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Miljanović began his career at an officers’ school in Banja Luka. After nearly a year, he changed his mind and decided to redirect his efforts into the field of art. For the purpose of the film, Do You Intend to Lie to Me? Miljanović used certain tactics to push the viewer into the world of brutal reality. Members of a special police unit stormed a cafe, arrested a man and escorted him to a police station in handcuffs, while the entire operation was monitored from above by helicopters. An interrogation ensues. Details of the suspect’s life are revealed with 26 questions. The audience feels as if they are standing on the other side of a one-way mirror in the interrogation room. They can hear the suspect’s replies, and are offered a brief look at the lie detector results.

(excerpt from text for 53. October Salone, Belgrade)

Galit Eliat (Israel)

Alenka Gregoric (Slovenia)

  Mladen Miljanovic e- iserveart@gmail.com