Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Don't watch this with your parents: 'Happiness' (1998) Dir. Todd Solondz
This is not a review. I'm not going to sit here and review 'Happiness'. Not that it's a bad movie by any means; it's just that I'm not featuring it for it's achievements in cinema. Instead highlighting the taboos it broke...or at least attempted to break. Just for the record, for those of you that have seen (or planning to see) Happiness, I am not approving of any of the "acts" that take place in the film (lol) but I do find it interesting the way Solondz has made a film here that shows these people and their way of life (if you will) from a neutral point of view. Obviously anybody who hasn't seen this movie will not know what I'm talking about but that's why I'm making a point here to watch it. I don't think I'm Mr. Anti-Mainstream but my heart lies in independent/world cinema because I'm interested in people and why people think or live a certain way; something "non-mainstream" cinema has always dealt with; often or not in extreme situations like in 'Happiness'. So now, go watch it....but remember, only when nobody is home.
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