Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Bill McNeal (A) on March 07, 2008 at 16:46:45

In Reply to: RE: Philip Seymour Hoffman posted by delboy on March 06, 2008 at 00:53:05

Two quick things: The book on which Owning Mahowney is based is "Stung" by Gary Ross. While the movie is, as you say, rather tepid at best except for the acting and maybe some of the Toronto shots, the book is a truly magnificent piece of non-fiction. Terse prose done to a really high level of artistry.

And the other: Capote, to me, is very much worth watching and I've expressed my high opinion of Hoffmann's portrayal previously. But again, the book In Cold Blood is Capote in full form, a magnificent writer (best out loud, in my opinion....). And I truly wonder if anyone below the age of 55, never having seen the televised Capote, a shocker in his day, will get any of the point of Hoffmann's performance.

A third makes me a fibber, but Boogie Nights is quite the taste of the seventies.