Todd Solondz
出生 : 1959-03-15, Newark, New Jersey, USA
略歴
Todd Solondz (born October 15, 1959 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American independent writer-director known for his style of dark, thought-provoking, socially conscious satire. He has been celebrated for his examination of the "dark underbelly of middle class American suburbia," a reflection of his own background in New Jersey. Solondz broke through with his sophomore feature, the cult hit "Welcome to the Dollhouse" (1995), and went on to write and direct a string of acclaimed yet divisive films in a similar vein, including "Happiness" (1998), "Storytelling" (2001), "Palindromes" (2004) and "Wiener-Dog" (2016), many of which are loosely connected by way of recurring characters.
Thanks
Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between miniDV footage as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.
Writer
A dachshund passes from oddball owner to oddball owner, whose radically dysfunctional lives are all impacted by the pooch.
Director
A dachshund passes from oddball owner to oddball owner, whose radically dysfunctional lives are all impacted by the pooch.
Director
Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.
Screenplay
Abe is a man who is in his thirties and who lives with his parents. He works regretfully for his father while pursuing his hobby of collecting toys. Aware that his family doesn't think highly of him, he tries to spark a relationship with Miranda, who recently moved back home after a failed literary/academic career. Miranda agrees to marry Abe out of desperation, but things go awry.
Director
Abe is a man who is in his thirties and who lives with his parents. He works regretfully for his father while pursuing his hobby of collecting toys. Aware that his family doesn't think highly of him, he tries to spark a relationship with Miranda, who recently moved back home after a failed literary/academic career. Miranda agrees to marry Abe out of desperation, but things go awry.
Writer
Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos. Follows Solondz's film Happiness (1998).
Director
Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos. Follows Solondz's film Happiness (1998).
Director
CINEMA16 celebrates the short film by showcasing some of the best classic and award-winning shorts on DVD. With over three hours of films CINEMA16: AMERICAN SHORT FILMS is essential viewing for anyone with an interest in the moving image. Films include Gus Van Sant's 1982 adaptation of a William S. Burroughs short story, The Discipline Of DE, Tim Burton's early stop motion animated classic Vincent, George Lucas' USC short Freiheit, Alexander Payne's previously unreleased UCLA graduation short Carmen, Paperboys by Mike Mills, D.A. Pennebaker's Duke Ellington scored Daybreak Express, Todd Solondz's NYU short Feelings, along with Oscar Winner The Lunch Date by Adam Davidson, Stefan Nadelman's multi- award winning documentary Terminal Bar, Joe Nussbaum's cult classic George Lucas In Love and 2006 Sundance Winner The Wraith Of Cobble Hill by Adam Parrish King. Films are subtitled in French, German, Italian, Spanish and Japanese, and include commentaries from many of the directors involved.
Writer
Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends and neighbors.
Director
Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends and neighbors.
Screenplay
College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.
Author
College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.
Director
College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.
Doorman (uncredited)
ニュージャージー州の郊外に暮らす三姉妹を軸に描かれる不幸な人たち……イタ電オヤジ、ヤリ逃げ男、ホモの少年などなどワケありな人々が幸せを求めて繰り広げる過激なコメディ。
Screenplay
ニュージャージー州の郊外に暮らす三姉妹を軸に描かれる不幸な人たち……イタ電オヤジ、ヤリ逃げ男、ホモの少年などなどワケありな人々が幸せを求めて繰り広げる過激なコメディ。
Director
ニュージャージー州の郊外に暮らす三姉妹を軸に描かれる不幸な人たち……イタ電オヤジ、ヤリ逃げ男、ホモの少年などなどワケありな人々が幸せを求めて繰り広げる過激なコメディ。
Man on Bus
NY。メルヴィン・ユドールは人気の恋愛小説家だが、普段は毒舌で友人が少なく、しかも気難しくて潔癖症という中年男性。ある日、同じアパートに住むゲイの画家、サイモンの飼い犬を預かることになり、それから心を少し外に開くように。メルヴィンはサイモンの帰省旅行に付き合うが、行きつけのレストランでウェイトレスをしているシングルマザー、キャロルも同行することに。道中、メルヴィンはキャロルに愛を告白する。
Producer
An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with inattentive parents and bullies at school.
