1968INTERVIEWS
IN-DEPT 1968 INTERVIEW WITH TRUMAN CAPOTE LEE BAILEY INTERVIEW
BRIDGEHAMPTON/SAGAPONACK LONG ISLAND HAMPTON'S HOME STUDIO. "IN COLD BLOOD" INTERVIEW
BRIDGEHAMPTON/SAGAPONACK LONG ISLAND HAMPTON'S HOME STUDIO. "IN COLD BLOOD" INTERVIEW
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SHOW HOST F. LEE BAILEY STANDING IN THE BRIDGETOWN HOME OF TRUMAN CAPOTE AND DISCUSSES CAPOTE PRIOR TO HIS ONE ON ONE INTERVIEW - AUTHOR OF " IN COLD BLOOD "
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| 01:00:52 52.83 |
THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE OF TRUMAN CAPOTES HOME WITH CAPOTE GIVING LEE BAILEY A TOUR OF HIS BRIDGEHAMPTON HOME - DISCUSSES HIS LION RUG, BOTH MEN SEATED IN BRIGHT YELLOW COMFY CHAIRS IN CAPOTE'S BRIDGETOWN STUDIO - CAPOTE DISCUSSES HIS " WORK SCHEDULE" AND HIS LOVE FOR EAST HAMPTON AND " THE HAMPTONS '
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| 01:02:50 170.48 |
CAPOTE DISCUSSES HIS PUBLIC PERCEPTION AS A " SOCIAL BUTTERFLY " - LOVES TO SPEND TIME WITH HIS FRIENDS - '\" THE JET SET ARE ONLY PART OF MY FRIENDS" - CAPOTE WILL NOT DISCUSS DETAILS OF SOME OF HIS FAMOUS PARTIES - CAPOTE DISCUSSES WHO HE INVITES TO HIS PARTIES
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| 01:06:11 371.86 |
CAPOTE DISCUSSES WHY HE QUIT SCHOOL - AND HIS EARLY YEARS AT. " THE NEW YORKER" AND HIS LACK OF FORMAL EDUCATION. MILITARY SCHOOL AND HOW HE BECAME SUCH A GREAT WRITER WITHOUT HAVING A FORMAL EDUCATION - CAPOTE DISCUSSES HOW HE GAINED HIS KNOWLEDGE - LEARNED FROM " LIFE AND IMAGINATION" " I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING EXCEPT WRITE" - TALKS ABOUT HIS EARLY YEARS AT THE NEW YORKER AND HIS FIRST NOVEL WITH RANDOM HOUSE
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| 01:09:16 556.16 |
CAPOTE DISCUSSES THE CURRENT YOUTH MOVEMENT OF PROTESTS, MUSIC AND DRUGS - " THEY ARE VERY AMUSING" AND " I LOVE THE MUSIC, IT'S ALIVE , I'M CRAZY ABOUT IT"
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| 01:10:01 601.26 |
TRUMAN CAPOTE ON SMOKING MARIJUANA, LSD, AND THE CURRENT DRUG SCENE - WE USED TO SMOKE POT ALL THE TIME BUT NO LONGER " MAKES YOU FEEL QUITE COOL" I HAVE ALSO TAKEN LSD IN 1961 - EXPERIMENTAL - CAPOTE DISCUSES HIS FIRST LSD EXPERIMENTS - CAPOTE DISCUSSES THE LSD EXPERIENCE IN DETAIL
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| 01:12:42 762.39 |
CAPOTE SAYS THAT DRUGS DO NOT AIDE CREATIVITY - THEY DISTORT THE CREATIVE ACT - DISAGREES WITH HUXLEY
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| 01:14:34 874.28 |
A SHOT OF A BUTTERFLY SCULPTURE ON THE WALL OF CAPOTE'S BRIDGEHAMPTON STUDIO
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| 01:15:16 916 |
BAILEY ASKS CAPOTE ABOUT BEING " TOUGH" - CAPOTE TALKS ABOUT BEING VERY DISCIPLINED AND TOUGH FOR SURVIVAL
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| 01:15:53 953.51 |
LEE BAILEY ASKS CAPOTE ABOUT HIS NOVEL " IN COLD BLOOD " - CAPOTE DISCUSSES THE SUCCESS OF THE BOOK, COMPARES TO BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS' - " THEY ARE ONE IN THE SAME THING MY LITERARY STYLE SHIFTING FORM ONE TOPIC TO ANOTHER -THEY ARE ALL THE SAME THING - LITERARY EXPERIMENT - DISCUSSES THE SOON TO BE RELEASED FILM OF " IN. COLD BLOOD "
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| 01:19:13 1153.08 |
