Phil fils up the screen with Capote!

Rating: 9/10 (31 January 2006)

Phillip Seymour Hoffman was astonishing as legendary writer Truman Capote in the bio film "Capote". It is an Oscar-caliber performance that has been acclaimed by numerous critics as the unsurpassed acting of the year. Truman Capote was quirky, garrulous, self-centered, liquorish, gay, and extroverted. Hoffman was not "off man" in portraying those aforementioned cluster of characteristics in the Capote character. I am delighted that more filmgoers will now "Seymour" I mean "see more" of Hoffman's work. He has been one of the most undervalued actors for some time now. His acting forte is to play sad sack losers. However, Hoffman is a winner and might very will be one come Oscar night. Truman Capote was the "Truman Show" and center of attention of many New York cocktail galas and parties. His exuberant personality was more of a façade and defense mechanism for his sadistic self-esteem. The film for the most part solely fixates on the developments of his classic novel "In Cold Blood". The libro told the bloody tale of a mid-western family who were violently murdered in (you got it!) cold blood by two psychotic killers. Capote actually befriended the psychopaths to aid him with the non-fiction narrative. The supporting cast of "Capote" was also bloody good: Catherine Keener as his confidante Harper Lee, Chris Cooper as the local lawman Alvin Dewey, Bruce Greenwood as Truman's lover Jack Dunphy, and Clifton Collins Jr. as slayer Perry Smith. However, this was Hoffman's show! Director Bennett Miller and Writer Dan Futterman are the true men who meticulously developed a bloody potent film. This "Capote" should not to be "caput". Write on! ***** Excellent