In Cold Blood

50th Anniversary!

(1967) dir Richard Brooks w/Robert Blake, Scott Wilson [134 min; 35mm]
Based on the book of the same name by Truman Capote, Richard Brooks’ movie is a powerful quasi-documentary on the Clutters murder case in Kansas. The relentless pursuit of authenticity took the film production to the actual city streets, sun-drenched desert highways, and rain-swept country roads where the killers walked. A director of great forcefulness, Richard Brooks captures the reality of an American tragedy and its aftermath in a gorgeously stylized and precise manner.