supposedly he's making a sequel to Happiness, but different actors are going to play the parts. Omar from the Wire is playing Phillip Seymour Hoffman's part. I swear to god I'm not making this up.

Strange that the original thread has gone missing because I posted news about it a long time ago. Pee Wee and Paris Hilton are to star in it too.
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: Stefen on August 25, 2009, 04:59:19 PM
Yeah, I could have sworn it said something like slight redemption.
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: MacGuffin on August 25, 2009, 05:01:02 PM
Quote from: Stefen on August 25, 2009, 04:59:19 PM
Yeah, I could have sworn it said something like slight redemption.

Right. A Google search reveals it, but when you click on the topic it says, "The topic or board you are looking for appears to be either missing or off limits to you."

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=site%3Axixax.com+solondz
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: Stefen on August 25, 2009, 05:04:05 PM
Who the fuck would do such a thing?
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: SiliasRuby on August 26, 2009, 03:03:13 AM
When P left he took the thread with him
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: ono on December 19, 2009, 10:13:41 AM
Seeing as how the other Solondz thread is now less than vapor... anyone seen Life During Wartime?  After Palindromes, one would think there'd be a little more attention paid to his new one.  Yet, barely a peep that I can find.
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: MacGuffin on April 14, 2010, 04:57:21 PM
Analyze This: Dr. Spengler vs. Dr. Miller on the meaning of 'Happiness'
Source: Hollywood Reporter

It may not have the demented fireworks of your typical Tom Cruise-Matt Lauer glibfest, but Thursday night in Chicago Harold Ramis and Fred Miller, M.D., Ph.D. will debate the merits of Todd Solondz's miserable 1998 film "Happiness" as part of Columbia College's Cinema Slapdown series.

Who's Miller? Well, he's the chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at North Shore University Health System, of course.

His department specializes in mood and anxiety disorders, chemical dependency, eating disorders, adolescent psychiatry, community psychiatry, medical psychiatry and neuropsychology. Which doesn't even scuff the tip of the iceberg of psychoses and regrettable impulses showcased by Solondz (in his movie, I mean).

Also a liability: Miller didn't take over the department until the year after the movie came out. A lot changed during that time, and Ramis was deep into co-writing and directing his treatise on depression and sociopathic tendencies in the Family, "Analyze This," that year.

Miller's also the founder of the Academy for Film and Psychiatry, which is "dedicated to bringing together mental health professionals with an interest in film, be that film analysis, film as therapy, the cognitive neuroscience of film or filmmaking." Throw a rock at a DGA meeting and you'll find a subject worthy of deep study.

And who's Ramis? Please. He's Dr. Egon Spengler. The man who warned us all not to cross the streams, for humanity's sake. And despite occasionally being "terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought," Ramis will not hesitate to break out a mind-crushing Twinkie analogy.

Film & Video faculty member Ron Falzone will be wearing the black and white stripes and wielding the whistle at the bout. It's free and open to the public April 15 at Film Row Cinema.
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: ono on July 25, 2010, 04:12:26 PM
Will someone please change the thread title.  I can't keep going to Omaha like this and getting my hopes dashed.
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: Stefen on July 26, 2010, 04:26:47 AM
Yeah, change the thread title to Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time).
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: polkablues on July 27, 2010, 02:14:07 PM
Quote from: ono on July 25, 2010, 04:12:26 PM
Will someone please change the thread title.  I can't keep going to Omaha like this and getting my hopes dashed.

An even simpler solution would be to stop going to Omaha.
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: MacGuffin on October 15, 2010, 02:58:47 PM
Christopher Walken, Mia Farrow & Selma Blair Join The Cast Of Todd Solondz's 'Dark Horse'; First Details On The Plot
Source: The Playlist

