Capote

I can't wait for this film to come to Philadelphia. I have been a fan of Truman Capote since high school.

I went through a period of two years where I did not read any books at all. I was always a voracious reader growing up and the reading embargo was a very strange period. It came about after a really long struggle with myself while in jr. high. After I came out of that period, I avoided any solitary activity at all costs. I was just so tired of being in my own head that I needed to be doing something with others at all times and that did NOT include reading.

Finally, I was told that I needed to read a book to complete an english course requirement or I could expect to make it up in summer school. I went to the library and started looking through the fiction aisles. I came across Truman Capote's "Short Stories" and saw in his bio that he and I share the same birthday. That was enough for me and I signed out the book.

That was it, the embargo was ended with "Miriam". After reading the book in two hours, I looked through my parent's books and found "Other Voices, Other Rooms".

I'm glad that Philip Seymour Hoffman is playing Capote. From the trailers I have seen, it looks like it will be excellent.