To see 'La Faute des fleurs' is like being hit by a spaceship. A very Japanese spaceship. After having been told by a fan that here was a story that he shouldn't miss out on, Vincent Moon travelled to Japan to meet the 59-year-old Japanese folk singer and cult figure Kazuki Tomokawa, also known as 'the screaming philosopher'. From that moment on, the director's world had changed completely - and unsuspecting audiences who go and see 'La Faute des fleurs' can expect the same. Because Tomokawa, who at first sight looks like someone taken from a yakuza film, but who has in fact acted in films by both Nagisa Oshima and Takashi Miike, loses it completely. And he burns his bridges during a wild drinking spree, where he is constantly in danger of reaching out for yet another bottle instead of his guitar. This deeply moving portrait brings Tomokawa, his bungled relationship with his son and his passion for gambling at bike races to life. 'La Faute des Fleurs' is a quantum leap for Vincent Moon.
In his film company dokumentar.no Lie has since 2008 been working as a film director, cinematographer and producer for documentaries. He works with the new Canon EOS 5D/7D with HD film, and edits in Apple's Final cut.
With Haiti mon Amour (Kjære Haiti, hva nå?) Lie went to Port-au-Prince after the earthqake with Ole Paus and others. We followed the money collected by the norwegian consert Dugnad for Haiti and NRK, and then given to Red Cross, Church Aid and UNICEF. It is edited as a low budget film essay, an montage of images. (se video below)
He has since 2007 worked on a documentary portrait – The Seduced Human – Jørgten Leth and Haiti on the danish renowned filmmaker Jørgen Leth (2011). This one-hour documentary is financed so far by the Norwegian Film Institute with 720 000 kroner – and will be released in 2011. (se video below)
Lie is also editor-in-chief for DOX, the leading European quarterly magazine for documentary films, published by the European Documentary Network. See PDFs of the last magaines below.
Lie has been the editor-in-chief and publisher for Morgenbladet between 1993-2003, and has been editor-in-chief/publisher of the Nordic edition of the monthly newspaper Le Monde diplomatique between 2003-08, where he now is still the publisher and regulary film critic.
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