With this year's "Life During Wartime" proving to be not only a worthy follow-up to its predecessor 1998's "Happiness," but also director Todd Solondz's best film since then, we were glad to hear a few weeks back that the not-exactly prolific helmer was moving forward on another project. "Dark Horse," described as an 'edgy character drama,' was first revealed when we talked to Solondz earlier in the year, and recently, while no details on the plot leaked out, Aasif Mandvi ("The Daily Show"), Justin Bartha ("The Hangover") and theater veteran Jordan Gelber were rumored to be appearing in some form. Now, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed all of the above, and has not only announced further casting on the project, but also the first details on the plot. Gelber, Mandvi and Bartha are being joined by Christopher Walken, Mia Farrow and Selma Blair (the latter a veteran of Solondz's "Storytelling,") along with Zachary Booth ("Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist") and Donna Murphy ("Spider-Man 2"). Gelber will take the lead role, a thirtysomething man still living with his parents (Walken and Farrow), who seeks out a relationship with a woman in a similar state of arrested development (Blair) in an attempt to shed his label as the dark horse of the family. Bartha and Booth will play, respectively, the protagonist's brother and cousin, while Mandvi will be Blair's ex-boyfriend, and Murphy will be Walken's secretary. It's a typically eclectic Solondz cast, but a promising one (how is it that Walken and the director have never worked together before? They seem like a perfect match...). It certainly seems to match Solondz's promise when we spoke to him earlier in the year that "It's not designed to be controversial. There's no rape,there's no child molestation, there's no masturbation, and then I thought 'Oh my god, why didn't I think of this years ago?' Stories take on an unpredictable life." It certainly seems to have the potential to have more crossover appeal than anything in Solondz's career, but we can't imagine he'll water down his sensibilities too far. Filming kicked off in New York this week, so we guess we'll see the fruits of the labor around film festival season next fall.
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: MacGuffin on November 28, 2011, 09:46:19 AM
Todd Solondz talks film school...and Charlie's Angels
Solondz talked about his career as he was being honoured at the American Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland.
Source: Screen Daily

Todd Solondz said didn't have much advice for any aspiring young filmmakers in the packed audience at a masterclass in Poland this weekend.

Solondz was in Wroclaw as the subject of a retrospective; his latest film Dark Horse opened the second American Film Festival. He was also given the fest's Indie Star Award.

"There are no rules to this, I can't give you any advice. I am not a role model," he told the audience.

"All of my movies, they make less and less money. I'm down at the very bottom. It's a very consistent trajectory, my career. Happiness made half the money of Welcome To The Dollhouse and then Storytelling made half the money of Happiness... [For Dark Horse], I thought, 'What can I make for very little money,' and I thought of boy meets girl. And it expanded from there."

"I never know how an audience will receive any film. I'm always grateful I have any audiebce. I always assume every movie is going to be my lastmovie. I'm never sure who will want to lose money on me again."

He talked about once being called to talk to Drew Barrymore about making Charlie's Angels. "My idea would make $300,000 — they made $300 million," he said. "My idea would not be popular but it would be fun to play with Charlie's Angels."

Solondz also spoke about film school, both as a former attendee and as a current teacher at NYU. "Film school is a wonderful place for teachers, you need to find a way to earn a living and it provides you with security and benefits. For the students its questionable — For some people it can be very good. I love teaching, I have a good time. I look at the young students with so much ambition and my heart goes out to them. I'm so glad I'm not young anymore."

Of his own time as an NYU student, he said: "I started making films and I said 'Maybe I can do this.' It was very gratifying. It gave me confidence. 90 percent of what I learned was from making my own films, and seeing what my classmates were doing. It wasn't from any class."

Solondz was asked if it was easier getting his films financed as his career progresses. "Nothing gets easier. You are never 'set.' It's always a nightmare...Investing in a movie now is a moneypit. When I talk to a financier I say its possible you could make your money back. Lots of things are possible."

The entertaining talk wasn't as much of a downer as these quotes read, and he did encourage would-be artists to just start writing or start making films.

In a positive mood, he added: "It's good to have hope. To make a movie is a hopeful gesture. It's a leap of faith."
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: wilder on June 02, 2014, 02:51:22 PM
Todd Solondz & Ralph Fiennes To Direct Segments Of Omnibus 'Petersburg'
via The Playlist

Russia has made headlines lately for no shortage of reasons (the Olympics, Edward Snowden, Ukraine, you name it) and so there are plenty of stories to tell from the country. Russia's Ministry of Culture is backing a project that we'd wager they're hoping will shine a different light on the nation, and they're rounding up some big names to help out.

