Capote. Real Drama.

I am choosing to write about one of the best movies I have ever seen. I am a huge movie buff and it is difficult to find a well-produced and well-acted movie in these times. The movie Capote is based on the writer Truman Capote, it premiered 30 September 2005 and it was directed by Bennett Miller. The leading role was played by Philip Seymour Hoffman along with Clifton Collins Jr. and Catherine Keener. All three of them were brilliant in this film. Capote was a writer in the 1959 and was in pursuit of a story for a new book and he decides to research a murder that took place in Kansas. I won’t spoil all of it for you but as he does his research Capote develops a close relationship with one of the killers (just to make things more complicated), Perry Smith. Capote faces trouble with in his own life as the two of them begin to love one other. As the mystery begins to unfold you see Capote struggle with his feelings for Smith as he knowingly gives Smith hope when there is none. The two of them have an electric friendship that captures the audience with the amount of truth that comes out their relationship. Even now as I think back on the movie I get emotional when I think about the characters. You fall in love with each of the men because it is rare that you find a friendship quite like theirs. While the film is a drama it has its comic moments because Capote is such a lively man. Capote’s personality shows in his relationship with his best friend Nelle Harper Lee (Catherine Keener). Lee participates in the research and continues as moral support for Capote. The film gives some good insight into Truman Capote’s life. The film was shot in a total of 36 days and the day it opened was on Truman Capote’s birthday. This movie was simply remarkable and well worth the 114 minutes.