The Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit congratulates
the 29 members of the CLASS OF 2005 on receiving
over 70 letters of acceptance from the following
distinguished institutions of higher learning:
killing Weiner off; he had hoped to
explore her adventures as a young
woman but was thwarted when Heather
Matarazzo, the actress who had por-
trayed Dawn, declined to resume the
role.
Thus he turned to another source for
inspiration for his latest film: the televi-
sion news and in particular, the contro-
versy over abortion. "This is the only
country in the world where people
bomb clinics and assassinate abortion-
ists," the director said.
Solondz was especially struck by a
story about a Southern community that
rallied around such an assassin.
"I began pondering what it means to
perpetuate such an atrocity — what
goes through one's mind — and then I
realized it's profoundly human to think
that one is basically a good person,
fighting the good fight," he said.
"Narcissism and self-deception are
our survival mechanisms, so I think this
movie is very responsive to what's going
on out there."
While Solondz's new film has received
mixed reviews, the filmmaker especially
bristles at the charge, by one critic, that
Palindromes has "no artistic interest
beyond the limitless ugliness of humani-
ty.:
"Life is so much more cruel than any-
thing I could put in my movies," said
the director, who
was raised in a
kosher home, but
is now an atheist.
"Just in terms of
reading the
newspaper every
day, there are
atrocities that
people and gov-
ernments corn-
mit that make it
impossible for
me in good con-
Filmmaker Todd
science
to cele-
Solondz: "Radical
brate
the
won-
things."
derfulness of
mankind."
Solondz's pet peeve is the typical
Hollywood film that features attractive
protagonists behaving heroically. "That
kind of movie allows viewers to feel bet-
ter about themselves," said cinema's
nerd provocateur. "You will never get
that from any of my films." ❑
Palindromes is scheduled to open
Friday, May 6, at Landmark's
Main Art Theatre in Royal Oak.
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