Monday, 23 January 2017


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After some research I can safely say that that quote is from the 2005 movie. Which is unfortunate because I was really into the cover idea that I had come up with. I do really want to incorporate the fact that Capote had some relationship with these two killers Perry Smith and Richard Hitchcock, and he was one of the first authors to ever attempt meeting
with real life culprits in a crime for the sake of a book. 




Capote also wrote Breakfast at Tiffany's which I find really interesting. It is such a strange off beat movie. Which I think really reflects him in a way. Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird was close friends with him and called him a "Pocket Merlin" because he was so inventive. 


In Cold Blood started out as an article for the New Yorker, and he went with his friend Harper Lee to visit Kansas. They interviewed family of the deceased, neighbours and the police who were investigating the murder. The murderers were brought back to trial while Lee and Capote were still in Kansas and they interviewed them. Once they left, Capote remained in contact with the killers trying to get them to open up about the murders. 

The two killers were found guilty and sentenced to death and Capote went to their execution. 
Capote was greatly affected by this whole experience and took to heavy drinking and tranquilizers.

I like the facts behind the book more than the book itself if im honest. So I would like to have my cover reflect that. Im going to source real images from the victims, killers and incidents that surrounded this case as a base for my development



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