Screenplay
An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with inattentive parents and bullies at school.
Director
An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with inattentive parents and bullies at school.
Ira Ellis
This film focuses on the trials and tribulations of Ira (Todd Solondz), who is an unsuccessful playwright trying to find himself in New York City.
Writer
This film focuses on the trials and tribulations of Ira (Todd Solondz), who is an unsuccessful playwright trying to find himself in New York City.
Director
This film focuses on the trials and tribulations of Ira (Todd Solondz), who is an unsuccessful playwright trying to find himself in New York City.
The Zany Reporter
ギャングの未亡人、マフィアのボス、FBI捜査官の3人が入り乱れ、複雑な三角関係へと突入していくラブ・コメティ。これを監督したのは、なんと『羊たちの沈黙』のジョナサン・デミ。
Musician
Les mésaventures absurdes de Léopold Pavlovsky, bloqué en transit à New York.
Ezra Schatt
Solondz’s 1985 student short film “Schatt’s Last Shot” provides an ideal entry point to his unflinching universe of dark comic despair. A young Solondz stars in the 10-minute short as geeky high schooler Ezra Schatt, a neurotic, primitive headcase of the young Woody Allen variety. Buried under thick, unseemly glasses and an endlessly dazed expression, Ezra’s worst enemy is basketball. Unable to make a single basket under the brutal pressures of his vulgar gym teacher (“You’re shit, Schatt!”), Ezra also fails at both impressing the cheerleader of his dreams and realizing his aspirations of attending MIT.
Writer
Solondz’s 1985 student short film “Schatt’s Last Shot” provides an ideal entry point to his unflinching universe of dark comic despair. A young Solondz stars in the 10-minute short as geeky high schooler Ezra Schatt, a neurotic, primitive headcase of the young Woody Allen variety. Buried under thick, unseemly glasses and an endlessly dazed expression, Ezra’s worst enemy is basketball. Unable to make a single basket under the brutal pressures of his vulgar gym teacher (“You’re shit, Schatt!”), Ezra also fails at both impressing the cheerleader of his dreams and realizing his aspirations of attending MIT.
Director
Solondz’s 1985 student short film “Schatt’s Last Shot” provides an ideal entry point to his unflinching universe of dark comic despair. A young Solondz stars in the 10-minute short as geeky high schooler Ezra Schatt, a neurotic, primitive headcase of the young Woody Allen variety. Buried under thick, unseemly glasses and an endlessly dazed expression, Ezra’s worst enemy is basketball. Unable to make a single basket under the brutal pressures of his vulgar gym teacher (“You’re shit, Schatt!”), Ezra also fails at both impressing the cheerleader of his dreams and realizing his aspirations of attending MIT.
Editor
The story follows a young male protagonist as he recalls the babysitters of his youth.
Writer
The story follows a young male protagonist as he recalls the babysitters of his youth.
Director
The story follows a young male protagonist as he recalls the babysitters of his youth.
His first film shot with sound, Feelings is a two and a half minute movie made as an NYU film school assignment in 1984. Solondz himself takes the lead role of a sensitive young man who finds he can no longer endure life without his beloved. Photographed by Andy Day, the film is set to Todd Solondz's personal rendition of the song "Feelings" by Morris Albert.
Writer
His first film shot with sound, Feelings is a two and a half minute movie made as an NYU film school assignment in 1984. Solondz himself takes the lead role of a sensitive young man who finds he can no longer endure life without his beloved. Photographed by Andy Day, the film is set to Todd Solondz's personal rendition of the song "Feelings" by Morris Albert.
Director
His first film shot with sound, Feelings is a two and a half minute movie made as an NYU film school assignment in 1984. Solondz himself takes the lead role of a sensitive young man who finds he can no longer endure life without his beloved. Photographed by Andy Day, the film is set to Todd Solondz's personal rendition of the song "Feelings" by Morris Albert.
Screenplay
A precocious kid schemes to rid himself of his brutish dad so he can have his mom all to himself, but things go awry when a handsome stranger appears.
Director
A precocious kid schemes to rid himself of his brutish dad so he can have his mom all to himself, but things go awry when a handsome stranger appears.
