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GAINESVILLE, Fla.-- Clad in a suit with a bowtie, drink in hand and no notebook at all, one of the best known journalists and authors of all time sits down to conduct yet another interview for his book "In Cold Blood."
The film "Capote" depicts the real-life story of Truman Capote, whose reporting style is considered by many to at least be "unorthodox."
The goal of any good reporter is 100 percent accuracy 100 percent of the time.
For many, this requires impeccable note taking skills, legibile handwriting, lightning quick shorthand and possibly a tape recorder.
Truman Capote uses none of these.
As the film depicts, Capote conducts all of his interviews without a notebook. When he is finished with each interview, he dictates the information he gathers to Nelle Harper Lee, author of "To Kill A Mockingbird."
"I have 94 percent recall of all conversation," Capote insists. "I tested it myself."
To anyone with even the slightest bit of journalistic background, practices like these would be considered impossible, blasphemous, even.
But not Truman Capote.
By not inhibiting them by using any recording methods, Capote allows his subjects to talk much more freely.
Capote probes the minds of the killers and anyone else involved with incredible detail by gaining trust.
Persistence and patience are the names of the game. How else could a reporter convince two men who murdered a family with shotguns to talk
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