riddlerfiddler — 11 years ago(December 29, 2014 10:34 AM)

As I sat watching this film, I thought to myself, surely Capote's accent wasn't quite that annoying. If it was, nobody would be able to stand to be around him for long. This was my thinking.
So I watched a Capote interview on youtube..and i believe i am correct. Hoffman's accent is close to capote's.but its not identical, and capote's accent IS much more tolerable in my opinion, whereas Hoffmans, was almost insufferable.
Don't get me wrong, he did a great job with it.he just didn't nail it.
As an aside, i think Hoffman's best moment in this film, come's near the end, when he visits Perry just before his execution, and he has so much pent-up emotion and fear within him,,,,,that he's almost traumatized by what he is experiencing. His face turns red..his veins are jutting.its a phenomenally skilled moment by Philip Seymour Hoffman.