No Lies

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No Lies
DVD cover
Directed by	Mitchell Block
Written by	Mitchell Block
Produced by	Mitchell Block
Starring	Shelby Leverington
Cinematography	Alec Hirschfeld
Edited by	Ray Anne School
Distributed by	Direct Cinema Ltd.
Release date	May 1973 (1973-05)
Running time	16 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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

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

• List of American films of 1973
• Found footage
• Mockumentary

Notes

1. Mitchell Block (director), Alec Hirschfeld (cinematographer) (1973). No Lies (DVD) (motion picture). Santa Monica, CA: Direct Cinema Limited (published 2007). OCLC   1179411737.
2. "No Lies". BFI. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022.
3. "No Lies (1973)". MUBI.
4. "No Lies". FilmAffinity.
5. Sobchack, Vivian C. (Fall 1977). "No Lies: Direct Cinema as Rape". Journal of the University Film Association. 29 (4). University of Illinois Press: 13–18. JSTOR   20687385.
6. "No Lies". UC Berkeley Library. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017.
7. "The Best Found Footage/Mock-Doc Movies You Probably Haven't Seen". /Film . February 2, 2012.
8. "Cinematic Classics, Legendary Stars, Comedic Legends and Novice Filmmakers Showcase the 2008 Film Registry". Library of Congress. December 29, 2008.
9. "Films Selected to the Library of Congress National Film Registry 1989-2010". Library of Congress . Archived from the original on May 24, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
10. Ehrlich, David (July 25, 2016). "What Is The Best Short Film Ever Made? — Critics Survey". IndieWire . Retrieved September 12, 2016.

Literature

• Block, Mitchell (2006). "The Truth about No Lies (If You Can Believe It)". In Juhasz, Alexandra; Lerner, Jesse (eds.). F is for Phony. Fake Documentary and Truth's Undoing. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. pp. 187–195. ISBN   978-0816642519.

External links

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