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In Cold Blood (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
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Genre | Documentary/Biography, Mystery & Suspense |
Format | Blu-ray |
Contributor | John Forsythe, Robert Blake, Richard Brooks, Scott Wilson |
Language | English |
Runtime | 2 hours and 14 minutes |
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The unforgettable true-crime classic
Truman Capote’s best seller, a breakthrough narrative account of real-life crime and punishment, became an equally chilling film in the hands of writer-director Richard Brooks. Cast for their unsettling resemblances to the killers they play, Robert Blake and Scott Wilson give authentic, unshowy performances as Perry Smith and Dick Hickock, who in 1959 murdered a family of four in Kansas during a botched robbery.
Brooks brings a detached, documentary-like starkness to this uncompromising view of an American tragedy and its aftermath; at the same time, stylistically In Cold Blood is a filmmaking master class, with clinically precise editing, chiaroscuro black-and-white cinematography by the great Conrad Hall, and a menacing jazz score by Quincy Jones.
Special Edition Features
- 4K digital restoration
- A wealth of interviews featuring Brooks, cinematographer John Bailey, film historians and writers
- "With Love from Truman," a short documentary featuring Capote, directed by Albert and David Maysles
- Archival interviews featuring Capote and Barbara Walters
- And more
Product Description
Truman Capote’s best seller, a breakthrough narrative account of real-life crime and punishment, became an equally chilling film in the hands of writer-director Richard Brooks (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof). Cast for their unsettling resemblances to the killers they play, Robert Blake (Lost Highway) and Scott Wilson (The Great Gatsby) give authentic, unshowy performances as Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, who in 1959 murdered a family of four in Kansas during a botched robbery. Brooks brings a detached, documentary-like starkness to this uncompromising view of an American tragedy and its aftermath; at the same time, stylistically In Cold Blood is a filmmaking master class, with clinically precise editing, chiaroscuro black-and-white cinematography by the great Conrad L. Hall (American Beauty), and a menacing jazz score by Quincy Jones. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New 4K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack • New interview with cinematographer John Bailey on the film’s cinematography • New interview with film historian Bobbie O’Steen on the film’s editing • New interview with film critic and jazz historian Gary Giddins on the film’s music by Quincy Jones • New interview with writer Douglass Daniel on director Richard Brooks • Interview with Brooks from 1988 from the French television series Cinéma cinemas • Interview with actor Robert Blake from 1968 from the British television series Good Evening with Jonathan King • With Love from Truman, a short 1966 documentary featuring novelist Truman Capote, directed by Albert and David Maysles • Two archival NBC interviews with Capote: one following the author on a 1966 visit to Holcomb, Kansas, and the other conducted by Barbara Walters in 1967 • Trailer • PLUS: An essay by critic Chris Fujiwara
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 3.2 ounces
- Item model number : 35221430
- Director : Richard Brooks
- Media Format : Blu-ray
- Run time : 2 hours and 14 minutes
- Release date : November 17, 2015
- Actors : Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe
- Subtitles: : English
- Studio : Criterion Collection (Direct)
- ASIN : B0141RBIA8
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #41,913 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #3,560 in Drama Blu-ray Discs
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This 1967 film depicts a murder of a family of four, the Clutters, at night at their rural home near Holcomb, Kansas. in the fall of 1959. Two ex-convicts brutally tied up and killed the father, mother, son, and daughter. The killers had no prior dealings with the Clutters. They had heard from a fellow convict that the Clutters had a safe containing a large sum of money in their home, This proved to be untrue.
Most of the movie is told from the standpoint of the two murderers, Perry Smith (performed by Robert Blake) and Dick Hickox (performed by Scott Wilson). The film admirably shows their relationship and characters and differentiates them from each other. Much of the story is told in flashbacks as the film moves from the two killers to the Clutter family to the law enforcement officers investigating the murders. This juxtaposition of differing points of view may be confusing at first but it builds the drama and the tension of the events in the story.
