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In 1967, Truman Capote wrote the classic In Cold Blood. In 2005 the book was updated to a black and white film. This movie interprets a murder based in 1959 in Holcomb, Kansas. I found this movie upsetting and irritating. The normalness of the Clutter family of four that is killed makes the film horrific. If this could happen to a simple innocent family such as theirs, it seems as though it could happen to anyone. Before their death we are able to see that the family lives on a nice farm that Mr. Clutter runs. We also see that Mrs. Clutter is tended to by her husband and kids, Nancy and Kent, both of who seem to have a great future.
Dick Hickock, whose dominant performance is played by Scott Wilson, is an ex-con and cultivates a plan after meeting a former employee of Mr. Clutter’s in prison. After having the suspicion that the Clutter family has a considerable amount of cash on their farm, Dick plans to rob the family. Dick invites an old friend, Perry Smith, whose aspirin-addicted character is played by Robert Blake, to take part in this crime. Perry, burdened by a damaged childhood, decides to accept the invitation.
After going through with their plan to “leave no witnesses” you come to wonder if either of the men would have committed the crime if they would have been alone. Or if the only reason they had done it was because of both of them together created some sort of monster. This movie was very engaging and I now want to read the book to see if their’s is even more details I am able to catch.