The omnibus "Petersburg: A Category Of Feelings" is being put together and a roster of directors, including Todd Solondz, Ralph Fiennes, Sam Rockwell, Timur Bekmambetov, Avdotya Smirnova, Bakur Bakuradze, Cedric Klapisch, Igor Voloshin and Ilmar Raag are on board to direct episodes of the project. The movie will use the letters from the titular city as descriptions or qualities—Pleasure, Effort, Trust, Envy, Repose, Shrewdness, Bravery, Uncertainty, Refuge and Glee—for the filmmakers to follow in their works. And in case you're wondering, this is a different project than the "Saint Petersburg, I Love You" film that was announced a while back. No word yet on when this will all come together.
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: wilder on October 23, 2014, 05:56:28 PM
Dawn Weiner Returns In Todd Solondz's 'Wiener-Dog' With Greta Gerwig And Julie Delpy
via The Playlist

Todd Solondz has created worlds and characters so unique and compelling that one film can't contain them. Eleven years after "Happiness," the filmmaker returned (sorta) to concerns and lives in that milieu (with some of the parts recast, and other tweaks) with "Life During Wartime," and now he's doing the same with his breakout film "Welcome To The Dollhouse."

THR reports that Solondz is working on "Weiner-Dog," which will feature an ensemble cast rotating around a dachshund forming the thematic backdrop of the movie. But the biggest point of interest is that one of the film's threads will catch up with the adult Dawn Weiner, which will be played by Greta Gerwig. Julie Delpy is also in discussions for a role. Casting is underway and the project is picking up forward momentum thanks to Megan Ellison, who can once again be thanked for backing an auteur in a climate where getting movies like this made is harder and harder. And in case you're wondering, no, Heather Matarazzo, the original Dawn, won't be appearing.
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: modage on October 24, 2014, 09:27:58 AM
Solondz is sooooo overrrrrrr but maybe working with Annapurna will give him some juice like it did for Korine. We'll see.
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: wilder on March 03, 2015, 11:52:03 PM
Solondz's Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3064438/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_dr#directors) short film





The movie is on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2J3c5AtY5K_dINEXUacWHDW4C-NnloIs) in its entirety, featuring the work of 70 different directors including Yorgos Lanthimos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL-kc3DhLOA), Celina Murga (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNNj1lzk93Q&index=43&list=PL2J3c5AtY5K_dINEXUacWHDW4C-NnloIs) (who Scorsese has mentored (http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/scorsese-mentoring-argentinean-director-celina-murga/)), Monte Hellman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFhvtUWgz5w&index=23&list=PL2J3c5AtY5K_dINEXUacWHDW4C-NnloIs), and many more.
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: wilder on June 24, 2015, 10:15:46 PM
Production Begins On Todd Solondz's 'Wiener-Dog'; Full Cast Includes Brie Larson, Zosia Mamet & More
via The Playlist

Indie filmmaker Todd Solondz loves to play within his own cinematic universe ala Kevin Smith and Quentin Tarantino. 2009's "Life During Wartime" is a quasi sequel to 1998's "Happiness" and 2004's "Palindromes" begins at the funeral for Dawn Wiener, the protagonist from his debut feature "Welcome to the Dollhouse."

Well, Solondz is either ignoring his own cannon or just changing history with "Wiener-Dog," his upcoming Annapurna Pictures comedy. The movie stars Greta Gerwig as the aforementioned Dawn Wiener grown up and the comedy tells several stories featuring people who find their life inspired or changed by one particular dachshund, who seems to be spreading comfort and joy

Principal photography has begun on "Wiener-Dog," and Annapurna has revealed its cast which includes the previously in-talks Julie Delpy, plus Kieran Culkin, Danny DeVito, Brie Larson, Ellen Burstyn, Zosia Mamet and writer/actor Tracy Letts. Megan Ellison is producing through her Annapurna Pictures alongside Christine Vachon of Killer Films.

Written and directed by Solondz, in a press release Annapurna says the movie "will feature characters from Solondz's 1995 cult hit 'Welcome To The Doll House,' " so that means more than just Dawn and possibly other members from her family.
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: Jeremy Blackman on June 24, 2015, 11:11:31 PM
Quote from: wilder on June 24, 2015, 10:15:46 PMWritten and directed by Solondz, in a press release Annapurna says

This sentence broke my brain.

