Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation

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Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation

Released Jun 18, 2021

1h 26m

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LGBTQ+

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The work, lives, and personal journeys of iconic American artists Truman Capote and Tennesee Williams coalesce with creative combustion in this innovative dual-portrait documentary. Filmmaker Lisa Immordino Vreeland distills the loves, fears, and artistic achievements of these masters via an array of archival materials, film clips, and vibrant voiceover work from Jim Parsons and Zachary Quinto as Capote and Williams, respectively. Packed with pearls of wisdoms and eloquent observations, the film celebrates the sometimes tumultuous friendship of the titular writers through the ages, while honoring the way their queer identity informed their world-renowned artistic achievements and relationships with their family, confidants, and -- most significantly -- each other.

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Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation lives up to its title with an absorbing and revealing look at a pair of American literary giants.

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Christina Newland

iNews.co.uk

The results are genuinely fascinating, and a worthwhile endeavour even for those who may not be familiar with the 20th century giants.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 23, 2024

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Peter Rainer

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

It's very nostalgic to see these interviews with David Frost and and Dick Cavett.

Jun 22, 2021

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Peter Debruge

Variety

It's a pleasure to spend an hour and a half in the resurrected company of these two intellects, but the experience feels like the lazy alternative to reading biographies about either man...

Jun 19, 2021

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Amy Smith

InSession Film

There was real potential here to make a gripping documentary about two of the greatest American icons and the impact of their relationship, but unfortunately, the documentary falls flat quickly.

Rated: C-

Mar 1, 2024

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Sarah Vincent

Cambridge Day

Lisa Immordino Vreeland, documentarian of iconic artistic and intellectual elites (“Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel” and the must-see “Love, Cecil”), proves that less is more in her latest.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 16, 2023

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David Reddish

Queerty

Its a tender portrait of a pair of gay greats, and a must for fans of Tennessee, Truman, or queer history.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 13, 2022

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Bringing together the insights and words of two legendary writers in one film is an intriguing approach to the biographical documentary genre, an approach employed cleverly and skillfully in this offering from director Lisa Immordino Vreeland. By combining archive interview footage of the two literary icons with voiceover narrations of their writings read by Jim Parsons and Zachary Quinto, viewers see a picture emerge not only of these two gifted artists, but also the parallels between their respective backgrounds, the nature of their longstanding friendship and the ways in which their personal lives influenced their work. These discussions are supplemented by numerous clips from film and television adaptations of their novels and plays, including "A Streetcar Named Desire," "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "Baby Doll," "Night of the Iguana," "The Glass Menagerie," "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "In Cold Blood," to name a few. While this release is not always especially revelatory about either of these well-known individuals, it's nevertheless quite intimate and authentic in their on-screen depiction, especially in the archive interviews conducted by David Frost, Dick Cavett and Tom Brokaw. If nothing else, this film puts an interesting spin on its material and brings its protagonists back to life, even if only for a little while.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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The work, lives, and personal journeys of iconic American artists Truman Capote and Tennesee Williams coalesce with creative combustion in this innovative dual-portrait documentary. Filmmaker Lisa Immordino Vreeland distills the loves, fears, and artistic achievements of these masters via an array of archival materials, film clips, and vibrant voiceover work from Jim Parsons and Zachary Quinto as Capote and Williams, respectively. Packed with pearls of wisdoms and eloquent observations, the film celebrates the sometimes tumultuous friendship of the titular writers through the ages, while honoring the way their queer identity informed their world-renowned artistic achievements and relationships with their family, confidants, and -- most significantly -- each other.

Director: Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Producer: Jonathan Gray, John Northrup, Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Mark Lee
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Production Co: Fischio Films, Peaceable Assembly
Genre: Documentary, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 18, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 17, 2021
Box Office (Gross USA): $54.1K
Runtime: 1h 26m

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