The Willingness to Not Do Anything: An Interview with Dan Sallitt on What Can’t Be Mentioned

Fourteen years ago, Dan Sallitt burst into the indie film scene with his transgressive, funny, and ultimately sweet, The Unspeakable Act. It wasn’t Sallitt’s first feature, and as a critic and academic he was known throughout film circles, but he’d be the first to tell you it pushed him beyond the familiar — and for good reason. The Unspeakable Act is a challenging film in which a teen girl, Jackie (Tallie Medel), navigates an incestuous and unrequited crush on her...