Retrobites: Capote in Kansas (1966)

[WavesOfTrolls]

hoffman = best actor ever

[tyandambika]

self absorbed beyond belief !

[jsilence418]

When it wants to CBC can produce work of real quality !

[VitoPossilipo]

I like "Infamous", but I have the impression, he is much too queenie and effiminate in the movie, but in "Capote" he is too masculine and in both movies the head bopping is missing.

[jntanglao1]

ummmm.... is he gay?

[grolcz]

as a matter of fact, yes, he was.

[jntanglao1]

just saw his movie capote, tnx...:)

[gabsylv]

@ExoticGawdess  aw, sod off!

[mahnu666]

The book is overwhelming. When someone, 50 years later, takes a book and follows a story and gets chills by reading it, boy, that's a Classic... No matter who the writter used to fuck with. Capote wrote a great story and I read it last week and got the feeling he actually wanted us to feel by reading it.

[wtoutback]

Capote bathed seemingly in the success of Cold Blood, but was never able to follow it with an equally gripping book. That's because the demands of the book and the long wait during the criminal appeals up to the executions saw this man self destructing...there was a toxic quality to it all that in the end..that got him too. So the Clutter family, the criminals and the author all died as a result of the crime and this man's obsession with fame and a classic that really isn't a classic.

[nomad2189]

ok u dont like Capote's In Cold Blood but what about Breakfast at Tiffany's that is a classic!!

[DancingSpiderman]

BWAAhaha, poor thing... he's such a poofo sissy.

[eme017]

haha he really is a character! thanks for having this interview on youtube!

[onlyjoetee]

this guy must have had a very very hard time in early life..im sure it made him who he was tho

[TMKchld]

what a character...

[Stetz1010]

Truman Capote was a hack....he had the audacity to say, "That's not writing, that's typing." in concern to Jack Kerouac, who is by far a superior author..

[maurice2002]

Stetz shut your mind off..

J. Kerouac's On the Road has been held out to be the beat generations 'bible'. But all it amounts to is homo-erotic crush on D.Moriarty wrapped in poor prose.

Cold Blood by Truman Capote, is possibly the greatest examination of the human existence ever transcribed.

Please don't just repeat what other's tell you is the truth. Look for yourself, you might find enlightenment - or just a higher appreciation of arts and life in general.

[maurice2002]

And before anyone can miscontrue my comments as homo-phobic... the simple fact that Kerouac's novella drips with latent homosexuality is not in itself the problem..

The problem is that he so influenced by his infatuation - to the extent that he allows the novellas form/subject matter to be ultimately shaped by it - and in doing so he stifles the possibility of any ground breaking literary innovation.l

[jimacheson]

well of course, you just made MY revelation possible... how COULD latent homosexuality be involved in groundbreaking literary innovation... what WAS he thinking?

[Stetz1010]

Are you sure you read the right book? You think On the Road was nothing but a book written about a homosexual "crush" on "D. Moriarty." Wrapped in poor prose? Your mind is diluted. You must be disturbed mentally. Do voices tell you to pick up the Stephen King bestseller sitting on the rack at Barnes & Nobles?

[Stetz1010]

Listen, On the Road is an introverted examination of the relationship between society, self, and God during the duration of several tremulous travels across our country discovering what lies beyond the ever monotonous life of a traditional 9-5 existence. And to call it poorly written is an insult to the author. Kerouac on the other hand could be considered one of the greatest influence of 20th century popular culture,

[Stetz1010]

and if you care to disagree I beg you to search beyond the world of literature into all avenues of media to realize what I mean. No matter how hard you argue, Capote won't ever be considered on the same level as Kerouac in the realm of lit. Nor will he leave such a legacy.

So, I don't think it is I who should shut off my mind, but you who should OPEN YOURS.

Idiot.

[Stetz1010]

And I'm personally offended that you think I would find any sort of enlightenment in Truman Capotes "In Cold Blood."] Or that I need to experience it in order to better appreciate the arts or life in general.

How egotistical of you.

There is no enlightenment in a narrative biography on 2 murderers who were given a celebrity status due to some blatant vain homosexual who you hold in such reverence.

[seanburman]

@Stetz1010

You must be pretty vain yourself to think that anyone should care about your views on art, life and homosexuality.

[Stetz1010]

@seanburman

No. I'm not vain. I'm just being a realist. Also, my comments are absolutely relevant to the topic being discussed. And where did I say that anyone should care about my views? Because plainly I did not. I stated my opinion, which is a very sound one, on someones dissection of Jack Kerouac and comparison too Truman Capote. And where did I state any opinion either for or against homosexuality? Oh yeah, I didn't. I said Capote was vain, which he was, so eat a bag of dicks.

[seanburman]

@Stetz1010 Read a book you arrogant piece of shit.

