Capote

Served by a superlative ensemble cast, Capote manages to be a detailed character study of the writer and his entourage, with an increasing sense of sadness creeping in over the course of its running time. Philip Seymour Hoffman has of course been the focus of much of the praise heaped upon this film, but I am equally inclined to highlight the achievement of Dan Futterman, whose first script this is.

Capote, as portrayed here, is not always the most sympathetic of characters, yet for all his failings, he is never less than compelling. The exact nature of his developing relationship with Perry Smith is ambiguous all the way, but this is a film which does not hesitate to show its characters as human, and thus severely flawed. This alone makes it worthy of attention.

(13th March 2006)

Comments:
hardly a sympathetic man. a talented genius, but a real prick in many ways, and totally self-absorbed and self-destructive. I love his work, and i'm intrigued by the man, but i'm glad i wasn't one of the myriad people he totally fucked over and betrayed. can't wait to see the film.
# posted by Blogger Aethlos : 3:13 AM
 
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