With Love From Truman

  • Charlotte Zwerin
  • Albert Maysles
  • David Maysles
  • 1966
  • United States
  • 29 minutes
  • English
  • © Maysles Films
    © Maysles Films

An intimate and candid portrayal of eccentric author and playwright Truman Capote shot during a Newsweek interview following the publication of his literary experiment In Cold Blood. Capote’s ‘non-fiction novel’ recreates the brutal 1959 murder of a Kansas family by two misfits. In a case of art imitating life imitating art, With Love From Truman reflects Capote’s desire to produce art through a creative treatment of reality.

  • Production : National Educational Television Network
  • Editing : Albert Maysles; David Maysles
  • Photography : Albert Maysles; David Maysles
  • Copy Contact : Maysles Films

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