DVD Movie Night: "Capote"

"Capote" is worth renting if only to see actor Philip Seymour Hoffman's portrayal of the effete and blazingly intelligent author Truman Capote. It's an amazing performance. Hoffman truly earned his Oscar. The movie is superbly crafted and beautiful to look at. Dare we say, it is as close to perfection as a film can be. And yet, there was something missing from it, something we had hungered deeply for perhaps, and that something is more about Capote the man, the writer, the celebrity and his formative experiences beyond what the film affords us. Admittedly, "Capote" is not a biopic, it's not meant to be one. The movie is about a specific period of time in the writer's career and a specific experience -- the writing of his ground-breaking non-fiction crime book about the convicted murderers of a Kansas family in the 1950's.

Posted by Robsam at July 12, 2006 01:08 AM