The cast looks really good, though.
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: Reel on September 18, 2015, 11:20:01 AM

THE CINEMA OF TODD SOLONDZ TOLD THROUGH IMAGES AND STILLS (http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2014/06/the-cinema-of-todd-solondz-told-through.html?spref=tw)


have yet to start this, but it looks like a good read for us Solondzians.
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: jenkins on December 08, 2015, 12:50:54 PM
Quote from: wilder on June 24, 2015, 10:15:46 PM
Production Begins On Todd Solondz's 'Wiener-Dog'; Full Cast Includes Brie Larson, Zosia Mamet & More
via The Playlist

still via The Playlist

"This film tells several stories featuring people who find their life inspired or changed by one particular dachshund, who seems to be spreading comfort and joy."

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Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: jenkins on May 04, 2016, 10:45:38 AM
listing Edward Lachman's credits because


Cinematographer (72 credits)

2017 Wonderstruck (filming)
2016 Wiener-Dog (director of photography)
2015 Don't Blink - Robert Frank (Documentary)
2015 Carol
2014 Cathedrals of Culture (Documentary) (segment "The Salk Institute", as Ed Lachman)
2013 Six by Sondheim (TV Movie documentary) (segment "'I'm Still Here'", as Ed Lachman)
2013 Paradise: Hope
2012 Dark Blood
2012 Paradise: Faith
2012 Paradise: Love (as Ed Lachman)
2011 Mildred Pierce (TV Mini-Series) (director of photography - 5 episodes)
- Part Five (2011) ... (director of photography)
- Part Four (2011) ... (director of photography)
- Part Three (2011) ... (director of photography)
- Part Two (2011) ... (director of photography)
- Part One (2011) ... (director of photography)
2010 Howl (director of photography)
2009/II Collapse (Documentary) (as Ed Lachman)
2009 Life During Wartime
2007 I'm Not There.
2007 Import Export
2007 Hounddog (director of photography - as Ed Lachman)
2006 The Music of Regret (Short)
2006 A Prairie Home Companion (as Ed Lachman)
2004 Stryker
2004 Cell Stories (Documentary short)
2003 Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease (Video documentary)
2002 Far from Heaven (director of photography)
2002 Ken Park (as Ed Lachman, photography)
2002 S1m0ne
2001 Sweet November
2000 Erin Brockovich (as Ed Lachman)
1999 The Virgin Suicides
1999 The Limey (as Ed Lachman)
1998 Why Do Fools Fall in Love (as Ed Lachman)
1997 Selena
1997 Touch (as Ed Lachman)
1995 My Family
1994 Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (Documentary) (as Ed Lachman)
1993 Horse Opera (TV Movie)
1993 Tribeca (TV Series) (director of photography - 1 episode)
- The Box (1993) ... (director of photography - as Ed Lachman)
1992 My New Gun
1992 Light Sleeper (as Ed Lachman)
1991 Soldiers of Music (Documentary)
1991 London Kills Me
1991 Mississippi Masala
1990 Catchfire (director of photography - as Ed Lachman)
1990 The Local Stigmatic (as Ed Lachman)
1988 Karajan in Salzburg (TV Special) (cinematography by)
1987 Less Than Zero (director of photography)
1987 A Gathering of Old Men (TV Movie) (director of photography)
1987 Making Mr. Right
1986 El día que me quieras
1986 True Stories (as Ed Lachman)
1986 Mother Teresa (Documentary)
1986 The Little Sister (director of photography - as Ed Lachman)
1986 Stripper (Documentary)
1985 The Look (Documentary) (as Ed Lachman)
1985 Ornette: Made in America (Documentary)
1985 Heart of the Garden
1985 Tokyo-Ga (Documentary)
1985 Desperately Seeking Susan (director of photography)
1985 R.A.B.L. (Short)
1984 I played It for You (Documentary) (as Ed Lachman)
1984 The Last Trip to Harrisburg (Short) (as Ed Lachman)
1984 In Our Hands (Documentary)
1983 Portfolio
1983 Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph (Documentary short)
1982 Report from Hollywood (Documentary)
1982 Les petites guerres
1982 Say Amen, Somebody (Documentary)
1980 Lightning Over Water (Documentary)
1980 Union City
1978 Wings of Ash: Pilot for a Dramatization of the Life of Antonin Artaud (Short)
1977 La Soufrière (Documentary short) (as Ed Lachman)
1977 False Face (director of photography - as Edward Lachman Jr.)
1974 The Lords of Flatbush
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: wilder on May 05, 2016, 04:02:00 PM
Wiener Dog opens June 24th
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: Reel on May 05, 2016, 04:54:02 PM
is it going to have a wide opening?
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: wilder on May 05, 2016, 04:59:44 PM
It's being distributed by IFC so probably not.

