Spies and Lies

It's difficult to believe that this is a true story, because it is so amazingly incredible, and yet a prominent clique at the top of the government took everything seriously from the beginning, and so they all just had to follow the whole thing through to the end. The most amazing thing is that anyone could believe it from the beginning, since it was so brazenly improbable and fantastic going over the top from the beginning. You have to look at it from the perspective of the actual war, the Japanese having taken Singapore and threatening Australia, and that's why the shrewd plot seemed so convincing that no one could doubt it. Perhaps Sid Ross even believed it himself in the end, when a lie is carried too far those who invented it more often than not fall victims to it themselves. It's a wondrous story, well written and acted, and must fill anyone with wonder and awe. I was very sceptical from the beginning, but when finally everything stumbled on just a parking ticket involving the police, which trifle was handled with careless stupidity, the whole thing became serious as it started approaching the truth. You could regard it as a comedy and a thriller, but it is actually more like a documentary and a page out of real life, showing in detail the workings of a con brain in its unquestionable shrewdness and astute cleverness.