
Comedy
Solondzās 1985 student short film āSchattās Last Shotā provides an ideal entry point to his unflinching universe of dark comic despair. A young Solondz stars in the 10-minute short as geeky high schooler Ezra Schatt, a neurotic, primitive headcase of the young Woody Allen variety. Buried under thick, unseemly glasses and an endlessly dazed expression, Ezraās worst enemy is basketball. Unable to make a single basket under the brutal pressures of his vulgar gym teacher (āYouāre shit, Schatt!ā), Ezra also fails at both impressing the cheerleader of his dreams and realizing his aspirations of attending MIT.
Writer
Todd Solondz
Language
English