Truman Capote

Capote

Capote , the 2005 movie directed by Bennett Miller , starring Philip Seymour Hoffman , Catherine Keener , Clifton Collins , Jr , Chris Cooper and Bruce Greenwood , is the story of the making of Truman Capote 's 1966 non-fiction novel , In Cold Blood . Hoffman , playing Capote as a fish-out-of-water , a mincing homosexual researching his opus in a small Kansas town in 1959 , shares screen time with Keener 's Harper Lee , a childhood friend of the author . The true story of how Capote researched his book is not as compelling as the story he actually wrote . Keener

br playing Harper Lee , the author of To Kill a Mockingbird makes a more interesting figure and the viewer sometimes wonders why the movie isn 't about her and the making of her own opus

Keener , as Lee , is the key to Capote being able to access the rural people of the little Kansas town . They are amused by , and wary of the little man with the lisp and extravagant dress . It is she who opens the doors for him and permits the work to be researched . Hoffman , as Capote is technically on the mark , but his portrayal is still that of a hollow man . The audience is supposed to feel empathy for this tragic individual but there is little compassionate or passionate about him . The tragedy of the story is , in reality , the Kansas farm family who was slaughtered like animals by the socio-paths who will be exploited by Capote . The audience is supposed to care that the soulless sophisticated and dapper homosexual is attracted to the cold-blooded killer , and , most likely , is in love with him

The film is bleak and also runs out of steam by midpoint . The acting is good but the subject is bline disgusting . Capote exploited the community and the slain family . The film version of the actual Capote work , In Cold Blood , is a much better movie . Capote PAGE 2...