: Shot in a semi-cinéma vérité style, the film often blurs reality and fiction by including auditions and behind-the-scenes interviews with the cast and author.
Director Jang Sun-woo shot the film in a raw, semi-cinéma vérité style. He frequently breaks the fourth wall by splicing in actual audition tapes of the actors and behind-the-scenes crew interactions to remind the audience that they are watching a constructed fiction. Raw, Non-Simulated Realism: nonton film lies 1999 korea best