In this riveting doc, Sieveking, looking for artistic inspiration, decides to take the advice of his filmmaking idol David Lynch and enter the world of transcendental meditation (TM). TM’s founder, the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, came to Hollywood in the late 1950s, securing a great many prominent followers that included the Beatles and Mia Farrow. Sieveking participates in an expensive meditation training course, is given a personal mantra, and tries his best to fly like a yogi. But before long, an increasing number of inconsistencies emerge. The Indian guru’s organization is now an empire worth billions. When the Maharishi dies, a quarrel breaks out over his successor, and Lynch becomes one of the organization’s international ambassadors. Sieveking becomes determined to uncover the truth about TM, travelling to India and across the U.S., even when he claims he's threatened with a lawsuit. Will his quest lead to enlightenment or to a bottomless pit of mystery?
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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