Capote

[tonnerre]

Capote is wonderful on almost every level. It is probably the best biopic I've seen, since I was very pleased to see that the story does not touch upon his homosexuality at all, like a normal biopic would fetishize about. Like b.miller's RIVETING story about a musician with a drug problem.

The only con I can find in the film was the fact that the movie wasn't very cinematic. What I mean is, it's completely character driven, heavily reliant on dialogue to forward the story, there is virtually no soundtrack, and could have been easily been a stage play with only tiny adjustments. Being a filmmaker, these kind of little things get to me. Why write a movie that could be on stage? Ironically, it didn't bother me at all while watching it, so yay. In retrospect, actually, the absence of music helped (I can't stand scores that attempt to make a tense scene tenser)

On a side note, I was very disappointed when most of the people in the theater started leaving during the titles talking about Truman Capote never writing another book! The movie isn't even over yet and they leave! Kill those bastards, seriously....

I wouldn't mind watching it again anytime soon.