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I saw this a Big Lots for $3 and grabbed it. Boy, was I late to the party. This is the most finely produced actor's movie I've seen in a while. Hoffman's laser focus on his character was astounding. I know he got an Oscar for it but I had no idea of how good he was until I watched it. (I hope he wasn't like Depp or Depardieu and took a year to get out of character.)
It was interesting to see his personal involvement because the book crossed emotional and somewhat legal boundaries with him becoming a virtual accessory to the crime through his interviews and help.
One of the great ironies of Hoffman's performance is that it rehabilitates Capote's image that most of us remember from talk shows near the end of his life bringing back a more refined portrait of him while dispensing with his side show persona.
When they were executed so was Truman as he never finished another book.
Amazing film.
way better than the In Cold Blood half of the BD double feature (only way to get Capote on BD).
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Phil
Daniel Craig just wasn't Perry. He was too brutal looking and fiery....or perhaps I'm stuck on Blake and Moore's model.
I'm curious as to the near rape scene of Truman and the kisses. Is this grounded in reality or a "safe assumption"? Dead men can't sue so I guess the writer and director felt it was safe ground.
I liked both films but feel the Jones performance was superior to Hoffman's which was very good. I think Infamous was a better film.
-Wendell
... that cites the "Capote" film as better than "Infamous" - which like some persons here, I don't necessarily concur with.In "Infamous" actor Toby Jones' NY NY gay gadfly style and wit are spot on, even though I consider P.S. Hoffman an actors' actor. The vibe in "Infamous" is New York City. "Infamous" reveals the "fame bug" for what it is and the gravity of Truman Capote's personal realization without excuses. I liked that, and feel that in "Capote" the angst and betrayal were rather somewhat micro managed(?).
That said, for me the exceptional dynamic in "Capote" was with his female friend/writer Nell Harper Lee, the writer of "To kill a Mockingbird". Here you witness the genius of two ambitions - one trying to create a new literary form, and the other an upcoming woman whose work will be accepted as serious American literature made into film. "Capote" captures an unique long term professional friendship and chemistry. "Capote" also spells out more prison/relationship details - iir.
Both merit watching, and either would make a GREAT double feature with "Breakfast at Tiffany's".
Edits: 06/25/11
with Sandra Bullock + a stellar cast playing fellow luminaries like George Plimpton, "Infamous" is a remarkable film
G
smart to pass on that. Plan to see "Infamous".
more humor, presents Capote as a flawed but powerful + influential individual. Hoffman may have won the Oscar, but Toby Jones captures Capote in 3 dimensions far, far better
Which isn't to say that "Capote" is a bad film...
GW
Oh no, that was Rainman, wasn't it.
was overlooked...I thought, it was as good as Capote. Some years ago, it was the same with the 'Dangerous liaisons" and "Valmont." Valmont though, was much better movie.
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