Todd Solondz has an aptitude for making his viewers feel totally uneasy. Aside from his particularly risky topics, Storytelling takes chances. It contains two separate short stories, entitled "Fiction" and "Non-fiction," with no blatantly obvious connections between the two. One correlation is that both parts of the film look at the telling of stories, issues with rape, and most, if not all, of Solondz's characters are facing serious inner demons while struggling to make it in the real world.

Solondz asks a question in both films: what is rape? There are so many definitions of the word; it must be left to interpretation. Some may argue that rape is the act of forcing one to engage in a sexual activity. While this is true, others say that rape can be defined as the violent and destructive treatment of an individual, which does not always include a sexual act. There is no right answer, but either way the word is looked at, both occur in Storytelling. Although there are many......

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Title: Storytelling
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