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Pathological | movie | 2024 | Official Featurette
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12/15/2023
A woman who’s a pathological liar wakes up one day to discover her lies have become true. | dG1fWkV4OVBGVEZwOEU
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00:00
(dramatic music)
00:02
- Hi, my name is Alison Rich.
00:06
I am the writer, director, and lead actor
00:08
of the narrative short "Pathological."
00:10
"Pathological" is a dark comedy
00:12
about a woman who is a pathological liar.
00:15
- I speak Dutch.
00:16
- I thought your boyfriend was a neurosurgeon.
00:17
- Yes.
00:18
- But he also works at NASA.
00:19
- He both, he does both.
00:21
- Who wakes up one day to discover
00:23
her lies have become true.
00:25
- Oh my God!
00:28
- I was inspired to make this film
00:31
after reading this insane New York Times article
00:34
about this seemingly normal, confident guy
00:37
who had ruined his life with pathological lying.
00:41
And what really interested me was that
00:43
there were these psychologists who waited in the article
00:45
who said most pathological liars
00:47
consider themselves to be really boring.
00:50
And they lie because they think
00:52
if they're just honest about who they really are,
00:54
no one would be interested in having them in their life.
00:57
And while I'm not a pathological liar,
00:59
I found that sense of inadequacy
01:01
that pathological lying taps into really relatable.
01:05
I also found that, you know,
01:06
the lies that pathological liars tell
01:09
can often be really funny and entertaining.
01:12
And I just thought it would be an awesome
01:14
filmmaking challenge to bring to life
01:17
these outlandish lies.
01:19
- I know Ariana Grande.
01:20
- Ugh, she's so annoying.
01:22
She's like obsessed with how you smell.
01:23
- I'm so psyched to be at the festival.
01:25
My last narrative short, "Training Wheels,"
01:28
premiered at the festival in 2022,
01:30
but then the festival got shut down 'cause of Omicron.
01:33
So I am so thrilled to be back with this new project
01:36
and really grateful to the Sundance community.
01:38
I hope you watch the film.
01:39
I hope you enjoy it.
01:40
And thank you so much.
01:43
(upbeat music)
01:46
(dramatic music)
01:49
(upbeat music fades)
01:52
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