TRUMAN & TENNESSEE: An Intimate Conversation - in person public screenings!
Jun 18 to Jun 21
Friday to Monday 6pm ONLY!
Lisa Immordino Vreeland - 2021 - 86m - No Matinees
ANY IN-PERSON SCREENINGS IN OUR CINEMA AUDITORIUM IS LIMITED TO 36 PEOPLE MAXIMUM BY STATE MANDATE!
**MASKS OVER MOUTH & NOSE PLUS SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIRED IN OUR THEATER UNTIL NEW MEXICO ACHIEVES 60% FULL VACCINATION RATE - THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING, PATIENCE & COOPERATION WITH ALL OF THIS!**
The brilliant work, personal struggles, and cultural impact of iconic American writers Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams explodes onto the screen in this innovative dual-portrait documentary.
Filmmaker Lisa Immordino Vreeland masterfully collages a wealth of archival material, including dishy talk show appearances with Dick Cavett and David Frost, with clips from some of the duo’s most memorable movie adaptions: A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Glass Menagerie, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and In Cold Blood. Featuring vibrant voiceover work by award-winning actors Jim Parsons (Capote) and Zachary Quinto (Williams), the film is dripping with wit and wisdom.
It is a celebration of both men's fearless candor and often tumultuous friendship that honors how their identity as gay Southerners informed their timeless artistic achievements and relationships with family, colleagues, confidants, and – most significantly – each other.
“It is a story told in their own words and serves as a reminder of what eloquent, witty, self-aware and sensitive individuals they were” - Allan Hunter, Screen Daily
“Succeeds beautifully in providing a revealing look at their troubled psyches” - Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter
“An immersive portrait of literary icons, friends, and rivals… a creative way into the ubiquitous figures.” - Jude Dry, Indiewire
“Takes their great talents as a given and happily refuses to sensationalize their struggles… the film succeeds in bringing these remarkable figures a bit closer to us.” - Todd McCarthy, Deadline
“A truly captivating and cleverly contrasting examination of two of the most significant writers of the last century.” - Frank J. Avella, Edge Media
“The greatest service… is the attention it grants to the written words of Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.” - Sarah Boslaugh, The Arts STL
“A visually appealing mosaic of iconic photographs, television interviews, magazine articles, clippings and comments that combine to fully immerse us in the lives and loves of both men.” - Allan Hunter, Screen International
