In response to Lang Thompson's interesting question, I think of "Stage
Fright," where a flashback illustrating a character's version of certain
events turns out to be a lie, and possibly "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" (I
don't remember if in this movie you actually see anything untrue, but there
are a number of destabilizing plot twists).  Also, perhaps, "Diabolique,"
"Vertigo," and a fascinating movie called "Mark of the Vampire" where
supernatural doings are revealed to have been an elaborate theatrical hoax.
In these last three films, we don't see anything that is literally false, but
are strongly encouraged to interpret events in a misleading way.
 
By the way, speaking of literary prototypes, my favorite unreliable narrator
is Charles Kinbote in Nabokov's "Pale Fire."
 
 
 
Barbara Bernstein                       email: [log in to unmask]
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