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GAINESVILLE, Fla.-- Martinis, bow ties and arrogant conversation are not typical components of publication.
But with Truman Capote, this kind of atmosphere not only takes place from time to time, it is his way of life.
The film "Capote" depicts how Truman Capote, renowned journalist and author, conducts every aspect of the writing process in his own unorthodox manner.
In a typical newsroom or publication office, editors are king. With Truman Capote, pretension and alcohol rule.
Instead of sitting down with old men wield red pens, Capote converses with society's elites and discusses why he is such an amazing writer.
With traditional reporting, editors set deadlines and story lengths, but not in Truman Capote's world. Capote tells his editors his story will take months and instead of being a small story for "The New Yorker," his story will be a novel.
When everyone else is told what story to find and what news is, Truman Capote finds his own.
"Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me pegged because of the way I am, the way I talk," Capote says. "And they're always wrong."
Stories where one man decides what news is and how it will be presented in a completely factual manner are rare.
Usually, if a writer wants the level of freedom enjoyed by Truman Capote, he or she must write only fiction, and even then, editors and publishers get to argue what is important.
Capote makes no bones about his skill or the fact that he is always right.
"['In Cold Blood' is] the book I was always meant to write," he says. "Sometimes when I think of how good my book is going to be, I can't breath."
Pretension indeed.

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