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And just WHAT do YOU know about NYC in the late 1950s ( when the story was written ) and the crowd that Truman Capote ran with back then?

It isn't a "family" movie, it's NOT a "waste of time" at all, and almost all movies are NOT supposed to be anything at all except ENTERTAINMENT!

A movie can't be "self-absorbed" and you misused the word "vapid"! Banal or inane might have served you better; however, neither of those words is what that movie is.

Oh, it was one of my favorite movies when I was young and single! I used to have a photo in my bathroom of Audrey with a cat on her shoulder wearing the gown in the beginning of the film. I still love it but sometimes wonder how Pat Neal felt about it. She was considered a beauty in her day and was saddled with a hideous wardrobe to emphasize that she was a bad woman, lol!

What do I know about New York?

Well, I lived in Brooklyn, and lived in Manhattan.

My father, aunts, uncles, grandfather, great-grandfather, grandmothers and great-grandmothers lived in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Brooklyn.

We are New Yorkers, but happily I was born in Virginia. My best friend played for the Yankees.

Did I indeed misuse the word "vapid?" I meant empty. Nebulous. Devoid of meaning. Silly, even. I don't generally look such things up; correct me if I am still "wrong." Maybe you can do some internet searches to defend your position.

I guess the Alabaman / Louisianan flaming homosexual Capote deserves your trust and respect. Personally, I don't care much: I just think it's a lousy screenplay. It is a movie about materialistic whores who "find each other."

Perhaps that counts for entertainment for some. I think (and this is my opinion, based on my values,) the movie is drastically overrated.

It sells posters and sunglasses.