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In Cold Blood (1968)
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Truman Capote's extraordinary nonfiction book about the course of two killers in this world--their lives, their senseless slaughter of an entire family, their executions--was faithfully adapted for the screen in this 1967 film by Richard Brooks (Deadline USA, The Blackboard Jungle). Robert Blake and Scott Wilson are remarkable as the murderers, but what has kept this film special over the decades is Brooks's blunt, clearheaded, and nonsensational approach to the story. (The term "semidocumentary" has been applied to Brooks's style on this film, and it's an entirely fair description.) The experience of watching In Cold...
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Last year we were treated to two movies about Truman Capote writing the book from which this film was made - Capote and Infamous.
I cannot imagine a movie like this being made in 1967. A stark, powerful and chillingly brutal drama; elevated to the status of a film classic by the masterful direction of Richard Brooks...
(complete In Cold Blood review by Movie Addict)
| In Cold Blood Movie Review by Lona (2/9/2007) |
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Based on a true crime turned into a non fiction book by Truman Capote, In Cold Blood is the story of a heinous crime gone wrong. Perry Smith and Dick Hickcock ruthlessly murder the Clutter family, convinced by an ex cell mate that the Clutters have a safe containing $10,000 in their house; they kill all 4 family members...
(complete In Cold Blood review by Lona)
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