Storytelling : My thoughts….

I saw some of this for the first time last week. Does anyone else think that Marcus was an even bigger jerk than the professor? He just lashed out at his girlfriend because she didn’t want to hurt his feelings by telling him he’s a bad writer. Also, does anyone else think that Marcus thought about breaking up with her even before the next day? He seemed to be correct that she had enough of him, and just felt pity for him. Also it seemed like she regretted sleeping with Marcus, since she got dressed pretty quickly. Maybe that’s what happened with the professor.

Good thoughts, but I don’t think she regretted sleeping with Marcus. She said she had to go help her friend with some paper or something. Marcus was a jerk, though, you’re right. I’m not sure why she was so nervous about her encounter with her professor, because she had sex with her boyfriend multiple times, according to him. Maybe it’s because her professor was much more strong and intimidating.

Her professor also had the power, but when she was with her boyfriend, she did. That’s right, her friend, Melinda, had some oral exam.

when giamatti works up the nerve to call his old girlfriend and the toilet flushes just as he announces he's a documentary filmmaker . . .

Yeah, that was a good scene.

I think his girlfriend was one of the nicer people in this.

That’s saying something, since it’s a Todd Solondz movie.

Yeah, most people in his movies aren’t likeable.

I don’t know, she didn’t seem to like Marcus very much in the first scene. She didn’t want to hear his story, and she gave him a dirty look when he said, “You’ve become kind.”

He was probably right about her being tired of him, then.

She probably got out of the professor’s house very quickly, and she did seem to want to leave her boyfriend’s room quickly. Marcus didn’t even get up to get dressed.

With the way he was holding his arm, due to cerebral palsy, he probably had a hard time getting dressed.

He might not have liked being nude in front of her. That could be why he didn’t get up to get dressed.

She left his room quickly because she was helping her roommate with her exams.

Marcus wouldn’t have wanted to sleep with Vi if he planned to break up with her the next day.

She definitely regretted sleeping with her professor, but Marcus didn’t seem to care.

I just read an interview where Leo Fitzpatrick called Marcus “a genuine person who hates being pitied or talked down to.”

That seems about right.