Through a lens darkly

‘The Village,’ a Novel by Nikita Lalwani is reviewed in The New York Times

In discussing his film “The Thin Blue Line,” Errol Morris called the claims of cinéma vérité — the style of documentary that privileges direct and unobtrusive observation — “spurious.” “Style does not guarantee truth,” Morris said. “The use of available light and a hand-held camera does not mean that what you are doing is any more truthful than anything else. Truth is a pursuit, it’s a quest.”