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Shlomo has written and directed other short films. His previous film before Soledad was called The Butchers of Kensington Market. "Butchers" is a film narrated by a child trying to cope with an abusive father. Shlomo is currently working on getting a screenplay he wrote into production. SHLOMO BUCHLER: I want to make films that are a delicate balance of visual beauty and terse emotional story lines. One of my dislikes with some films is their passivity. I enjoy films dealing with real emotional gristle that requires an audience to really sink their teeth into and wrest away the true meaning. I made Soledad with the intent of dealing with certain issues that carry a certain "weighty-ness", and to touch on some topics that may be somewhat difficult to put aside after watching them. Think of Travis Bickle--Robert Deniro's character in Scorcese's Taxi Driver--this character was so complex. When I watched this film for the first time I was left with this ambivalence, asking myself why do I like this character? I love this film and others like it because they leave me with a strange unsettling feeling that I must struggle to contend with.