WHERE THE TRUTH LIES

Director: Atom Egoyan
Cast: Kavin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman, Kristin Adams
Shemaroo World Cinema



Watching Atom Egoyan’s attempt at film noir on DVD is like watching a visual spectacle through the glasses of an 80-year-old. It’s all a bit hazy. Where The Truth Lies is the story of two showbiz performers Vince Collins (Colin Firth) and Lanny Morris (Kevin Bacon), who are accused of murdering a young girl. As authorities are unable to produce substantial evidence, both Vince and Lanny aren’t prosecuted. A young journalist, Karen (Alison Lohman) decides to unravel the incident and unveil the truth.

The film is based on the high life of Los Angeles and its narrative starts in the ‘50s and goes up till the ‘70s. The cinematography is par excellence and director of photography Paul Sarossy can take a bow as his camera work has captured the stage performances and LA clubs in vivid detail. Visuals are similar to those seen in David Lynch’s Blue Velvet and David Fincher’s Se7en.

Alas, the quality of the disc lets down all that is good about this movie. The disc has been encoded in a less-than-satisfactory manner which results in the visuals being reproduced at below-par quality. With no added features on the disc, it seems as if the disc was compiled in a hurry. Obtaining an alternate copy of this world cinema title might not be an easy task, so all the noir
fans out there will have to suffice with Shemaroo’s lack luster DVD.