No Lies Explained
No Lies |
Director: | Mitchell Block |
Producer: | Mitchell Block |
Starring: | Shelby Leverington |
Cinematography: | Alec Hirschfeld |
Editing: | Ray Anne School |
Distributor: | Direct Cinema Ltd. |
Runtime: | 16 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
No Lies is a 1973[1] [2] American short drama film made by Mitchell Block while he was a student at New York University.
Summary
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
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
Literature
- 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,
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.worldcat.org.nz/title/-no-lies/oclc/1179411737?referer=di&ht=edition WorldCat.org
- https://web.archive.org/web/20220211034639/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b74d9e67b BFI
- https://mubi.com/films/no-lies MUBI
- https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/film713789.html FilmAffinity
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/20687385 No Lies: Direct Cinema as Rape on JSTOR
- https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/mrcvault/videographies/no-lies UC Berkeley Library
- https://www.slashfilm.com/519600/best-you-havent-seen-1/ The Best Found Footage/Mock-Doc Movies You Probably Haven't Seen|/Film
- https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2008/08-237.html "Cinematic Classics, Legendary Stars, Comedic Legends and Novice Filmmakers Showcase the 2008 Film Registry"
- Web site: Films Selected to the Library of Congress National Film Registry 1989-2010 . . 2014-02-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130524185407/http://www.loc.gov/film/nfrchron.html . 2013-05-24 .
- Web site: Ehrlich. David. What Is The Best Short Film Ever Made? — Critics Survey. July 25, 2016. IndieWire. September 12, 2016.