The invention of lying

There are two big tragedies in life, one is living in a world where everybody lies, and the other, even worse, is living in a world where everybody says the truth.
I guess this is the message of the movie.
In a world where everybody is honest, the one who is not becomes a hero and a quite successful guy.
This couldn’t of course happen in everyday contemporary world, but "For what is Truth?
In matters of religion, it is simply the opinion that has survived.
In matters of science, it is the ultimate sensation. In matters of
art, it is one's last mood."
It is a way of denying reality.
Aren’t dreams much better?

Dorian Gray

One thing must be said and that is today’s movies are so technically good that it is a pleasure to look at them, even if the movie is nothing new or nothing special.
This in my opinion is the case with this.
The picture is so perfect, and so crisp, it is almost like being there.
I nevertheless would never make a movie out of any of Oscar Wilde´s work.
Its work is great for the way it is written, for what he says, not certainly for the story.
The Picture of Dorian Gray was one of my favorite (being Oscar Wilde one of my favorite author).
Not certainly the Movie.