Life and the Art of Lying (2017) User Reviews

Beautiful, haunting film

[ubcdavic · 9/10 · 17 January 2018]

I managed to catch this film when it screened at CIFF late last year. While it seems that the director, Emily Schooley, is often known for her work in horror this was a surprisingly pleasant turn from her usual fare.

Overall the film has a very European feel to it, in terms of pacing and the type of shots used. It is ultimately a love story between two women and the way Schooley unfolds their individual struggles is raw and compelling to watch. The film is most certainly written for intelligent cinephiles with a twist ending that is subtlely set up early on but very easy to miss.

I would really love to see this film get wider distribution and be sure to check it out if it screens at a festival near you.

the beloved one

[Kirpianuscus · 22 September 2023]

A very delicate theme explored in decent manner.

I saw few scenes as pure unrealistic or pathetic in some measure, knowing cases of this terrible sufferance. But it is only a film, a short one, and the right tone is not so easy to be find.

Nice performances, not bad end and the beautiful image of a fight out of conventional rules.

Few just great scenes, profound moving for people near the beloved .

And a beautiful moral.

A film about loneliness, love, vulnerability, fear and crumbs of egocentrism and courage to be with the other.

The basic gift - the reflection about a presumed maybe or if.

Short, fair job.