A Liar’s Autobiography – Competition
A Liar’s Autobiography is out on DVD out now and we’re giving away three copies and three posters.
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He’s been sentenced to six years, though we never find out what for. Everything he is, which isn’t much, and everything he’ll become, which is formidable, comes from the prison, and starts at this moment.
The Blooms grow up to be globetrotting fraudsters from a bygone era – executing complex and ingenious con tricks on their rich, hapless victims.
Former prison cellmates Vic and Danny have hatched a plan: kidnap the daughter of a multi-millionaire and hold her to ransom for £2million.
Baumbach has crafted another whimsical and thought-provoking piece of work, which this time dwells upon ageing, depression and regret.
Using magic runes and electronic devices, Bennet and Simon are able to walk through closets and find all the hidden skeletons inside and deal with them.
Cage pulls off one of the greatest performances of his career; his painfully hunched-over appearance is as uncomfortable to watch, as it is utterly compelling.
The action is kinetic and exciting and I absolutely cannot fault the cinematography, but I wouldn’t expect anything less from the director of Blade Runner. What I would expect is a dose of originality.
It will certainly not live as long in the memory as Fantasia, Dukas’ symphony or Goethe’s poem but it is a harmless, family film that knows its audience. The audience just needs to show up in the first place.
Just like its video game forefather, this will provide short-term escapism and perhaps just the slightest feeling of having your brain switched off for a couple of hours.
The premise of this film is nothing new. A suburban couple, set in their ways, decide to head to the big city to spice up things up and meet with disaster.