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Offline xrtoronto

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« on: June 01, 2006, 03:45:03 PM »
I purchased 19 films this past couple weeks and have watched many of them. One was Captoe and I must say I was very impressed. I also watched Crash and was much less impressed. (crash, was like a made for TV movie)

I didn't realize that the premise of the movie Capote is the timeline surrounding his writing of his best seller In Cold Blood. I would suggest to any who like movies to give this one consideration. Beautifully filmed and wonderful acting. I have not read In Cold Blood yet, but after seeing this movie it is on my list.

Has anyone else seen this flick? I'd like to hear your impression.

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« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2006, 03:54:52 PM »
saw film.  thought script and direction allowed audience to go from ignorance to discovery about Truman Capote.  

Usually it's the protagonist who undergoes the change.  Well done movie.

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« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2006, 03:57:08 PM »
I thought the movie was very interesting. Having read the book twice, it was pretty effective and very inciteful as to the inner workings of the mind that produced it.

However, after watching it, I found myself compeltely averse to Capote himself. I mean Jeezus, has there ever been a man, or woman more self-centered?? I doubt it.

Odd, because while his personality didn't really come through in the book itself--a credit to his penmanship, the depiction of Truman Capote made him seem like the biggest Diva ever (and I don't use that term lightly, or, for that matter, ever).

It was the last book he ever published, and this made sense to me. His ego consumed him and he imploded.

Either way, Phillip Hoffman was brilliant.