Dopo che una rapina fallita si è conclusa con il brutale omicidio di una famiglia rurale, due vagabondi sfuggono alla polizia, alla fine facendo i conti con la propria mortalità e le ripercu... Leggi tuttoDopo che una rapina fallita si è conclusa con il brutale omicidio di una famiglia rurale, due vagabondi sfuggono alla polizia, alla fine facendo i conti con la propria mortalità e le ripercussioni della loro vile atrocità.Dopo che una rapina fallita si è conclusa con il brutale omicidio di una famiglia rurale, due vagabondi sfuggono alla polizia, alla fine facendo i conti con la propria mortalità e le ripercussioni della loro vile atrocità.
- Candidato a 4 Oscar
- 4 vittorie e 11 candidature totali
- Nancy Clutter
- (as Brenda C. Currin)
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- QuizThe family photos seen in the rooms of the house are real photos of the Clutter family members.
- BlooperIn Perry's flashback of his motorcycle accident, the cycle falls on his right leg. When he's being measured for his "wedding trousseau" in the clothing store, the scar is on his left leg.
- Citazioni
Alvin Dewey: Someday, somebody will explain to me the motive of a newspaper. First, you scream, "Find the bastards." Till we find them, you want to get us fired. When we find them, you accuse us of brutality. Before we go into court, you give them a trial by newspaper. When we finally get a conviction, you want to save them by proving they were crazy in the first place.
Jensen: All of which adds up to one thing: you've got the killers.
- Curiosità sui creditiThe on-screen title of the movie, like on the posters, is "Truman Capote's In Cold Blood".
- ConnessioniFeatured in Film Review: In Cold Blood/Glossies (1968)
"In cold blood" is different. From the very beginning two men are planning a cruel robbery and they intend to let no witnesses behind.
That the loot of all the violence amounts to a meager 43 dollars certainly gives a cynical touch to the story but the full amount of senselessness is expressed in the way the story is told. Using a technique from the horror genre which boils down to the principle that suggesting is often more effective than showing (see for example "Cat people", 1942, Jacques Tourneur), very little of the actual robbery is shown. Instead in the first half of the movie we see the criminals travelling to the place of the crime, doing perfectly normal things as drinking coffee in a diner but also bying a rope to tie down their victims. These scenes are alternated with images of the Clutter family (the victims) perfectly unaware of the danger that is (literally) approaching.
The black and white cinematography of Conrad Hall is breathtaking and the jazzy score of Quincy Jones is catching. And then the criminals have arrived at the Clutters home.
The headlights of the car go out.
The music stops.
And all we hear is the wind howling round the farm.
The second part of the film seems to be a plea against capital punishment. To be honest the first part of the film had made such an overwhelming impression on me that I was unabe to feel any compassion with the perpetrators. This is not to say that the second part of the movie does not have strong moments. Brilliant (and very well known) is the scene in which one of the perpetrators (Perry played by Robert Blake) is telling the story of his life. It looks as though he is crying, but in reality there are raindrops flowing on the window.
"In cold blood" is based on the non fiction novel of the same name by Truman Capote. The film manages to maintain some sort of documentary look and feel. This is done by filming on the location of the real Clutters farm but above all by not casting prominent stars in the lead roles.
- frankde-jong
- 9 feb 2021
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Botteghino
- Budget
- 3.500.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 316 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione2 ore 14 minuti
- Colore
- Proporzioni
- 2.35 : 1