touching on a controversy

Rating: Null/10 (9 February 2006)

I loved this movie, and I noticed that the writer and director very delicately handled an intellectual debate that has been circulating for some time. That is, the debate on whether or not Harper Lee wrote "To Kill a Mockingbird", or whether Truman Capote actually wrote it and gave it to her as a gift. In the scene where Lee is congratulated on the book at a cocktail party, she is noticeably uncomfortable. Seconds later, someone mutters "I didn't even know she was a writer." Furthermore, I think Hoffman's brilliance as an actor is evident as he is riding in a car on the way to party celebrating the TKAM movie premiere. You see in his countenance "I should have held onto this book - look at the money and acclaim. Menawhile, I may have committed social and career suicide by putting everything into this book which may never even be completed." What do other people think if this aspect of the film. I was astounded by how the issue was touched on without being delved into.