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Somewhat strangely, for a writer/director so obsessed with making his characters’ undergo humiliating, painful and scary trials, Solondz asserts, “I’m not a masochist. I don’t ‘google’ myself…I wish it could be masturbatory. It’s just a little depressing...
...Solondz understands that his film will engender many types of response, saying “There are people who tell me it’s my best, there are other people who tell me it’s the most vile thing. It has no meaning...
Getting his stories from the newspapers has created a broad commentary on our political environment, which Solondz thinks is fertile ground for storytellers of all stripes, saying “if you were Stanley Kubrick and were making a movie about 9/11 you would cast George W. Bush as the president. It’s so rich that it’s almost hard to understand how people could have trouble finding ideas...
Even more frustrating to Solondz is when filmmakers he respects lose their integrity in pursuit of a wider audience. While discussing his favorite filmmakers, Solondz raised writer/director Mike Leigh’s recent movie, “Vera Drake,” in which Imelda Staunton gave an Oscar-nominated performance as the titular abortionist, as an example of when great filmmakers go bad. Solondz takes pains to praise Leigh’s talents as a “masterful filmmaker, the actors were beautiful, it was beautifully shot and it’s a wonderful indictment of a patriarchal...
...want to scream,” Solondz continues. “‘Would it have been a crime for her to get paid for a job well-done? Does she have to be sanctified?’ Because of course, what happens is the audience all become martyrs,” he explains. “I respect him so much and yet, the idea that we’re all martyrs for the good fight, that’s no examination of the moral nature of any of this...