2006 · drama · crime
Infamous
Directed by Douglas McGrath1h 50m2006
While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.
Our read: Infamous (2006) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · crime entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- bleak
- cold
Watching Infamous tonight? Spin for your lens.
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How Infamous feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want Capote's Kansas obsession told as glittering salon gossip and moral rot.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if true-crime exploitation and execution grief feel too heavy after dinner.
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