Maybe it'll show up on Amazon streaming though?
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: wilder on June 27, 2016, 05:57:29 PM
Solondz's NYU thesis film Babysitter (1984) (https://player.vimeo.com/video/169616776)
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: wilder on February 02, 2017, 03:34:41 PM
Penélope Cruz & Edgar Ramírez Have Todd Solondz's 'Love Child' — Berlin
via Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Penélope Cruz and Edgar Ramírez are attached to Todd Solondz's new project Love Child, which MadRiver Pictures is bringing to market in Berlin next week.

Solondz, who's the brains behind Wiener- Dog and Welcome to the Dollhouse, writes and directs the project, which is described as a dark and hilarious twist on the classic Oedipal theme. Story follows 11 year-old Junior, a delusional aspiring Broadway star with an inappropriate obsession with his mother Immaculada. After orchestrating an accident that nearly kills his abusive father, he encourages Nacho, the handsome man living in the family's guesthouse to court his mother and become his new dad. But when the two fall in love, Junior becomes so jealous that he is no longer the subject of his mother's attention that he hatches a plan to frame Nacho for his father's murder.

The pic, which is sure to be a sought-after project at EFM, is currently in pre-production and Christine Vachon's Killer Films' Christine Vachon and David Hinojosa will produce.

Cruz recently boarded Kenneth Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express, based on Agatha Christie's beloved murder mystery novel. She'll join an ensemble cast including Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and Judi Dench. She's also in Escobar with husband Javier Bardem in a movie that examines the love affair between drug lord Pablo Escobar and Colombian journalist Virginia Vallejo.

Ramirez recently starred alongside Emily Blunt in The Girl on the Train, adapted from Paula Hawkins' best-selling book, and Gold with Matthew McConaughey, the adventure mining story from Black Bear's Teddy Schwarzman and HWY 61's Michael Nozik. He's also got a role in New Regency's sci-fi Bright with Will Smith and Noomi Rapace.
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: wilder on January 30, 2020, 12:31:59 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/tHEfpND.jpg)

I've been reading the recent Solondz entry (https://www.amazon.com/Todd-Solondz-Contemporary-Film-Directors/dp/0252084594/ref=sr_1_11?keywords=todd+solondz&qid=1580365322&sr=8-11) in the Contemporary Film Directors series, and in an interview with the book's author, Solondz gives shoutouts to both Phantom Thread and A Ghost Story:

(https://i.imgur.com/6LJZMHd.jpg)
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: jenkins on January 30, 2020, 01:55:31 AM
the sort of um indicator of one's actual iq isn't so mysterious really, but one's capabilities within the amorphous realm of conceptualization is a separate category, not wholly independent from but also not wholly dependent upon one's iq, it's art shit, and anybody into art shit is into A Ghost Story

i've read and quoted Lowery-the-filmmaker-who-is-a-separate-entity-from-Ghostboy speak about how unpredictable and unintentional that movie was, but he's getting behind in the one for them and one for me category
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: wilder on April 15, 2020, 03:11:27 PM
From a recent AMA (https://www.reddit.com/r/criterion/comments/ezc5dp/official_ama_with_coceos_of_arbelos_films/fgtm812/) with one of the founders of Arbelos Films (http://arbelosfilms.com/distribution/). Probably false hope, but as far as I know this is the most concrete bit of info about a potential release available:

(https://i.imgur.com/hULG2tR.jpg)
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: jenkins on April 15, 2020, 03:18:58 PM
Cinelicious is defunct but its releases are listed there. Do you know the connection? Since Cine is still listed as oop a licensing thinger is involved
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: wilder on April 15, 2020, 03:29:25 PM
Cinelicious became Arbelos and is founded by several of the same people, but the releases previously distributed under the Cinelicious label are OOP.

