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Angela de Marco: Cheers to elevators. You meet the nicest people in them.
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Tony 'The Tiger' Russo: Pushy Reporter: Tony, are you afraid?
The Pushy Reporter: Afraid? With these gorillas around me, c'mon, I feel like a virgin at a eunuch convention.
Todd Solondz
Todd Solondz (Todd Solondz), born on October 15, 1959 in Newark, New Jersey, USA, is an American director, screenwriter, actor, and producer.
In 1984, directed his first short film "Feeling". In 1989, directed his first film "Fear, Anxiety and Depression". In 1995, directed the comedy film " Welcome to the Dollhouse "
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, which won the Jury Award at the 12th Sundance Film Festival-Feature Film, 46th Berlin International Film Festival International Art Film Union Award-New Film Forum . In 1998, he wrote and directed the comedy film "Love Me Makes Me Happy"
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, the film won the Parallel Unit of the 51st Cannes International Film Festival-Fabisci Award, with which he was nominated for the 56th American Film and Television Golden Globe Award for Film-Best Screenplay Award.
In 2004, the adventure comedy film " Palindrome " directed by him was released
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, which was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 61st Venice International Film Festival
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. In 2009, with the self- written and self-directed comedy film " Life During Wartime ", he won the Golden Oscella Award-Best Screenplay Award at the 66th Venice International Film Festival
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. In 2011, directed the feature film " Dark Horse "
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, which was shortlisted for the main competition of the 68th Venice International Film Festival. In 2016, directed the feature film " Wiener-Dog "
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. In 2019, he directed the comedy film "The Love of a Child".
Character Evaluation
The director Todd Solondz looks very similar to the characters in his work: confused swollen eyes, baldness, not much smile, always a hesitant expression, although he is actually talkative and easy-going, this premature director and The screenwriter’s worldview lacks light. In the movie "Life During Wartime", Todd Solondz pierced through the middle class who was burdened with the past, and the pursuit of a new life was just a futile concealment of the fate of memories .
In the same film describing the various forms of life in American society, Todd Solondz has a talent similar to Woody Allen . If Woody Allen is good at bringing humor in the dialogue style, then Todd Solondz uses the character contrast between the characters' expressions and words to create a sense of humor. His words are misunderstandings and misunderstandings, and his target is a slightly lonely life group. The movie "Dark Horse" is in the same line as the two works of "Love Me Gives Me Happiness" and "Life During Wartime" in terms of character setting and dialogue, with a very obvious personal style .
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