Watched the second of the two Truman Capote films on DVD last night, the one directed by Bennett Miller from the book by Gerald Clarke, and with an excellent Philip Seymour Hoffman in the title role that won him an Oscar, supported by fine performances from Catherine Keener as Harper Lee and Clifton Collins Jr as the killer Perry Smith. It focuses on the close and conflicted and disturbing relationship between Smith and Capote, who is possibly in love with Smith and at the same time racked with guilt over his exploitation of Smith for the purposes of his book (which would become the extraordinary In Cold Blood) and his desire for an ending to the book, i.e., Smith's execution. As I said, fine performances, and an intelligent, thoughtful screenplay by Dan Futterman.

***** - five stars.