
When Mark soon develops the ability to lie, Gervais invites us to consider the kindly aspect of lying - of telling people what they want to hear. In its comic way, the movie demonstrates how lies feed the imaginations and in some cases make life bearable. At the same time, lies can be self-serving and dangerous. To see 'The Invention of Lying' is to think about the degree to which lies run the world.
Just that would have been enough to form the intellectual backdrop for a serious-minded comedy. But Gervais and co-writer and director Matthew Robinson are also interested in religion. Gervais, who has talked about his atheism in his other work as a comedian, sees religion as a kind of ultimate lie, one that has been used for good and ill."
-- Mick LaSalle, making me wonder if he's telling the truth - I'm lying - because, now'a'days, you never know what you'll get in The San Francisco Chronicle.

I figured this movie had some religious propaganda involved.
ReplyDeleteThen you figured wrong:
ReplyDeleteIt's got anti-religious propaganda involved.
Actually i fully enjoyed it... the work quality is fantastic..
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