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Maidstone (1970)
director of photography:
D. A. Pennebaker
cast:
Norman Mailer, Rip Torn, Paul Austin, Joy Bang, Beverly Bentley, Penelope Milford, Lane Smith, José Torres
director:
Norman Mailer
running time:
106 min.
synopsis
Over a booze-fueled, increasingly hectic five-day shoot in East Hampton, Norman Mailer and his cast and crew spontaneously unloaded onto film the lurid and loony chronicle of U.S. presidential candidate and filmmaker Norman T. Kingsley debating and attacking his hangers-on and enemies. This gonzo narrative, an inkblot test of Mailers own subconscious (Time), becomes something like a documentary on its own making when costar Rip Torn breaks the fourth wall in one of cinemas most alarming on-screen outbursts.
Over a booze-fueled, increasingly hectic five-day shoot in East Hampton, Norman Mailer and his cast and crew spontaneously unloaded onto film the lurid and loony chronicle of U.S. presidential candidate and filmmaker Norman T. Kingsley debating and attacking his hangers-on and enemies. This gonzo narrative, an inkblot test of Mailers own subconscious (Time), becomes something like a documentary on its own making when costar Rip Torn breaks the fourth wall in one of cinemas most alarming on-screen outbursts.
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