[Stetz1010]

@seanburman That's a pretty weak rebuttal. I've read hundreds upon hundreds of books. Pretty much any book that can be considered, or should be considered, a "classic," I've read. So, you lose.

[seanburman]

@Stetz1010

Jack Kerouac was a drunk idiot. Stop trying to pick apart and examine literature. Your vanity is making you look like an asshole.

[Stetz1010]

@seanburman Vanity is pride of appearance or accomplishment, and, as I've never mentioned any pride in my appearance, nor mentioned any accomplishments of my own, I've yet to express any type of vanity in my comments. So, your attempt at condescension is extremely poor. If you wish to insult me I'd appreciate it if you did so with just a tad bit more intellect.

[Stetz1010]

@seanburman Oh, and here's a list of some other, "drunk idiots," you let me know how unimportant they are, OK?

Ernest Hemingway, Edgard Allen Poe, Jack London, William Faulkner, Charles Bukowski, and Jack London.

Just to name a few.

I bet you think they're pretty "lame" too?

I think you lose again, buddy.

[glorioso6skinhead]

brilliant!!! hahahaha

[vonspre]

@itallxit2

Really?If so The Lord must be as BLIND as a bat!! lol

[Sophiegoldman22]

LOL Rufus Wainwright speaks like Capote !!! ajaj

[curtisrunstedler]

I love Capote, but what's up with his voice? I'm not trying to provoke controversy, I'm just wondering if he's really effeminate or if it's something else

[theboomerang131]

Capote was openly homosexual.

[barbarajayne]

@curtisrunstedler Capote was gay.

[holgerqueck]

"Infamous" seems to be good, too....

[DR000]

Holy shit. . . Philip Seymour Hoffman did a great job in portraying him in Capote. The looks, the voice, and the persona. Wow.

[ooozeGonnaSubscribe]

thats why he got so many awards ;)

[luftim]

ther is one god, allha uekber.!!! death to all infidels

[Julio910]

hahaha, a little terrorist

[vonspre]

@luftim

Have you heard any other bad joke lately?

[dustbunnieboo]

This is a great interview. Thank you for including this on YouTube.

[RyanInLA]

I love how stories just pour out of him. It's like he's in a trance.

[jenn90495]

And like yours is any better you pessimistic hypocrite.

[thefugitive1965]

I put flowers on his grave.

RIP

[pwned2ice]

Wow. Hoffman was dead on with his role.

[shimokita2]

Yeah - that's exactly what I thought when I saw this. Spot on.

[ilovechipotle85]

philip seymore hoffman did a great job playing capote.

[rpowarz]

ilovechipot, I agree!

[ilovechipotle85]

people can have all the negative opinions they want but hoffman nailed it.

you can't deny the past. its been done.

[Climber337]

dude it wasn't even hoffman that played the part.

[steve7onfire]

My goodness, Toby Jones does an incredible job of Truman in "Infamous". If you close your eyes and then listen to both Truman and Toby (impersonatiing Truman), I swear you couldn't tell the difference.

[natdooka]

oh i love him, he's so cute hahah

[LordLegless]

The chomping mouth thing at the beginning scared the crap out of me.

[pjbrubak]

There, there.

[karlval]

Just struck me how the voices of Truman Capote and David Sedaris are almost identical.

[theofficefreek]

...

[paolosilv]

Yeah, Breakfast at Tiffany's is great.

[taoofmichael]

Its Dill, from To Kill A Mockingbird!!!!!

[paolosilv]

Is it?

I might read In Cold Blood, looks interesting.

[taoofmichael]

Yep. He and (Nell) Harper Lee were childhood friends.

In Cold Blood is awesome. Brutal. But awesome.

[paolosilv]

I saw the film, it was excellent.

[dutchman1478]

yes it is, based on him as he puts it

[Paddyeahh]

I do like his voice.

[blacktopaz8]

wow he seems like a pretty happy guy...

[connberkshire]

He sounds like Droopy Dawg lol

[lucy2454lucy]

haha if only you all had any idea about his writing.

[VanessaAbaunza]

Look It doesn't matter how many books or creative writtings anyone does as long as it moves people in some way. If he even just wrote one quote that made someone think then thats enough to be a genius!. And Breakfast at Tiffany's is a classic forever!!!!

[newjersey421]

Watch the film "Capote" and you will be amazed, how well actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman plays Truman Capote !

[borkeyj11]

its amazing

[229095]

newjersey421: I KNOW!! I saw "Capote," and then saw footage of Truman Capote being himself, in interviews such as these, and it's nothing less than...startling, especially considering PS Hoffman's natural voice, movements, etc.

[ShannonVenasse]

Is that his real voice or is he just putting it on I wonder?!

[VitoPossilipo]

There are people who have such voices...or even more extreme. I´ve met one personally.

