More Everything!

“I don’t know about what happened… because once you start writing, it ALL becomes fiction.”

I had forgotten about how interesting this film was. It is a more approachable film, than Happiness (Todd Solondz’s excellent, but very disturbing, previous film), but that is not saying much.

This film is really 2 short films that are explorations of “fiction” vs. “non-fiction.” The first part features Selma Blair, who engages in a (consensual?) tryst with her Pulitzer winning Professor after breaking up with her CP afflicted boyfriend. This section concludes as she share her “story” with the class.

The second part features Paul Giamatti as a loser “Documentarian” who dreams of making a pretentious film about “High Schoolers in today’s world.” He finds a subject in Scooby and his dysfunctional family, led by John Goodman and Julie Hagerty. The most interesting parts of this section are watching Scooby’s over-achieving little brother, Mikey, interact with their solemn housekeeper, Consuela. This section comes to a shocking conclusion, as Giamatti’s character gets his ending!

I really enjoyed watching this film, but I will keep this in the discard pile, since I can’t imagine watching it again in the near future.