There are two camps. One is pro Capote and another is pro Infamous and I am proud to be in the latter group. After watching Infamous, Capote is nowhere close to it. Then again as I said, there are two camps.
Where Infamous is heartwarming and heart wrenching that runs with sexual undertones, Capote is a dry and bland crime drama. Phillip Seymour Hoffman is a little too overrated for this movie but he is over the top for Doubt. Toby Jones who played Truman Capote in Infamous is way much better.
Both the movies are based on Capote's research for his new book 'In Cold Blood' that lead him to all kinds of obstacles and thus, ending of his own writing career. It was this book that literally devoured him from writing anything just as good or as powerful. The two movies with similar plot however differ greatly in the nuances that make Truman Capote who he really was. Watch Capote and watch Infamous and see which camp you prefer but ultimately the story within the story of this amazing tale is still as mind blowing whichever way you look at it.
6/10
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