Norman Mailer: The Naked and the Dead

The following is a documentary on Norman Mailer’s classic, The Naked and the Dead.

Fighting Words: Norman Mailer explains the hipster

From the CBC Digital Archives. (h/t Waqas Mirza)

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In a departure from the usual Fighting Words format, American author Norman Mailer sits down for an in-depth discussion of “hip.” Mailer, a self-proclaimed philosopher of hip, teaches host Nathan Cohen about the differences between hips and squares, and discovers the true meaning of hip as the two men chain-smoke their way through this wonderful 1960 interview. Be there or be square.

Mailer on Mailer

From the American Masters series. Interviews with Norman Mailer

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Norman Mailer vs. Marshall McLuhan

Norman Mailer and Marshall McLuhan expound on violence, alienation and the electronic envelope. The clash of two great minds. (1968)