Yesterday I saw CAPOTE. It is the story of how Truman Capote finds out about, researches and publishes his best selling book "In Cold Blood". Phillip Seymour Hoffman did a great job portraying the dysfunctional Truman Capote.
I read, "In Cold Blood" when I was in my twenties, so when I happened upon this movie, I was interested. It moved a little slow but I found some things very interesting.
1. Truman Capote and Harper Lee (she wrote "To Kill A Mockingbird") were best friends. They grew up together in Alabama.
2. Being openly homosexual in the late 1950's wasn't easy. Harper Lee basically got Capote interviews with the people associated with the Clutter murder so he could begin the relationships. They didn't want to talk to him based on the way he dressed and talked. A lot of the time, she would do the interview and he would observe.
3. He sympathized with one of the killers, Perry Smith.
4. He bribed the warden of the prison so he could have unlimited access to the prisoners.
5. He provided attorneys for them all the way up until the Supreme Court appeal.
6. Truman Capote wrote "Breakfast at Tiffany's" which was banned from some small town libraries in the 50's.
2 comments:
Interesting. I didn't know he wrote Breakfast At Tiffany's. I read In Cold Blood and it gave me nightmares and still can. The movie was upsetting, too. I don't know if I would want to see this movie, although Capote sounds like a real character.
XO,
Jane
The timing of your post is uncanny! Being snowed in and in bed early due to a fall on ice, my daughter produced a copy of "In Cold Blood" for me to read just last evening. I finished it early this morning. The tale was so gripping I couldn't put it down, and it left me wishing to see the movie. Thanks for the review.
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