{"product_id":"eclipse-series-35-maidstone-and-other-films-by-norman-mailer-dvd","title":"Eclipse Series 35: Maidstone And Other Films By Norman Mailer Dvd","description":"\u003cp\u003eNorman Mailer is remembered for many things— his novels, his essays, his articles, his activism, his ego. one largely forgotten chapter of his life, however, is his late-sixties kamikaze-style plunge into making experimental films. These rough-hewn, self-financed, largely improvised metafictions are works of madness and bravado, all starring Mailer himself and with technical assistance from cinema verite´ trailblazers D. A. Pennebaker and Richard Leacock. The most fully realized of his directorial efforts is the blustering, brawling \u003ci\u003eMaidstone,\u003c\/i\u003e a shocking sign of the political times, in which Mailer plays a filmmaker and presidential candidate who may be the target of an assassination attempt. Along with Mailer’s other films of the period—\u003ci\u003eWild 90\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Law\u003c\/i\u003e—it shows an uncompromising artist in thrall to both himself and a new medium.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cinema Cellar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41779987284053,"sku":"CCECL159DVD","price":32.39,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3032\/6613\/files\/v4k8sachuw9lbgxtoeflx5ftabo2xm_large_luuohfjcaf7zofbu.jpg?v=1767992652","url":"https:\/\/cinemacellar.com\/products\/eclipse-series-35-maidstone-and-other-films-by-norman-mailer-dvd","provider":"Cinema Cellar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}