Sunday, March 19, 2006
Which Is The True Man?
Like all of us, Truman Capote has many faces..... Three of which are pictured above. Truman Stecfus Persons, born in 1924 in the deep south, best-seller in my mid-1960s childhood, and talk-show/Studio 54 cliché in my formative years... Last night I finally saw 'Capote' fully and completely - without the half-hour doze I took in my December viewing, following eight grueling days of ten hours' driving... I must admit Philip Seymour Hoffman was brilliant, a high point in an already impressive career, of capturing a complex, unusual, sometimes unlikeable character already indelibly remembered by a generation, and doing him justice. It was a feat on par with Heath Ledger's brilliant incarnation of Ennis del Mar, which in any other year would have walked away with a Best Actor Oscar. "Capote" is a well-written and deftly directed film, which you should not miss.
It's sunny but chilly here in New York on this Sunday morning. I've been sleepy most of the weekend, and lazy... Today though I have lunch and dinner plans. So I should probably get to the gym.... : - )
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