
This Action Lies
This Action Lies is a movie about the limits of observation, about staring very hard at something while listening to something else. It is a paranoid polyphonic apology of a simple act: offering three perspectives of an object that may not exist in a room that cannot exist, while at the mercy of a mistrustful monologue. In other words, a defense of cinema. This project expands ideas introduced in one of Kienitz Wilkins’ previous films, Indefinite Pitch (2016), and is similarly voice-driven, using an extended monologue to analyze a common and underappreciated commercial product, elevating it to the status of an almost Platonic form.
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Switzerland, United States of America
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United KingdomGB
- PremiereSource: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/james-n-kienitz-wilkins-action-lies (TATE)14 Nov 2018
CanadaCA
- Theatrical (limited)Toronto International Film Festival6 Sept 2019
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This Action Lies was released on 6 September 2019.
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