Bibliomania: In Cold Blood with Truman Capote, Part 2

[jksonny]

Nice work! Thanks!

[daveedslater]

Thanks for that. I enjoyed it very much. I just finished reading the book, so it was nice to put places and faces to it.

[aerialkate]

Have you seen 'Infamous'? It was the second Truman Capote biopic to be made after 'Capote'. According to Alvin Dewey (as played by Jeff Daniels ) Perry Smith did not elect to speak or offer an apology prior to his execution (Capote had urged him to make a confession, in order to appear more sympathetic to the readers of 'In Cold Blood'). I've seen both films and found 'Infamous' to be far superior to 'Capote'. Capote wrote that Smith apologised - which Dewey disputed. Will we ever know?

[venkatrules]

Thanks for the video. Thanks for the tour.

Could you tell me from where did you get the audio of Capote reading from the book. I would like to listen to it.

[blacksheeppro]

@venkatrules Unfortunately, I used the soundtrack from the movie Capote which just had small audio clips. In the past, I have tried to find the whole audiobook, but I couldn't find it. I don't think Truman Capote ever read the entire book but just small selections.

[moiraregis]

such a sad story, but i think capote helped make this act of incomprehensible cruelty not understandable but at least worth wondering about for the rest of one's life. i wish only good things for the poor clutters, who i bet would have pleaded for clemency for their killers.

[otrootroyo]

Conratulations. You made a great job... "In Cold Blood": just a masterpiece.

[redpaul79]

not at all true that he never published another book after InCold Blood--Music For Chameleons admittedly includes some material written earlier, but the title piece was written after In Cold Blood, and is in many ways a tighter, more streamlined take on the "nonfiction novel"... never understood why anybody felt any sympathy for Hickock and Smith. Scumbags of the lowest sort.

[JediMasterCheryl]

I think the total people who attended the Clutter funeral was closer to 1200. No disrespect intended. A very good tribute and well done video.

[cheapcape]

It is also sad how this case affected Capote. He drank heavily and it led to his death in 1984. The Movie "Capote" is an accurate portrayal of his troubled life.

[SuperBabu321]

Good job. Thanks.

[2ys4this]

Great job. Thanks for your hard work in producing this. I found it really interesting and insightful.

[Resenbrink]

what is the music you use?

[audibleacuity]

This was so well done, exactly what I was looking for!

[jensmom604]

I think it was more like 1000 who attended the funeral and not 12,000.

[MissyZilla]

@jensmom604 1,000 at the funeral at 600 at the graveside service, according to Capote's book "In Cold Blood"

[lebrel12]

GOOD JOB MAN!

[poquito22]

12,000 at the funeral? Did you mean 1200?

[dale1966gto]

I did a book report on it in high school when "In Cold Blood" exploded in hardback and catapulted Capote to superstardom - to a level usually only enjoyed by movie celebreties.

I saw the layout LIFE or LOOK put out on Capote and it aided my book report.

What blew my mind was when Johnny Carson had Capote as a guest on his show. When Capote opened his mouth, my jaw dropped to the floor. One could only conclude he was, you know, light in his loafers! Once I got over that, his genius shined!

[busdriver357]

very well done good reporting ,do more stories

your very good

[barnesvilleman1]

i am from garden city,kansas one of my moms sisters grew up with the clutter family

[nerg111]

Good video. But, I don't know about the ball cap and the green t-shirt outfit. Kind of turns it in to a sport documentary.

Panta rei

[MeowYaoi]

The movie shows Nancy hearing her a gunshot, and the scene ends with her back turned, I more than positive that Bonnie died before her.

Great video, thanks for sharing.

[GoldieGlitters]

@MeowYaoi No, Bonnie was the last to die. Nancy's room upstairs was before Bonnie's so they killed her first. RIP.

[jhvscs]

Music for Chameleons? That was published in 1980. Good video though

[bmw010405]

I felt you did a great job on this. Having lived in the Garden City/Holcomb area all my life I felt you covered all points of the crime.

[Creolelady281]

Powerful scene, Perry Smith or Robert Blake bobbing like that in the shadows. Blake should have gotten an Oscar for that performance. I think he understood that character.

