In Cold Blood (1967)

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago at Apr 27 23:42

"Look at me boy! Take a good look! Cause I'm the last living thing you're ever gonna see!" Truman Capote painstakingly wrote a non-fiction novel of the true story surrounding the brutal slaughter of a Kansas family in their home. This novel was a literature masterpiece that is still widely acclaimed to this day. The novel was titled In Cold Blood and was the source material for this film of the same name. The true story that is told in the movie: Perry Smith (Blake) and Dick Hickox (Wilson) were convinced (by Hickox's former cell mate) that a wealthy family in Kansas possessed a safe containing $10,000. Driven by the promise of cash they drove several hundred miles to the home. On November 14, 1959, the two men broke into the Kansas farmhouse belonging to the Clutter family. Failing...Read more

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 2 years, 7 months ago at Apr 19 13:54

Película de Richard Brooks, basada en la famosa novela de Truman Capote, narra como dos jóvenes desarraigados asesinan a los Clutter, una familia típica americana, por un mísero botín de 43 dólares, un transistor y unos prismáticos, y las consecuencias que ello tendrá en sus vidas y en la propia sociedad. Los 2 asesinos, Dick y Perry, acaban de salir de sus encierros (el primero de la cárcel y el segundo del psiquiátrico) y se proponen desvalijar la caja fuerte que Herbert Clutter tiene en su granja. Lamentablemente la caja no existe y los Clutter serán exterminados. La película nos muestra el contraste entre la familia de las víctimas, perfectamente estructurada (Herbert en un momento dado tiene que asumir una de las tareas de su hija, que se ha comprometido a ayudar a ...Read more

Rating : 9/10