© Irving PennHace cincuenta años (y unos días) la comunidad de Holcomb, Kansas fue devastada por el sangriento asesinato de una familia. No suficiente con la tragedia, llega Truman Capote.
Enlace: In Cold Blood, half a century on (The Guardian)
In Holcomb and Garden City, some of the residents welcomed his book. Alvin Dewey, the chief police investigator, championed it to the end. The Hopes too remain fans, cherishing the first-edition copy that Capote autographed for them. But many in the town continue to resent its intrusion, and refuse to talk about it or any of the subsequent films. Cliff Hope puts the ongoing hostility down to Capote's unblinking portrayal of the killers. "Many people thought he should have written about the Clutter family, rather than the murderers."
Delores's theory is that some local people have closed minds. "There will always be people who think it's none of anybody's business to come out here and write about their affairs. You will never change their opinions."
Bob Rupp has a third view. He says he has never read In Cold Blood, nor seen the movies, and never will. But he believes that Capote was unfair to the Clutters, because he left to posterity a memory of them that is dominated by the gruesome manner of their deaths rather than the wonderful accomplishments of their lives. He still thinks about the Clutters often, hence his idea for the memorial. But he has moved forward. He married in 1963 and now has four children and eight grandchildren.
So does he think that Capote's fateful arrival in Holcomb all those years ago has in the long run damaged the town? "I don't know it's really been damaging. I don't think he did the Clutter family justice, is all."
Enlace: In Cold Blood, half a century on (The Guardian)