LEE BAILEY ASKS ABOUT HOW CAPOTE WROTE THE BOOK " WITHOUT TAKING NOTES ON THE INTERVIEWS HE CONDUCTED " CAPOTE SAYS " I HAVE A PHOTOGRAPFIC MEMORY - CAPOTE DISCUSES WHY HE CONDUCTED THE JAILHOUSE INTERVIEWS WITHOUT TAKING NOTES - TALKS ABOUT USING A TAPE RECORDER AND HOW HE WOULD REPEAT THE CONTENTS OF THE INTERVIEW IN THE TAPE RECORDER IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INTERVIEW SO HE WOULD REMEMBER ALL THE INTERVIEW CONTENTS - TALKS ABOUT HOW INTIMATELY HE GOT TO KNOW THE MURDERERS
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| 01:23:07 1387.25 |
BAILEY ASKS ABOUT THE 190 PAGE LETTER HE RECEIVED FROM ONE OF THE MURDERERS JUST BEFORE HIS EXECUTION AND HOW CAPOTE HAS NOT USED IT IN ANYTHING YET " HE BECAME QUITE A REMARKABLE BOY" - TALSK ABOUT HOW DEATH ROW CHANGES YOU
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| 01:25:12 1512.91 |
F. LEE BAILEY ASKS WHETHER THE MURDERER'S SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXECUTED OR NOT " CAPOTE'S SAYS THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN EXECUTED - HE IS ANTI DEATH PENALTY - DISCUSSES THE APPEALS " THE GOVERNOR WAS UNDER TERRIFIC PRESSURE TO "
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| 01:27:12 1632.55 |
F LEE BAILEY ASKS ABOUT THE NBC PROGRAM ON " DEATH ROW" THAT CAPOTE IS WORKING ON - CAPOTE DISCUSSES THE NEW PROGRAM AND HOW THEY ARE CONDUCTING THE INTERVIEWS AND HOW COMPLICATED IT IS
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| 01:28:15 1695.7 |
CAPOTE DISCUSES HIS FEELINGS ON CAPITOL PUNISHMENT - " I AM NOT ANTI CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR THE USUAL REASONS " " IT IS UNNECESSARY IF THERE WAS A TRUE LIFE SENTENCE - CAPOTES DISCUSSES HOW HE WOULD LIKE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT TO BE HANDLED - ALL AS FEDERAL NOT STATE CRIMES
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| 01:32:02 1922.02 |
TRUMAN CAPOTE CONTINUES EXPRESSING HIS FEELINGS ABOUT HOW CAPITAL PUNISHMENT SHOULD BE HANDLED - F. LEE BAILEY ASKS IF THE FEDERAL COURTS CODDLES CRIMINALS - MIRANDA RIGHTS - F. LEE BAILEY DISCUSSES HOW CRIMINALS ARE HANDLED BY THE COURTS AND HOW MIRANDA RIGHTS ARE GIVEN OUT BY POLICE
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| 01:35:17 2117.73 |
F. LEE BAILEY SAYS THE COURTS SHOULD BE LOOKING MORE TO THE RIGHTS OF THE INNOCENT PEOPLE RATHER THAN THE CRIMINALS AND TRUMAN CAPOTE DISAGREES " IT'S NOT FAIR - I DON;T WANT TO SEE ANYONE EXECUTED " THEY DISCUSS INNOCENT MEN GOING TO PRISON - HOW DO YOU COMPENSATE AN INNOCENT MAN WHO GOES TO PRISON " IF THE MAN IS REALLY INNOCENT THERE SHOULD BE A LARGE AMOUNT OF $ COMPENSATION "
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| 01:37:27 2247 |
TRUMAN CAPOTE " THE ACTUAL FACT IS I DON'T BELIEVE THE BOSTON STRANGLER EVER EXISTED AS ONE MAN - THERE WERE FIVE OF SIX BOSTON STRANGLERS - DISCUSSES THE BOSTON STRANGLER MURDERS
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| 01:38:25 2305.31 |
F. LEE BAILEY AND TRUMAN CAPOTE - BAILEY ASKS CAPOTE HOW HE FEELS ABOUT THE PRAISE FROM CRITICS HE HAS BEEN GETTING " THERE ARE VERY FEW GOOD CRITICS AND I HAVE LEARNED NOTHING FROM THEM " CAPOTE IS ANTI LITERARY CRITICS " I ONLY LOSS MY TEMPER ONCE WITH A CRITIC " - TRUMAN CAPOTE ON LITERARY CRITICS
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| 01:40:14 2414.18 |
CAPOTE DISCUSSES HIS CURRENT WORK " I AM WRITING A NOVEL NOW AND WORKING ON SEVERAL TV PROGRAMS - MOSTLY WORKING ON MY BOOK AND IN MY SPARE TIME I SEE MY FRIENDS " TALKS ABOUT BEING ALONE OFTEN FOR HIS WORK AS A WRITER " WHEN A PAGE COMES OUT GOOD IT IS ALL WORTH IT"
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