Do You Believe in the Devil? and an interview with director Alex Grybauskas
Well, do you believe in the devil? The statistics of how many people do believe vary from time period to time period, country to country, but it's a belief as essential to some as the belief in God. What's the function of God and the Devil in our lives? Many people believe there's no such thing as either. Humanity by itself does a good job of personifying the storied traits of both. It's all a personal issue, for in the end, we may indeed face one of them, and it'll be alone. But what about before death? Do You Believe in the Devil? is a deep, dark, uncomfortably funny short film exploring how humans can be their own Devil, and what happens when it's time to pay the proverbial piper. Refreshingly weird and not your stock deal-with-the-devil set up, I really enjoyed the veiled themes in the film. It's an intelligent discussion on morality, I think, dressed as Stephen King meets 1,000 Ways to Die . It was wonderful to chat with director Alex Grybauskas o...