[Creolelady281]

Thank you for this video of Truman Capote's In Cold blood- A sincerely appreciate it

[nixthetiger]

You list Plimpton's book on Capote; may I suggest the brilliant "Capote", by Gerald Clarke?

[bettyboop514]

Smith had to be carried to the gallows and ultimately begged for his life so witnesses say, though Truman did not portray his end this way and nor did either feature film. Anyway a decent video... I give it four stars.

[busdriver357]

ive read many different news reports from many

different reporters. the way capote described

it in the book is accurate.he spat out his

chewing gum and calmly climbed the last steps

and fell to his death.he never begged or had to

be carried up.dont get me wrong,he was a lowlife who deserved it

[PaulGeremia]

the way truman portrayed it was absolutely true

ive read many newspaper accounts and smith

calmly with no remors climbed the steps and spit

out his gum and them fell to his death. i think

harold nye hated smith and that was his biased

account

[bettyboop514]

Ultimately I believe that all accounts are correct, but when these men claimed that Smith went like a coward they may have done so in not wanting others to see these men as anything but for taking the lives of innocents.

[mediamadman747]

I heard that, at one point, the Clutter home had become a bed and breakfast, but don't quote me.

I was in Kansas a couple years ago, and was tempted to travel to Holcomb, but didn't.

Thanks for this video.

[StudentGranny]

I really like the way you point out the major points of this story. Good job:)

[italmarky]

great video, loved it, keep up the good work,

[MightyMelmoth]

Thanks guys those were a couple of interesting videos. I read In Cold Blood this Christmas and it was good to see a bit of background.

[irish42matic]

Thanks for your video. Like on the first video, I've traveled to the Clutter home and have spent time in Garden City and Holcom... Amazing history in the West and I love it... Keep up the good work. I like your narrative, good voice, maybe more of the Midwest history is in store.... you have a niche..

[issick1]

Could you not find the actual graves your self? You did not have a good picture. lol It took me and my friends a couple of hours to find them. If you could'nt your going to be very disapointed cause I could tell where you were standing and you were just a few feet away from them.

[Ajtlawyer]

I was in Garden City in 1984 and it didn't take me very long to find the Clutter gravesite using Capote's description. He'd said they'd been buried near the edge of the place and I estimated how much was added to the cemetary since 1959. Only he didn't describe the tombstones properly. He described only one and there are three.

[sandyfrazier9]

Very nice!  Thanks so much! I enjoyed it.

[IrishBadBoyCA]

Very well put together and presented. Thank you.

[2000Intentions]

Good job

[PinkCornelia]

great job

[SticksTweeks]

well done ... you should be on stage .... the first one out of town;)

[ChiliRP]

Great Job!

[kcguy2611]

I grew up very close to Holcomb and have been to the actual house and heard stories from my grandfather remembering the horror in the area. This documentary is very informative and truthful.

[jerryjoe88]

"You've done a very good job here. Never been there, but have always wanted to just to pay my respects."-LWOPP

Yeah right LWOPP. Pay my respects? You have a morbid curiosity like the rest of us. Its like a car wreck. You just want to SEE IT. How many of us, given the chance, would like to go down into that basement and get a look at that blood stain? Or...be a fly on the wall, that gruesome night?

[macondo007]

Good job, thank John ¡¡¡

[lomaggie11]

i agree great job!

[LWOPP]

You've done a very good job here. Never been there, but have always wanted to just to pay my respects.

[jerryjoe88]

"You've done a very good job here. Never been there, but have always wanted to just to pay my respects."-LWOPP

Yeah right LWOPP. Pay my respects? You have a morbid curiosity like the rest of us. Its like a car wreck. You just want to SEE IT. How many of us, given the chance, would like to go down into that basement and get a look at that blood stain? Or...be a fly on the wall, that gruesome night?

[dskiraider]

Your comment wasn't even necessary.  Grow up.

[moiraregis]

@jerryjoe88

well of course people have a morbid curiosity about this mass murder, although not all of us would like to have been a fly on the wall of that basement that accursed night. that doesn't mean that we don't also feel great pity and sympathy for the terror those poor people endured, through no fault of their own. you can feel two or three or a hundred different emotions about one thing, you know, particularly one as sensational and complex as this.