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Truman Capote on “In Cold Blood” (CBC 1966)

July 27, 2008 by hv

From the vaults of the Canadian Broadcast Company (CBC) are these clips from a 1966 interview with the American writer Truman Capote about his non-fiction account of the quadruple murder in Kansas, In Cold Blood.

Here he discusses the origins of his now classic work of literature (03:31):

More clips from the 1966 interview here:

  • Truman Capote reminisces on researching his landmark non-fiction novel, In Cold Blood (02:38); and
  • Capote describes his view of capital punishment after writing In Cold Blood (03:46).

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Filed Under: American, Canadian, human rights, non-fiction, pop culture

Comments

  1. Jesse says

    August 5, 2009 at 11:44 am

    Hey where did you find this video? I need more information on it to do a bibliography. Thanks

  2. hv says

    August 5, 2009 at 11:46 am

    It is via CBC’s YouTube channel…click through and try to contact them via YouTube.

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