(aka 'At the Heart of the Lie' or 'The Color of Lies')
Director Claude Chabrol, one of the most successful members of the French New
Wave, is still (after a hugely busy career) able to breathe life into suspense
with subtlety, irony, and humor. Considering he returns time and again to the
French bourgeoisie, the freshness of his films is all the more striking. Yet it
is the middle classes, the gulf between what they say and what they actually
think, and the importance of things left unsaid which stoke the drama of so many
of his films.
And so it is with "The Colour of Lies", a gentle but powerful
psychological thriller, which targets a failing French painter and his
increasingly introspective wife, both of whom live in a Brittany fishing
village. One of his art students - a young girl - is found raped and murdered,
and he - immersed in nervousness and gloom - is placed under the microscope by
the police and the gossipy, judgmental community, with even his own expressions
suggesting he might well be guilty. His wife's demeanor, meanwhile, hints at a
woman who, though clearly very loving, would quite like to withdraw from her
marriage and enjoy an affair with the media celebrity next door, a glib,
charming egotist played by Antoine de Caunes. It is this ambiguity in both
husband and wife which keeps the other - and us - guessing.
Excerpt from a Review by Michael Thomson of the BBC.co.uk website located HERE
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Theatrical Release: January 13th, 1999
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| Runtime | 1:48:00 | |
| Video | 1.62:1
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Edition Details: • "Moteurs
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Looking at the last large capture you can see very noticeable 'combing' - this indicates that the image was not transferred each frame individually and hence is not progressive meaning it is no where near what it could potentially be represented as. As an aside; the reason that we focus so heavily on these imperfections (ie. 'ghosting' and 'combing'), that may not be particularly debilitating on your television tube viewing, is that we remains certain that you will own your DVDs longer than you own your current system. When you do upgrade the deficiencies of DVDs like these will become much more prevalent and hence detract from your viewing experience. Aside from that problem the image is a bit hazy, but
colors look muted and acceptable. It is probably slightly cropped from
1:66 to 1:61. The 2.0 original French audio seems clear and consistent.
The extras are good and like the transfer ported right from, and
licensed by, MK2. The 1/2 hour 'making of' featurette is very good.
Overall another unremarkable Kino transfer.
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The Films in My Life |
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Robert Bresson (Cinematheque Ontario Monographs, No.
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