A film about lies and with the contradicting title of 'True Story' - how could the dishonest woman resist?
So the story begins with Michael Finkel - a well respected New York Times journalist - making the career destroying decision to play with the facts of one of his articles. He's at the top of his game, the pressure is on. He becomes a dishonest man, gets uncovered, and no newspaper will touch him.
And then Christian Longo, in prison for allegedly murdering his family, starts uses Finkel's name. The two meet and a cat and mouse game begin - who's telling the truth? who can be trusted? what are lies and what are facts? And what are the implications of getting to the true story?
Finkel's compulsion to know the truth is fascinating. A drive, not necessarily to want to believe - especially when faced with the dilemma of can we believe what is before us - is everything as it seems? Is it more a fear that our own instinct might betray us? And to know the truth - at what cost?
Which comes back to my contemplations over dishonestly - and is there such thing as being dishonest to be honest...
I won't spoil the film - that would be a shame.