From a late 2017 Hollywood Reporter article (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/toronto-arbelos-launches-new-art-house-distributor-last-movie-1036141):

Quote from: The Hollywood ReporterArbelos, a new boutique distributor focusing on the release of both new and restored classic art house titles, officially launched at this year's Toronto Film Festival. The company's first release will be a 4K restoration of Dennis Hopper's 1971 cult classic The Last Movie, which will get a new theatrical bow, and its first ever Blu-ray and digital streaming release, via Arbelos in 2018.

Arbelos looks to blending both new independent features with 4K restorations of classic and cult films, cutting across all genres and eras, the group said. Arbelos plans to release 6-8 titles per year, around half new titles, and will be scouting films while in Toronto.

The team behind Arbelos — co-founders David Marriott, Dennis Bartok, Craig Rogers and Ei Toshinari — previously collaborated together on Cinelicious Pics, the distribution arm of L.A. digital restoration studio Cinelicious and the new company's initial slate will include Cinelicious Pics film library of 14 feature films, including the recent 4K restoration of Toshio Matsumoto's transgender classic Funeral Parade of Roses, Tim Sutton's Dark Night and the 4K restoration of Eiichi Yamamoto's underground anime Belladonna of Sadness.

"We all share a very left-of-center passion for hidden and underappreciated movies," said Bartok. "The success of Belladonna of Sadness, which had been forgotten for over 40 years and went on to be one of the biggest arthouse re-releases of last year, showed that we've barely scratched the surface of great, overlooked movies. We love the fact that we're starting our company with literally The Last Movie, Dennis Hopper's brilliant and long-unavailable masterpiece."

Bartok, Marriott and Toshinari left Cinelicious Pics several months ago and began to collaborate with Rogers, a restoration expert at Cinelicious, and Jonathan Marlow, who had acquired several Cinelicious Pics releases for the SVOD streaming service Fandor. Marlow will take up the position of chief business development officer at Arbelos.

It's a bit more than a name change though, as Cinelicious also used to have a physical presence in Hollywood:

Quote from: WikipediaIn 2018 Cinelicious Pics closed, the building Cinelicious was operating in on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood was sold and Cinelicious Pics did not relocate.
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: jenkins on April 15, 2020, 03:38:03 PM
thanks

they're the good fight of course. Happiness has been missing yeah. Mondo Macabro's Gemini release is my most anticipated right now
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: wilder on January 12, 2021, 11:52:02 PM
Almost 4 years ago the news of Solondz's new movie Love Child arose, but the project has yet to make it to production. At the tail end of a post on toddsolondz.com (https://www.toddsolondz.com/) John McKelvey wrote this:

QuoteThe plot is described in the Deadline article as, "a dark and hilarious twist on the classic Oedipal theme. Story follows 11-year-old Junior, a delusional aspiring Broadway star with an inappropriate obsession with his mother Immaculada. After orchestrating an accident that nearly kills his abusive father, he encourages Nacho, the handsome man living in the family's guesthouse, to court his mother and become his new dad. But when the two fall in love, Junior becomes so jealous that he is no longer the subject of his mother's attention that he hatches a plan to frame Nacho for his father's murder." 

Sounds fun to me; reminds me of the 1972 Robert Klein film, Rivals.

Seems plausible that that film could be an inspiration. It's streaming on Tubi, for free:


A disturbed pre-teen with a fixation of his mother becomes increasingly jealous of the new man who enters her life and plots violent retribution.
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Post by: wilder on February 28, 2021, 04:08:17 AM
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Post by: wilder on June 15, 2021, 01:39:25 PM
Rachel Weisz & Colin Farrell To Reunite On Todd Solondz Movie 'Love Child' — Cannes Market
Deadline

After starring in Yorgos Lanthimos's dark comedy The Lobster, Oscar winner Rachel Weisz (The Favourite) and Colin Farrell (The Batman) are set to reunite in Todd Solondz's new comedy-drama, Love Child.

