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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 421098" data-attributes="member: 23">That's interesting. I can see how it might have gained that reputation more in recent years, but for it to be criticised back in 1988 shows how wide of the mark it was in that regard. I have both book and DVD in a slightly bizarre combo set. I watched the film for the one and only time circa 2007 when I acquired the set, and I remember thinking how shocking it must have been back in the day. It felt surprisingly grim and frank to me at the time (the line "and then you shit your pants", apropos death by hanging has never quite been excised from my mind). I'd like to rewatch it at some point. For some reason, I started the book but didn't get beyond the first couple of chapters. This, too, could do with a second look from me.Like you, Capote was my introduction to the entire thing. I watched it with a friend around the time it was hot property due to picking up several awards. At the time I thought it was a good film, but not one I'd care to watch more than once. Twenty years on and I still feel no desire to revisit it.  I still remember it as a pretty decent film, so perhaps it's best to keep it that way rather than than rewatch and risk disappointment.</blockquote>

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