[Mapleholic]

real

[LuthiHaitsu69]

just love him

and all of his works <3

[JoseGarciaStandUp]

He has a unique voice because he was gay. That's why nobody liked him here in Garden City. I live in Garden City and at my school were learning about the Clutters

[jwalsman]

Jose you are stupid...people don't have "unique voices" because they are gay. Get out of Kansas every now and then.

[JoseGarciaStandUp]

I've only lived in Kansas for a year! I was born in California and I lived there for 13 years

[jwalsman]

I live in Los Angeles and your comment sounds like a true redneck, someone that's intolerant of people who are different than you. I don't particularly like people who are intolerant. Truman was a genius, he changed writing forever and no one has come close to what he was able to do. You likely are unable to comprehend that.

[JoseGarciaStandUp]

Come close to what he did? He only wrote a book and there was some movies on it. I think J.K. Rowling has done that and so did the author of Twilight

[Mrun985]

Are you honestly comparing Truman Capote to Stephanie Meyer? You should stick to viewing George Lopez

[JoseGarciaStandUp]

Hey man, if you ever come to Garden City or Holcomb ask somebody if they liked him. Somebody who was there when he came.

[Mrun985]

What does that have to do with anything, whether people liked him or not?

[JoseGarciaStandUp]

Because they should know why nobody liked him. And the only thing thats closest to me being a redneck is owning a few horses

[Mrun985]

Who the hell are you talking to? I asked if your were comparing Capote to Stephanie Meyer. I you were stop reading all together, nothing lies within the pages of those books for you to find. If you weren't, honest mistake.

[zuhly]

"He only wrote a book and there was some movies on it" HA!! In reading your comments I tried to have some tolerance, but that last one really got me haha. JK Rowling is at great writer, but to put her on the same level (right or wrong) as Capote simply b/c they both have books that turned into movies is just plain dumb. sounds to me like youre just 15 and don't have any idea about literature yet, so I cannot blame you.

[Mapleholic]

i dont mean to judge, but what are you 17?

You're right about everything though.

[zuhly]

why would you assume i'm seventeen? I'm actually 21 and will be getting my degree next year

[Mapleholic]

im sorry for the assumption but ive got nothing to go by but your typing.

[mikemosocw]

but surely you are being intolerant to those who are intolerant!

[Stetz1010]

@jwalsman

How did he change writing forever?

Please, educate me.

[MikeG506]

RAYBAN WAYFRAYERS!!! Stylin' :P

[ssballs]

Nice clips for history's sake.CBCtv!

[hosayif119]

Genius writer. Read "In Cold Blood" after I saw the movie "Capote".

[AkronTru]

Yeah he was gay with a voice and mannerisms that made him the subject of ridicule in an age of fools. He was also a social climber, marvelous writer, et al. Most of all he was a man of exceptional courage.

[shakebearr]

i agree, what a unique voice

[fuhrerschein2008]

such a unique voice

[dewan05]

so is he gay

[putasensura]

yes!

[INOCENTBDGRL]

DUH!

[maximillion55]

omg i kinda think hes cool. but i just love his voice

[lurussa]

OMG !!!! now I can say PSH did an excellent job on that movie !

[gothsdontcry]

Capote's persona caught up with him and he died a lonely and miserable emotional wreck.He manipulated everyone he came in contact with.He was an accomplished journalist no doubt but a failure as a human being.

[huddlpj]

Did you know him?

[darkenlight111]

did you?

[brownebass]

Did you know him or not???

[Kompe2]

wonder if hes laughs are real.. They seem summoned =)

[makoolit08]

Phillip Seymour Hoffman's portrayal was SPOT ON!!!

[moreth2000]

He did an amazing job, I agree!

[nerg111]

Great clip. You tube, again! I just finished watcing the Capote movie: "Infamous" with Toby Jones as Capote on cable TV here in a rainy Bangkok town. Local time 16:40.

Which is the best version Seymor Hoffman of Toby Jones?

[Warwickcain]

Hoffman.

[habrapoesia]

Watching this clip makes clear to me how incredible a job Philip Seymour Hoffman did in Capote.  The voice, the gestures, the laugh--but also the sensibility, and the sense of humor.

[douglueckemeyer1993]

haha. he sounds like a fag

[organist08]

Well, he was a homosexual, if that is what you mean. Perhaps you could try using different terminology?

[justnicknet]

And you sound like an ignorant cow.

[vonspre]

For god sake!How can you be so stupid?

[holtaprid]

The youth of America speaks!

[missprissy111111]

I love Truman Capote, delightful human being.

Thanks for the clip

[jhvscs]

A remarkabe writer and seemingly a nice man

[bigboobspecial]

Selfish man. Or as he was portrayed in the film.

[Warwickcain]

Sneaky. Devoted.