The film shows the killers driving 400 miles to commit the crime on little more than a whim. After the murders, at first described almost in passing, the killers flee the scene and travel briefly to Mexico before returning. So too the lives of the Clutters are described in the days leading up to the killing. The law enforcement officials and newsmen receive a detailed look in their efforts to find the killers and bring them to justice. The film owes a great deal to film noir in its grainy, shadowy, black and white cinematography. The noir features emphasized in the movie include the dark, the heavy rains, the trips on the road, the shabby bus stations and passing trains, the views of the glitzy parts of cities such as Las Vegas and more. Most important is the internalized focus on the killers and their deed. The killings themselves are shown late in the film in all their terrifying detail. Toward the end of the film, following the conviction of the killers, the scene shifts to death row where the appeals process took more than five years to run its course. The film shows an extended, graphic scene, to match the portrayal of the murders, of the hanging of the two killers, together with substantial discussion of capital punishment. A newsman following the story observes that executions don't stop crime and that the scenario shown in the film will inevitably be repeated in a month, and in a year.
"In Cold Blood" is listed in the National Film Registry maintained by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". I enjoyed seeing the film as a follow-up to the genre of film noir that I have come to love. The movie is gripping to watch, and it provokes reflection on violence and its continued presence in American life.
Robin Friedman
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Six weeks later the killers, Perry Smith and 'Dick'; Hickock, were found and arrested. The police work had been thorough and professional, but they had three significant pieces of good luck, one of which helped them to identify the men and the other two to secure a conviction in this witnessless case. Smith and Hickock were tried and condemned to death, but sentence was not carried out for five years while a series of appeals was heard. In the end, they died by hanging in 'The Corner', an old tin-roofed workshop beside the prison in which they had spent those years.
The writers Truman Capote and Harper Lee researched all of this on site and what they found became the basis of Capote's outstanding book 'In Cold Blood'. This is the film version of that book. It tells a compelling but deeply disturbing story without sensationalism. It is not judgemental. It explores, as the book does, the psychological basis for the killings - Smith in particular was affected by disturbing events in his childhood and his relationship with his father - and in the end the message the film confronts us with is that there is no ray of hope in this story ; it is just something that happens and, in the end, that darkens the lives of all who come in contact with it. It is a compelling film, but a disturbing one, and, shot in black and white, it has considerable period credibility and atmosphere. I can't imagine it being better done, and it is certainly thought-provoking.
Thanks to writer/producer/director Richard Brook's journalistic background, it has a good taste of docu-drama in and of itself. His directorial touch is amazing. Everything unfolds as it should, and the story clicks along without a wasted second. The film was shot mostly in actual locations (e.g. Clutter house where the murders were committed) and used the people (7 original members of 12 jurors & the real hangman who made their execution) involved to make the film as authentic as possible. Furthermore, the outstanding cast and exquisite, richly-detailed black & white cinematography of Conrad Hall contribute greatly to the gritty, documentary realism of the story.
Well, another thing that impressed me so much is the psychological portraits of killers. Both characters are well-drawn and well-acted. Perry Smith, brutal albeit naïve and weak-willed of the duo is victim of circumstances. His childhood traumas (broken home, tough father and promiscuous mother) and complexes about his physical handicap reflect his interior confusion perfectly. Flashbacks and his fantasies are put so proper places that not only enriches the viewing experience, but also deepens the film's philosophy. On the other hand, Dick Hickock portrays Smith's sly accomplice with terrifingly manipulative mind. Theirs are one of the most alive albeit morbid relationships in cinema history in that both feed on other's psychopathology and the film captures perfectly all the pathos of their situation. We come to realize that these two as both equal but opposite kinds of a killer. As the voice-over narrator says "neither of them would have done it alone. But together, they made a third personality. That's the one who did it".
To sum up, "In Cold Blood" deserves all praises as a superbly photographed film in a documentary style. Highly recommended...