Storytelling is a 2001 film about dysfunctional adolescents, directed by Todd Solondz. It features original music by Belle & Sebastian, later compiled on an album of the same name.

The film consists of two stories that are unrelated and have different actors, titled "Fiction" and "Non-Fiction". "Fiction", starring Selma Blair (who appears topless), is about a group of college students in a creative writing class taught by a professor who has affairs with his students. "Non-Fiction", starring Paul Giamatti, is about the filming of a high school student and his family through the college application process.

The original version of the film featured a third story, concerning, among other things, a closeted football player played by actor James van der Beek. After being shown in several film festivals, for unknown reasons the entire story was cut from the final version. Many fans aware of this plot point hope for a release of the material, however to date it has not occurred.

With two narrative threads remaining, it became easier to frame them in a "fiction" and "non-fiction" context.

Solondz claims the third section was never filmed.

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2001 films

Storytelling