Markopoulos called Lysis “a study in stream-of-consciousness poetry of a lost, wandering, homosexual soul” and felt that the film foreshadowed The Illiac Passion.
There are moments which are almost unbearably tense, to which the agitated camerawork only adds to the sense of genuine peril. And the peril is genuine.
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Amber Wilkinson
RTEye for FilmMar 29, 2019
The improvised nature of the script also works in its favour, with the unpredictability for the actors themselves translating to tension on the screen.