The ego has landed — and it's wearing a turtleneck.
Norman Mailer frankly discusses American culture, politics, literature, and his own tumultuous life.
Writing
Mailer's own words — weaponized, wounded, wickedly self-aware.
Direction
Archival interviews stitched like a boxing match of egos.
Director
Richard Copans
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released two years before 9/11, Mailer's warnings about American imperial violence now read as eerily prophetic.
Alec Baldwin's present-day interviews were filmed separately; he never sat across from Mailer, creating a ghostly dialogue between eras.
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