For his 1995 cult hit Welcome to the Dollhouse, Todd Solondz created a fictional band, "The Quadratics" and in their first big number they absolutely murder the Rolling Stones' "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" in a kind of frenetic klezmer meltdown. Meanwhile the clarinet player's little sister is totally grooving on it, leaping and pirouetting around the driveway. It's the kind of fractured exuberance that runs all throughout Solondz's work.
By the way, Solondz's new film, Forgiveness, is in post-production and is said to be a companion piece to Happiness and Welcome to the Dollhouse. It stars Allison Janney, Ally Sheedy, Paul Reubens, and Charlotte Rampling among others. Yes please.
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