Lies
- sombre
- intense
- bleak
- cold
- intimate
Sombre, steady, extreme drama / erotic, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →A Korean high school student and a married sculptor embark on a sexual odyssey soaked in sadomasochism and love.
Our read · Lies (1999) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama · erotic entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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The shape of Lies
What watching it is actually like.
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The reading.
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