No Lies

Summary

No Lies is a 1973[1][2] American short dramatic film made by Mitchell Block while he was a student at New York University.

No Lies
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Directed byMitchell Block
Written byMitchell Block
Produced byMitchell Block
StarringShelby Leverington
CinematographyAlec Hirschfeld
Edited byRay Anne School
Distributed byDirect Cinema Ltd.
Release date
  • May 1973 (1973-05)
Running time
16 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Summary edit

The film, which is in the style of a cinéma vérité interview by a young filmmaker,[3][4] deals with a young woman who has been raped and the trauma that came with it.[5][6][7]

Legacy edit

In 2008, No Lies... was selected for inclusion by the United States Library of Congress to its National Film Registry, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."[8][9]

In 2016, film critics for the website IndieWire selected No Lies as one of the ten best short films ever made.[10]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ WorldCat.org
  2. ^ BFI
  3. ^ MUBI
  4. ^ FilmAffinity
  5. ^ No Lies: Direct Cinema as Rape on JSTOR
  6. ^ UC Berkeley Library
  7. ^ The Best Found Footage/Mock-Doc Movies You Probably Haven't Seen|/Film
  8. ^ "Cinematic Classics, Legendary Stars, Comedic Legends and Novice Filmmakers Showcase the 2008 Film Registry" News from the Library of Congress (30 December 2008)
  9. ^ "Films Selected to the Library of Congress National Film Registry 1989-2010". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  10. ^ Ehrlich, David (July 25, 2016). "What Is The Best Short Film Ever Made? — Critics Survey". IndieWire. Retrieved September 12, 2016.

Literature edit

  • Vivian Sobchack (1977): No Lies. Direct Cinema as Rape. In: Journal of the University Film Association 29.4 (1977): pp. 13–18.
  • Mitchell Block (2006): The Truth about No Lies (If You Can Believe It). In: Juhasz, Alexandra; Lerner, Jesse (eds.) 2006: F is for Phony. Fake Documentary and Truth’s Undoing., Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, pp. 187–195, ISBN 978-0816642519

External links edit

  • No Lies... at IMDb  
  • for distribution information or to obtain a copy
  • for legal viewing