Fine delineation of the distinction between instinctive acting and method acting. I'm assuming here that Hoffman is in some form a method actor

Vikram (?) did a documentary on In Cold Blood a couple of years back. Have you seen that?

Hey Aaman,

Thanks for the comment. Hoffman doesn't strike me as a Method actor, exactly, in the Brando mold. He seems more methodical than Method, doing the work from the outside in as much as the inside out. He's very good, but lacks the detachment, the point, the high-style flair of other obvious actors, like John Malkovich, for instance.

I haven't seen that documentary--do you know the name or any other identifying info?

Ah, I was mixing up James Ellroy and Truman Capote - the filmmaker is Vikram Jayanti and the documentary is James Ellroy's Feast Of Death