The.Capote.Tapes.2019.1080p.WEBRip.x264-RARBG.HI.English Movie Subtitles

1 00:00:21,918 --> 00:00:25,266 [Jazz music] 2 00:00:28,649 --> 00:00:31,755 [Clicks] 3 00:00:37,106 --> 00:00:39,798 [Whirring] 4 00:00:41,869 --> 00:00:43,836 [Recording plays] 5 00:00:43,871 --> 00:00:45,321 Woman: [INAUDIBLE] 6 00:00:45,355 --> 00:00:47,357 George Plimpton: Well it's so nice to hear your voice. 7 00:00:47,392 --> 00:00:48,910 I'll tell you what I'm doing; you know I'm doing this 8 00:00:48,945 --> 00:00:51,913 huge history of good old Truman Capote? 9 00:00:51,948 --> 00:00:53,812 Woman: Yes? 10 00:00:53,846 --> 00:00:57,367 Man: And the people that he knew and who talk about him either pro or con 11 00:00:57,402 --> 00:01:00,129 they all seem to have their Truman stories. 12 00:01:00,163 --> 00:01:01,889 Woman: Yes? 13 00:01:01,923 --> 00:01:03,235 Man: And I was wondering if you could gather up some of your memories? 14 00:01:04,616 --> 00:01:07,377 Woman: And one of the most seductive people I ever met. 15 00:01:07,412 --> 00:01:09,759 Man: I thought he was a freak, absolute freak. 16 00:01:09,793 --> 00:01:12,727 Man: One of the most lionized writers since Voltaire. 17 00:01:12,762 --> 00:01:14,281 Man: It's a sleazy bit of work. 18 00:01:14,315 --> 00:01:16,110 Woman: Oh he was wicked. He was fun. 19 00:01:16,145 --> 00:01:18,250 Man: He was totally made out of drugs. 20 00:01:18,285 --> 00:01:20,252 Man: It would feel like a candied tarantula. 21 00:01:20,287 --> 00:01:22,599 Woman: It was still the naughty little kid in Truman. 22 00:01:22,634 --> 00:01:24,187 Woman: I haven't had a good laugh since he died. 23 00:01:24,222 --> 00:01:26,293 [Laughing] 24 00:01:27,777 --> 00:01:29,468 George Plimpton: Do you think he's the writer of the moment? 25 00:01:29,503 --> 00:01:32,195 Do you think Truman's going to be read by generations? 26 00:01:37,304 --> 00:01:38,477 [Birds singing] 27 00:01:40,272 --> 00:01:44,863 Kate Harrington: I'm Kate Harrington and I live in Sheridan, Wyoming. 28 00:01:45,519 --> 00:01:46,796 [Car driving by] 29 00:01:48,384 --> 00:01:52,905 When I was 13 years old I was basically adopted by Truman. 30 00:01:55,287 --> 00:01:58,256 I met Truman in my mother's living room. 31 00:02:00,499 --> 00:02:04,848 And Truman was invited by my father to come have dinner. 32 00:02:04,883 --> 00:02:07,334 And he came in this big limousine 33 00:02:07,368 --> 00:02:11,234 out to our little neighbourhood, about an hour outside of Manhattan. 34 00:02:11,269 --> 00:02:12,994 [Car engine] 35 00:02:13,029 --> 00:02:15,583 Kate Harrington: And of course all the kids came to look at the limousine. 36 00:02:15,618 --> 00:02:18,517 I'd never met anybody who spoke like he did. 37 00:02:18,552 --> 00:02:21,900 Um, and at first I had to run into the kitchen 38 00:02:21,934 --> 00:02:27,181 and take a tea towel, and cover my face 'cause I laughed about his - the sound of his voice. 39 00:02:27,216 --> 00:02:29,390 And then my mother reprimanded me hardly. 40 00:02:30,598 --> 00:02:32,566 After that my father came home one day and said 41 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:35,431 I'm going to become his manager. 42 00:02:36,294 --> 00:02:38,192 So we said oh that's great. 43 00:02:39,435 --> 00:02:41,299 Wonderful, so we didn't think anything of it, 44 00:02:42,334 --> 00:02:43,784 but he and my father became lovers. 