Truman Capote: Every Word Is True

Infamous, a new Truman Capote biopic (held back so as not to interfere with last year's Capote), will be released in NYC and LA on October 13, 2006. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival on August 31, 2006.

Infamous is based on George Plimpton's Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career (1997), a 500-plus page literary/celebrity adventure even more entertaining than the Plimpton-edited, Jean Stein-authored Edie: American Girl (1982) oral bio of Edie Sedgwick. (Factory Girl should be out soon, too).

Douglas McGrath (b.1958), the screen writer and director, previously co-wrote Bullets Over Broadway (1994) with Woody Allen and directed Emma (1996), Company Man (2000), and Nicholas Nickleby (2002). This ought to be an interesting and entertaining film, to say the least.

Toby Jones stars as Capote, Sandra Bullock plays Harper Lee (though I'm not a big fan, she might do well with this part). Mr. James Bond 007 himself, Daniel Craig, here plays none other than Perry Smith, the infamous In Cold Blood killer, along with Dick Hickock (Lee Pace in this version). There are other stellar supporting actors, including Peter Bogdanovich (as Bennett Cerf), Jeff Daniels (as Alvin Dewey), Sigourney Weaver (as Babe Paley), Michael Panes (as Gore Vidal!), Hope Davis (as Slim Keith),Gwyneth Paltrow (as Peggy Lee!), Isabella Rossellini (as Marella Agnelli) and Juliet Stevenson (as Diana Vreeland). It's going to be quite the Black and White Ball. Have you heard? Nearly everyone is invited!

I love these kinds of films. Though some things are obviously better than others, anything about writers and artists of all kinds is worth a shot -- it's all good. The more the merrier.

Today's Rune: Movement.

Ciao, darlings!