"Cold Blood" is a novel that is as wonderful as the text and gossip. In other words, it is a rare novel with a surging "human nature" inside and outside the story. I am afraid that there are very few writers who successfully reproduce the criminal psychology with such calm skills. At the same time, the drama is engulfed by its own contradictions. Infinite darkness.
Capote was already famous in the world when he wrote this novel. As a darling in the social world, he was witty and humorous, sharp and intelligent, and was well versed in the skills of approaching people's hearts. Even though he was an alien, he could impress others with a special charm. The sensitivity of a professional writer made him realize the particularity of the case in the film, and found resonance with Perry, one of the murderers, which made him interested in interviews and gradually became better. In the process, he developed a genuine sympathy for Perry. But the initial identity of the interviewer, as well as his huge expectations for this work and his calm stance on the moral level, all determined that he could not advance or retreat from the same angle as the murderer. That is to say, he gained the trust and confidence of the murderer in an intimate or even ally attitude, paving the way for his own creations, but in the end he was bound to detach himself as an antagonist and face the world—this is his real purpose of this trip, It is also a situation that will inevitably lead to future success that he cannot give up. This process of going deep into the enemy's rear and finally betrayal, the inner struggle, as well as the publication of the novel and the repeated delay of the murderer's execution, made the anxious Capote fall into violent turmoil.
This can be said to be a story with a very good natural structure, with just the right conflicting main line and a hidden secret that evokes reverie. On the surface, it seems to be a contradiction between a professional writer and a perceptive audience, a contradiction between a narrator who is watching the fire and a person who resonates with the same disease, but it is also implied. There are several indescribable psychological struggles, such as friends and passers-by, similar and different, sympathy and disgust. I think the performance of the script has been done to the best of my ability. Hoffman's performance is amazing. He portrays Capote's different sides with precision and neatness. The psychological change of the performance Capote's exposure to this matter is very delicate, interlocking and memorable. .
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Personally, I think only words like "fate" can describe Capote's encounter with "In Cold Blood". The depth of the human nature of "Cold Blood" stems from the delicate communication between him and Perry's identity offside. However, success is also Xiao He, and defeat is also Xiao He. Because of this offside, Capote may not be able to truly deny Perry from his heart, and it may be difficult to reconcile his love and pity for Perry's soul perspective and his disgust from the worldly perspective, and he may not be able to endure being here for a long time. And the increasingly unrecognizable self in the entanglement that can only go on in cold blood... He has to endure a series of butterfly effects brought about by this offside, just like Perry, who is waiting for judgment. Perry's panic and tears when he was executed, it looked as if the torture had finally ended, and his life had been respite - finally able to cry! No matter what it is for crying...but the truth is that as a writer, he has never had a higher peak in his life...this follow-up can be described as cruel.
Although it is possible to infer the significance of this experience to Capote in reverse, no one may accurately analyze how "Cold Blood" was projected in the second half of Capote's indulgent and drowning life, and his desolation was caused by the continuous Incessant guilt, guilty conscience, fear, or because after this catastrophe, you have become more and more negative and no longer try to escape the devastating tone of a hopeless childhood?
This is really unclear.
From the day I read "Cold Blood", this gossip has never been a wake-up call for me. It made me more and more convinced that in a profession as deeply human as writing, any mistake, intentional or unintentional, is fraught with risk. But I am powerless to ridicule Capote who is ambitious to take on this theme. Ambition may be defined as greed, but without greed, how can we break through?
Religion is the best way to settle down. And when literature reaches a certain level, it must sacrifice itself... The so-called burden of the soul, the more excellent writers are, the less likely they are to deceive themselves and forget. After Capote's story, the unrepentant literary youth will continue to go on the road. Just be careful - for example, remember that not all voices of the soul are suitable for replacement with words, not all replacements are suitable for the hope of a better future, and not all expectations that are not morally condemned can be betrayed by conscience and loyalty.
PS: I've always wanted to say that Capote's revelation of Perry was fate. Perry was actually a person with an artistic physique who was ruined in childhood. The descriptions of these two murderers in "Cold Blood" are extremely accurate. Simply put, I think Dick is inherently malicious and heartless, while Perry tends to be kind by nature but distorted, and because he is sensitive and extreme, he has his own set. Logic, once triggered, intensifies.
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