45 00:02:45,268 --> 00:02:48,547 They had an on and off relationship, very tumultuous. 46 00:02:48,582 --> 00:02:51,861 My father had a lot of problems. He was an alcoholic. 47 00:02:53,311 --> 00:02:56,176 When my dad left he left us with no money. 48 00:02:57,832 --> 00:03:02,561 Truman's number was up by the telephone, and so I called him and said 49 00:03:02,596 --> 00:03:06,738 do any of your friends need a helper this summer? I need to get a job. 50 00:03:06,772 --> 00:03:08,947 Truman treated me like an adult 51 00:03:08,981 --> 00:03:13,054 and just said OK, well why don't you come into New York 52 00:03:13,089 --> 00:03:15,367 and we'll have lunch and discuss it? 53 00:03:15,402 --> 00:03:17,197 [Upbeat music] 54 00:03:18,888 --> 00:03:22,340 Kate Harrington: So I took money out of the cookie jar, played hooky, 55 00:03:22,374 --> 00:03:25,929 g***t on the Long Island Railroad and went into New York. [Train whistle] 56 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:32,591 Truman told me how to do it because I was so young. 57 00:03:33,765 --> 00:03:37,217 I gave the paper with the address to the taxi 58 00:03:39,391 --> 00:03:41,945 and I went there to have lunch with him. 59 00:03:45,742 --> 00:03:50,368 He said the only thing you can do at your age to make a good bit of money is model. 60 00:03:50,402 --> 00:03:54,268 I thought that was a crazy idea because I had never thought of myself in that way. 61 00:03:55,580 --> 00:03:59,377 He took me to Richard Avedon Studio [camera flash] 62 00:04:01,724 --> 00:04:06,004 and just slowly, slowly, slowly my whole world began to change. 63 00:04:07,523 --> 00:04:11,699 'Cause he opened up the doors of literature, dance, 64 00:04:11,734 --> 00:04:14,392 art, music, fashion. 65 00:04:15,634 --> 00:04:18,534 And meeting all kinds of accomplished people. 66 00:04:20,915 --> 00:04:22,814 [Camera flash] 67 00:04:22,848 --> 00:04:26,438 He always said he was writing a wonderful book about them. 68 00:04:27,543 --> 00:04:30,649 Um, I used to get bored at the lunches 69 00:04:30,684 --> 00:04:34,619 and so he told me once on the way there that what I should do 70 00:04:34,653 --> 00:04:39,382 is sit in the booth and listen to the conversation of the people next to us. 71 00:04:41,039 --> 00:04:44,870 And on the way home I could tell him everything they talked about. 72 00:04:44,905 --> 00:04:46,872 It was sort of fun for him. 73 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:49,944 And ever since then when I go to restaurants 74 00:04:49,979 --> 00:04:52,050 I kind of do that out of habit. 75 00:04:52,982 --> 00:04:54,328 And I would write in my journal. 76 00:04:56,192 --> 00:05:00,610 Truman Capote: Tell me are you a real writer? It depends on what you mean by real. 77 00:05:00,645 --> 00:05:05,028 Well darling, does anyone buy what you write? [Laughter] 78 00:05:05,650 --> 00:05:06,961 Not yet. 79 00:05:08,135 --> 00:05:11,690 I'm going to help you she said. I can too. 80 00:05:11,725 --> 00:05:14,383 Think of all the people I know who know people. 81 00:05:14,417 --> 00:05:16,143 [Upbeat jazz music] 82 00:05:16,177 --> 00:05:20,630 Fix me a drink darling, then you can read me a story yourself. 