Sympathy for Capote

Rating: 9/10 (14 November 2005)

Great film. The images and shot selections conveyed a wonderful sense of location from New York, to Kansas, to the Costa Brava of Spain. I learned quite a bit about this writer who I never knew was such a vivid character. Tonight I'll have to go get a copy of In Cold Blood to round out the experience. Anyway, this film is quite an interesting exploration into the thin line between the interviewer and the subject as well as the struggle of the creative process. Hoffman's character struggled with this in the film, and one has to wonder what was really going on in those dark prison cells. The question I have is - are we, as viewers, supposed to sympathize with this Capote character?