Capote

IN CLOOD BLOOD has long been one of my favourite novels.
Though I haven't read it for a long time, it's one that I'd read again and again.
It is, of course, a factual novel based on a murder that took place in Kansas in 1959.
The novel was written by TRUMAN CAPOTE.
The movie CAPOTE deals with the years that it took the author to write his masterpiece.
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN won the Academy Award for this portrayal of Capote.
He is simply amazing in the role, and in a year of excellent nominees, he was certainly deserving.
Not limited to HOFFMAN, the film is also lucky to have two other excellent actors in prominent roles: CHRIS COOPER and BRUCE GREENWOOD.
The movie is both humourous and sad, touching and horrifying.
I'm not sure that there was anything in the movie that I didn't know, but that doesn't detract from the film.
Simply put, it's an excellent movie.