Well I just watched Palindromes, and if I was expecting something light and cheery after Solondz' Happiness (possibly the most mis-titled film ever made) then I really should've known better. The main character is played by eight different characters including Jennifer Jason Leigh and a big fat black woman, the plot is occasionally brilliant when you work out what's going on, there were times I didn't know whether to burst out laughing or cry, found myself laughing at the appalling bits and moved by the hilarious bits, and there's a really kick-ass murderous anti-abortion disabled Christian pop group.

Wow, and I thought David Lynch was weird.

Anyone seen any of Solondz' films? He's made Happiness, Palindromes, Storytelling and a few others.
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I've seen both Happiness and Palindromes. I saw Palindromes first, in a small art house theater in Greenwich Village a couple of years ago. Although I was entertained, I thought it was a total piece of shit film when it came to anything meaningful.

Happiness I liked a lot better. I thought it was pretty funny, although it's definitely very messed up.

I still think Lynch is way, way weirder than Solondz though :P Ever seen Eraserhead? Holy shit. The only movie I've ever seen that is more disturbing than Eraserhead is called The Holy Mountain by Alejandro Jodorowski... Sorry I'm getting off topic, but Holy Mountain is like a bad acid trip. Wow.

I've seen both Happiness and Palindromes. I saw Palindromes first, in a small art house theater in Greenwich Village a couple of years ago. Although I was entertained, I thought it was a total piece of shit film when it came to anything meaningful.I think it has a lot to say about identity, like that bit at the end where it's the little black girl from the start saying she wants to have a baby, as if we're all always still just the children we were, just ... bigger or differently shaped. The paedophile at the barbecue talks about how we're all just programmed robots and that there's no such thing as free will, we're always the same and can never change.

I don't think I've ever seen a film that's made me go "what the fuck" quite so often, and yes I've seen all of David Lynch's films! The two can't really be compared, and Solondz's films seem to make much more sense on the surface than Lynch's. I wasn't sure whether to love or hate Palindromes, but I think it won me round, perhaps just because it made me ask that question in such a peculiar way.

i've never seen any of his movies, but by the sounds of it would be something I would probably enjoy. i liked fucked up things that make you go "huh????" (with extra question marks and all).