Solondz (Happiness) will direct from his own script. Killer Films' Christine Vachon will produce with David Hinojosa on behalf of 2AM.

In what is described as a darkly comic twist on the Oedipal story, Love Child follows a precocious kid who schemes to rid himself of his brutish dad so he can have his mom all to himself. Things go awry when a handsome stranger appears.

Cinetic Media and CAA Media Finance are arranging the financing and representing the domestic rights along with WME. Madriver International is overseeing international sales and bringing the title to the Cannes virtual market.

"This is my first movie with a plot and my first movie taking place in Texas. It's fun and it's sexy and it's shaped by the Hollywood movies that made me want to become a filmmaker. I've loved Rachel and Colin's work forever, and am so honored to be able to excite their passion for serious and unexpected work as well," said Solondz.
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Post by: Reel on June 15, 2021, 09:10:20 PM
 :bravo:
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: Reel on September 16, 2021, 09:08:03 PM
I now own every Todd Solondz film on blu ray except for Welcome to The Dollhouse (and Fear, Anxiety, and Depression obviously.) So I was glad to see that the Turner Classic Movies app was hosting WTTD this week, it leaves September 18th.

Fear, Anxiety, and Depression I've never seen and he's said in interviews he'd prefer people don't see it. I think he's more self conscious of his performance than the film really, but I heard a couple guys going through his filmography on a podcast say they really like it. Currently the best quality copy available of it to watch is here on this youtube channel:

Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: wilder on June 26, 2022, 06:07:16 AM
His short films Babysitter (1984) and Schatt's Last Shot (1985) are back online




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Post by: wilder on August 30, 2022, 01:01:49 AM
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Post by: wilder on August 31, 2022, 06:33:43 AM
Someone upscaled Happiness and put in on Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/happiness.-1998.4-k.-ai.-gup-scale)
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: wilder on March 02, 2023, 07:47:36 AM
Todd Solondz: "My students are petrified by the fear of offending"

The director of 'Happiness' stars in a retrospective of the Americana Film Fest at the Filmoteca de Catalunya

By Xavi Serra, 2/28/23

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Todd Solondz at the Filmoteca de Catalunya

In the 90s, when indie cinema did not embrace all social causes and was still dominated by postmodern irony, Todd Solondz became the most caustic and incorrect voice in American cinema. Three decades later, Solondz is the guest of honor at the tenth edition of the Americana Film Fest, which a week before the start of its official program opens this Tuesday a retrospective dedicated to the director at the Filmoteca de Catalunya which reviews titles such as the brutal Happiness, Storytelling, Welcome to the Dollhouse or his latest work released, Wiener-Dog, which he released seven years ago.

"I was to shoot a film with Penélope Cruz and Edgar Ramírez in Spain, but despite having two big stars we didn't get the money," he explains resignedly, adding that for a few years now he has been "very happy" dedicating himself to the teaching "I love to teach, I have a good time - he confesses -. I suppose I could direct episodes of some popular TV series, but I have no interest in doing that, it would destroy me. I am too sensitive to depression. On the other hand, teaching is a pleasure and, as you can see, they even let me come to Spain." Among his students are directors such as Charlotte Wells (Aftersun) and Chloé Zhao, who won the Oscar with Nomadland. "I'm very happy for her - says Solondz - but the truth is that all the credit is hers, I have no credit or fault for her success."

Fear of being cancelled
Solondz's films are often held up as an example of a type of cinema that would be very difficult to produce today. He doesn't deny it. "Happiness couldn't be shot today, no way. No one would give me the money. Neither would Storytelling. There have always been restrictions, but today they are more severe. People are very afraid of being canceled. In the United States, the Comedians have stopped performing on college campuses because they're afraid of hurting sensibilities. Today it's just as easy to get attacked from the left as it is from the right." The point, he concludes, is that "in life you have to be polite and kind, but as a director it's important to be rude."

