This Action Lies
2019, English. Directed by James N. Kienitz Wilkins.
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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- 0h 32m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- Released
- 6 September 2019
- Country
- Switzerland, United States of America
- Written by
- James N. Kienitz Wilkins
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This Action Lies runs 32 minutes (0h 32m).
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This Action Lies isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 September 2019. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like This Action Lies?
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Who directed This Action Lies?
This Action Lies (2019) was directed by James N. Kienitz Wilkins and stars James N. Kienitz Wilkins.