When Norman Mailer ran for mayor on 'Vote the Rascals In' and promised to secede from New York State.
Dick Fontaine documents Norman Mailer’s 1969 bid for the Mayor’s office in New York City. Accompanied by his running mate, Jimmy Breslin, Mailer charismatically works the press and the public with a provocative platform that ultimately fails.
Direction
Fontaine captures the circus without commentary—just lets Mailer self-destruct gloriously.
Production
Raw vérité footage of 1969 NYC feels like time travel to a broken city.
Director
Dick Fontaine
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mailer's actual campaign slogan was 'No More Bullshit'—the FCC wouldn't let him say it on TV, so he shortened it to 'NMS'.
This campaign directly inspired Mailer's 1979 novel 'The Executioner's Song'—he realized he understood killers better than voters.
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