Here's a tribute to Capote. Here's a look at In Cold Blood, Capote's "non-fiction novel," the writing of which serves as inspiration for the new movie.
Capote was lifelong friends with Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird. He is rumored to have been the inspiration for the character of Dill in Lee's book. There are also rumors that he wrote or ghosted much of To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee accompanied Capote to Kansas to help him research In Cold Blood.
Breakfast at Tiffany's is the other work for which Capote is best known. Capote is thought to have written the part of Holly Golightly for Marilyn Monroe, which makes more sense--to me, at least--when you read the original work. Instead, Audrey Hepburn was cast; the main characters were airbrushed and the result is a wishy washy movie that really doesn't do justice to Capote's work, though it was (and is) a huge success:
Hepburn's turn as the beautiful, sad Golightly has become one of the most iconic performances in film history. Filmgoers had never seen this precise mixture of grace, pulchritude and vulnerability. Even if the screenplay didn't, Hepburn captured the book's Holly, a brittle beauty whose faux-sophistication just barely masks the scarred country girl beneath. The image of the slight Audrey with her cigarette holder, oversized sunglasses and most of all, the little black dress (which hasn't gone out of style since) has transcended film to become a cultural totem of 1960s America.
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