Cinematic in Capote

Being a filmmaker, "In Cold Blood" particularly appealed to me for the cinematic environments Capote created. He really is a master of environment. What makes the book cinematic is Capote's ability to capture a physical space/landscape and his characters' physiques in such detail... we forget that we are readers and are instead just "THERE". Take the opening section, for example: one can imagine moving through the orchards and river clearly-- I was not so much judging the characters or observing them from a distance, but moving through space with them as they walked and went about their morning routines... I can imagine a lot of crane shots floating from just above/behind the characters as they walked about. It makes sense why we are able to empathize/sympathize with the characters then: the bad leg that makes walking difficult, etc. Also, because we are not kept at a (physical or authorial) distance, are present with the killers, see their weaknesses, it is harder to remain emotionally distant or critical. We can understand and sympathize because, in a way, we were there.