Happiness

“Happiness. I love Happiness so much. I'm like mouth agape. It's a heavy film and with the late great, one of the greatest actors that has ever existed, Philip Seymour Hoffman. I was like 19, 20 when I saw this film and I was like, 'Films like this can be made and they can be profound and they can have compassion for people that we deem as monsters.' I just thought it was so funny and so weird and so... You know what film can do.”

“Here’s a good one: Happiness by Todd Solondz. Great movie. Makes me really uncomfortable, but also makes me laugh. And I like that kind of uncomfortable humor. Obviously.”

“Happiness, Todd Solondz. This is probably the most fucked-up movie you’ll ever see in your life. I’m so happy that Criterion has it because I couldn’t find it anywhere. It’s not just a black comedy. This is like a rotten black comedy. It’s people at their worst, at their dazzlingly worst. And it’s just like an accumulation of human shit piling up on top… It’s just so fabulous.”

“Have you seen Happiness by Todd Solondz? I mean, come on. It’s iconic. Deeply uncomfortable. Dylan Baker actually shows up on The Gilded Age this year... We were all so star-struck because of this. If you haven’t seen it, you should. In fact, should take a copy home in case somebody comes over. Or if I need a hostess gift for a party.”

“Alors ça, Happiness. Alors ça c'est un film que j'aime beaucoup, pour moi c'est un chef-d'œuvre, ça fait partie de mes films préférés. Ce que j'aime bien chez Todd Solondz, on me dit que c'est quelqu'un qui n'aime pas les personnages qu'il filme. Moi je trouve qu'il y a une vraie cruauté quoi, mais il y a aussi quelque chose de très beau aussi dans la façon qu'il a de prendre en compte toutes nos perversions et tous nos côtés tordus d'êtres humains quoi.”