83 00:05:24,910 --> 00:05:29,708 In America there is only one social class 84 00:05:30,847 --> 00:05:32,987 that really matters in a cultural sense. 85 00:05:34,437 --> 00:05:37,682 And that is the quote "high society of New York." 86 00:05:40,857 --> 00:05:42,583 I mean you can be the richest 87 00:05:42,618 --> 00:05:45,068 and most famous person in Boise, Idaho and it doesn't matter. 88 00:05:46,518 --> 00:05:49,625 Unless you're famous in New York you're not famous. 89 00:05:51,799 --> 00:05:53,836 These people took him up. 90 00:05:55,044 --> 00:05:57,115 Truman saw everything and he remembered it. 91 00:05:58,668 --> 00:06:01,153 Sooner or later he was going to put it down on paper. 92 00:06:03,846 --> 00:06:07,919 Female interviewer: An assortment of celebrated people pay $50 to sip the bubbly 93 00:06:07,953 --> 00:06:10,162 and exchanged small talk. 94 00:06:10,197 --> 00:06:14,512 Mr. Capote was on hand for a benefit preview of his newest offering. 95 00:06:14,546 --> 00:06:18,826 You're a part of the in-crowd. You're also referred to as the beautiful people, 96 00:06:18,861 --> 00:06:20,552 do you know what that phrase means? 97 00:06:22,830 --> 00:06:25,143 I don't think that any such thing really exists. 98 00:06:26,455 --> 00:06:28,146 It doesn't mean anything. Does it to you? 99 00:06:29,596 --> 00:06:30,838 Female interviewer: I don't know what it means. 100 00:06:30,873 --> 00:06:31,667 Well I don't know then. 101 00:06:31,701 --> 00:06:32,668 Maybe you could tell me. 102 00:06:32,702 --> 00:06:34,463 [Laughs] 103 00:06:34,497 --> 00:06:36,119 Thank you. 104 00:06:38,294 --> 00:06:41,504 Kate Harrington: Truman started his day getting a cup of coffee 105 00:06:41,539 --> 00:06:44,024 and sitting, and talking to gossip columnists. 106 00:06:45,819 --> 00:06:49,926 He'd trade all the gossip and they would discuss all the happenings, 107 00:06:49,961 --> 00:06:53,585 secrets and you know I'd hear him laughing hysterically 108 00:06:53,620 --> 00:06:56,208 that kind of hilarious, guttural laugh. 109 00:06:56,243 --> 00:06:58,176 [Laughing] 110 00:07:00,799 --> 00:07:02,145 Oh well that wasn't in the thing... 111 00:07:06,564 --> 00:07:07,703 [Laughter] 112 00:07:30,346 --> 00:07:35,489 Sally Quinn: He was a fantastic gossip. He knew everything. So you could sit next to 113 00:07:35,524 --> 00:07:37,595 Truman it was just a dream come true 114 00:07:37,629 --> 00:07:41,046 because he would just you know? [Laughs] 115 00:07:41,081 --> 00:07:42,772 Just spill it all out. 116 00:07:45,603 --> 00:07:47,501 So you would just eat it up. 117 00:07:49,158 --> 00:07:52,161 And thank god he [laughs] he never thought he wanted to write about me 118 00:07:53,265 --> 00:07:56,096 'cause God knows what I told him. [Laughs] 119 00:07:57,373 --> 00:07:59,962 And he was bitchy, but he was smart. 120 00:07:59,996 --> 00:08:00,928 I really mean this. 121 00:08:00,963 --> 00:08:02,723 Johnny Carson: Yeah? 122 00:08:02,758 --> 00:08:06,520 That the less intelligent the performer is the better he is. 123 00:08:06,555 --> 00:08:13,527 For instance Marlon Brando is an absolutely marvellous actor, 124 00:08:13,562 --> 00:08:15,805 but he's so dumb it makes your skin crawl. 125 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:19,119 [Audience laughter] 126 00:08:19,153 --> 00:08:21,880 John Richardson: He'd...