{"id":4102,"date":"2012-01-15T16:52:11","date_gmt":"2012-01-15T21:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/?p=2795"},"modified":"2012-01-15T16:52:11","modified_gmt":"2012-01-15T21:52:11","slug":"jan-kadar-does-cancon-%e2%80%93-lies-my-father-told-me-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=4102","title":{"rendered":"Jan Kadar does CanCon \u2013 Lies My Father Told Me (1975)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/LiesMyFatherToldMe_CAD_poster_m.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2796\" title=\"LiesMyFatherToldMe_CAD_poster_m\" src=\"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/LiesMyFatherToldMe_CAD_poster_m.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"325\" \/><\/a>As happens with most Canadian films produced during the  seventies, their eventual DVD release takes decades, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/dvd_reviews\/j2l\/3797_LiesMyFatherToldMe.htm\">Lies My Father Told Me<\/a><\/strong> [<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=4097\">M<\/a>] (1975) finally emerges via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liesmyfathertoldmedvd.com\/\" >Ergo Media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re counting, that\u2019s 36 years for an Oscar-nominated film with an  Oscar-winning director to reach audiences again, after disappearing from  circulation, except on TV airings and rare screenings (such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/tiff.net\/filmsandschedules\/tiffbelllightbox\/2011\/3300000196\" >recent<\/a> Canadian Open Vault showing at the TIFF Bell Lightbox).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lies <\/strong>was directed by Jan Kadar (<strong>The Shop on Main Street<\/strong>,  <strong>Adrift<\/strong>), and marks his final feature film before moving into TV. Shot on location in Montreal,  the production beautifully captures the spartan courtyard where the  relationship between a young boy (newcomer Jeff Lynas) and his devoted  grandfather (Yossi Yadin) is discombobulated by a father (Len Birman) hungry  for instant financial success.<\/p>\n<p>Set in the 1920s, the film looks authentic, and while Ted  Allan\u2019s character of grandfather Zaida isn\u2019t wholly original, the film\u2019s cast  is quite strong, particularly Birman, who\u2019s marvelous voice is recognizable to  fans of <strong>Rocket Robin Hood<\/strong>. Also in  the cast is Marilyn Lightone, she of the annoying \u2018voice of Bravo\u2019 TV bumpers,  who\u2019s also fine as David\u2019s ever-exhausted mum.<\/p>\n<p>Coming soon is a related review of \u00a0<strong>Adrift<\/strong> (1971), Kadar\u2019s rarely-seen suspense film that\u2019s part experimental, film noir,  and erotic thriller mash-up, with come-hither-so-I-can-hurt-you Paula Pritchett as the central temptress Anada.<\/p>\n<p>Now if only someone would release both the TV version &amp;  theatrical cuts of Mordecai Richler\u2019s Montreal-set <strong>Joshua Then and Now<\/strong> (1985), or better: a restored cut that  integrates the profanity from the theatrical (released by Fox) into the longer  TV mini-series (broadcast by the CBC).<\/p>\n<p>I know. Legal nightmare. But it <em>does <\/em>star James Woods &amp;  Alan Arkin, for Pete\u2019s sake.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>,  Editor<br \/>\n<strong>KQEK.com <\/strong>(  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/Main_Index_Page.htm\">Main Site<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php\">Mobile Site<\/a> )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review of Ergo Media&#8217;s new DVD of Lies My Father Told Me(1975), Jan Kadar&#8217;s film version of Ted Allan&#8217;s semi-autobiographical tale of 1920s Jewish Montreal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[1012,1008,1011,1010,4212],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-14a","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4102"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}