Lieberman in Love

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Movie
Original title Lieberman in Love
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1995
length 39 minutes
Rod
Director Christine Lahti
script Polly Platt
production Thom Colwell ,
Hillary Anne Ripps
music Stewart Levin
camera Marc Reshovsky
cut Lisa Bromwell
occupation

Lieberman in Love is an American short film directed by Christine Lahti in 1995, which won an Oscar in the category “Best Short Film” (Live Action) at the 68th Academy Awards in 1996 .

A short story by WP Kinsella was used as the basis for the film plot.

content

Joe Lieberman's wife recently died and has found it difficult to find his way around ever since. When he meets a woman he is attracted to, Shaleen turns out to be a prostitute. After appreciating their company, a relationship develops between the two of them that leads to Joe becoming a regular customer of Shaleen and even taking them to Hawaii when he is on vacation there.

When Joe wants to buy a condominium, he meets the real estate agent Kate, a beautiful woman for whom he quickly develops romantic feelings. With Kate married, Joe looks for a way to get her to give up on her husband. On the side, however, he continues his relationship with Shaleen undeterred, which involves complicated love entanglements, especially since he devises a diabolical plan to achieve his goal.

Production, background

The film was produced by Chanticleer Films Production and distributed by World Movies.

The author of the template Kinsella knew nothing about the filming of his short story by Christine Lahti. It wasn't until the film won an Oscar that he found out about it. It was not featured in the credits of the film, nor was it mentioned by Christine Lahti in her acceptance speech. Variety apologized to him in a full-page advertisement.

The film was shown in Brazil under the title A Paixão Segundo Lieberman , in Portugal under the title Lieberman Apaixonado and in Sweden under the title Änkemannen och kärleken .

criticism

VPRO Cinema spoke of a mercilessly romantic satire about the male-female relationship that comes very unexpectedly. Lahti is very good at her directorial debut, the script of which was subtly and originally written by Polly Platt.

Sky Cinema believed that the actors did their part perfectly, as one would expect, given that the film was made by an actress. The script by Polly Platt was also praised for being delicious, bizarre and amusing. The film deserved to win the Oscars.

Award

Academy Awards 1996 : Oscar for Christine Lahti and Jana Sue Memel and Lieberman in Love in the category "Best Short Film" (Live Action)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The 68th Academy Awards | 1996 sS oscars.org (English).
  2. ↑ Short Story Cinema: Lieberman in Love sS vpro.nl (Dutch). Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  3. ↑ Lieberman in Love Review sS sky.com (English)