Inquiries .. :)
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Capote
sherineyousery — 10 years ago(June 06, 2015 09:20 AM)
1- Why didn't Capote want them out ? Why didn't he assign any more lawyers, though he could ? A member here said it was because he could not sympathize with Smith any more after he knew the real story, but I've just finished the movie and I remember him hinting he didn't want to assign a new lawyer before he knew about the murders. I think he wanted to finish the book, which would not be finished unless there is an ending to the story.
2- Why do all people with no exceptions say that the two killers were both guilty and got what the deserved ? some humanize them, other don't. But no one ever says that Perry Smith should've gotten the "insanity plea" .. As a med student who's really interested in Psychiatry, I'd probably testified that Smith should be treated psychologically. He clearly suffers a personality disorder not to mention a probable mental one too.
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spookyrat1 — 10 years ago(February 05, 2016 07:06 PM)
1 I think you've provided the essential answer yourself.
I think he wanted to finish the book, which would not be finished unless there is an ending to the story.
Even though the case and Smith may have fascinated Capote to the point of obsession, he was ultimately a writer who admits in the film, his masterwork couldn't be completed until they were dead.
2 Probably because they were guilty, not mentally ill and the year of the trial was 1960. They both pleaded temporary insanity at the trial, but were evaluated and pronounced sane. The jury deliberated for only 45 minutes before finding both Hickock and Smith guilty of murder. Certainly the film doesn't present them as being insane.