Solondz does not envy the new generations of directors. "My students are petrified by the fear of offending, and that's not a healthy state when it comes to art." And he remembers that he, too, was concerned about offending women when he released Welcome to the Dollhouse, about an eleven-year-old girl victim of bullying and sexual harassment. "But I wanted to be true to the truth of the character and I was lucky, the women embraced the film and didn't attack me," she says. So Todd Solondz never self-censors? Not quite, as he has just written his memoirs, but has decided not to publish them while his parents are alive: "The problem is that they might end up being posthumous memoirs, as my parents are in better shape than me. I'll have to get someone to publish them if I die first."

Awkward vignettes
Despite the picture of restrictions he paints, Solondz believes that good films are still being made. "The thing is that it costs more to find them, you have to scratch and look more," he says. Above all, he misses irony and humor: "Without irony, it makes no sense to me to make a film." A recent film he recommends is Owen Kline's Funny Pages, an indie comedy about the world of underground comics. Solondz's cinema seems very close to this world in terms of aesthetics and subject matter, but he claims that he discovered it as an adult. "I was very isolated as a child, I couldn't go to the cinema unless the film was Disney-branded, so I didn't hear about Robert Crumb until I was older. The comics I read, like Archie's, were absurd and stupid". The first comic author who had "a big impact" on Solondz was the underground cartoonist Lynda Barry, and the director admits to being a fan of Joan Cornellà (https://www.instagram.com/sirjoancornella/?hl=en) from Barcelona and Molg H (https://www.instagram.com/_molg.h/?hl=en) from Madrid, two authors who share their jokes on the internet dark humor "My son discovered them for me," he confesses.

Solondz's cinema has always had the ability to provoke as much laughter as discomfort and pain, and many times at the same time. "For me it's not one thing or the other, but both - says the director -. But it's not an effect I'm looking for, but an expression of my sensibility, I suppose." In fact, it doesn't always look good for the audience to laugh at one of his films. "Laughter is not a monolithic force, it depends on the context. Years ago I screened Happiness at the Telluride Festival, and afterwards a young man in his 20s said to me, 'I really liked it, it's very funny, and the 'the scene where they rape that kid is so funny...' I realized at that moment that you just don't have control over these things."

Translated from here (https://www.ara.cat/cultura/cinema/todd-solondz-americana-alumnes-petrificats-ofendre_1_4638727.html)
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: ono on March 02, 2023, 10:02:46 PM
Solondz has always been one of my favorites.  Very inspirational.  It kinda bums me out he's written memoirs but won't publish them until his parents pass.  But honestly, I get it.
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: Jeremy Blackman on March 03, 2023, 12:13:47 AM
Solondz's "you can't do comedy anymore" take is a bit cringe, but I have to support his argument that great art (some of it, at least) should be confrontational. When Solondz does that, it comes from a place of empathy or obvious trolling or some charming combination. Maybe the trick is to be "rude" without hatred.
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Post by: wilder on April 05, 2023, 07:03:03 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/CUDRGBc.jpg)
Title: Re: Todd Solondz (went to Omaha one time)
Post by: Alexandro on April 11, 2023, 08:26:39 AM
Quote from: Jeremy Blackman on March 03, 2023, 12:13:47 AMSolondz's "you can't do comedy anymore" take is a bit cringe, but I have to support his argument that great art (some of it, at least) should be confrontational. When Solondz does that, it comes from a place of empathy or obvious trolling or some charming combination. Maybe the trick is to be "rude" without hatred.

At some point in time I might have found it "cringe" as well, but not anymore. What he says is totally true. My experience is certainly limited, but in the "industry" (mexican, and some others) everyone is saying the same thing. They won't say it in interviews, but anyone who works in comedy in some shape is having that conversation and same complaint behind the scene. Everyone is practicing self censorship, which is worst that censorship in my opinion. As your comment makes clear, no one really knows what joke, observation, line, character trait or POV is going to ring the bells of the sanctimonious comedy police, so the solution is to get anything remotely provocative out of the way before it does. That's the conversation that's actually happening, usually with some resignation laughs accompanying a "we can't do that anymore, can we?".  I don't know how we are pretending that this is somehow a healthy environment, or for the greater good. Having "safety" instructions on comedy (or anything) is not stoping bigotry at all, while everyone agrees a film as great as Happiness couldn't be made today. So, not at all "cringe". In fact, the only people who are not expressing similar views as Solondz about comedy and art are those that don't have to actually do it themselves and get the work out there.