I beg your pardon, but if Mr. Mailer HIMSELF requested that this video not be posted, then have the respect for his surviving family members to uphold his wishes and remove it. I'm sure you do not mean any ill will...
Torn was supposed to try and "assassinate" Mailer's character and drew blood by hitting him with the hammer to hard, so Mailer retaliated by trying to bite off his ear. Read the complete story at Subterranean Cinema, subcin (dot) com.
I created this clip about a year ago and posted it, then I removed it at the request of Mailer himself. Im glad someone reposted it, and anyone who is seeking his three ultrarare films Wild 90, Beyond the Law, and Maidstone (where this clip came from) can contact me for more information.
Mailer hardly looks like the badass he made himself out to be. He essentially wanted to be Hemingway, who could really hold his own in a brawl. Normy looks too clumsy, not to mention drunk and stoned. And that's Rip Torn? Boy, drinking sure took it's toll on him.
Mailer was married to Beverly (his fourth wife) at the time. She was an actress -- hence her overreaction when she comes rushing in. This bit was NOT choreographed, I can assure you. I heard what went on before the cameras started rolling long ago, direct from one of Rip's kids, and I'd repeat the story, except there's not space enough on YouTube to do it.
Well there's not much to the whole story, is there? Torn was upset with the direction and script and felt that what he was doing in this clip made more sense for his character. Mailer disagreed because he liked his head un-cracked.
Rip Torn has a small part in The Man Who Fell To Earth.
He's a gruff sounding Barrel shaped dude, didn't look much different then than he does today.
This looks to have been filmed maybe 2-5 years before the Bowie flic, but still, this dude doesn't even REMOTELY resemble Rip Torn in any way shape or form.
I created the clip originally, it comes from a French television showing of the film. Check out my "subterranean cinema" website (google search, aka "subcin") for more information about the film and the complete transcript of the scene. Ive also unearthed Mailer's two other cinematic odysseys, Wild 90 and Beyond The Law.
I beg your pardon, but if Mr. Mailer HIMSELF requested that this video not be posted, then have the respect for his surviving family members to uphold his wishes and remove it. I'm sure you do not mean any ill will...
frankieIII 4 years ago
God rest the soul of Mr. Norman Mailer. God take him to You. Grandpa
oldsteinar 4 years ago
Thank You Norman for your military service. I bet he was a good cook. Did he ever publish a cookbook?
squidaudio 4 years ago
Is this fight real?! what's the context?
napier995 4 years ago
Torn was supposed to try and "assassinate" Mailer's character and drew blood by hitting him with the hammer to hard, so Mailer retaliated by trying to bite off his ear. Read the complete story at Subterranean Cinema, subcin (dot) com.
subcin 4 years ago
Rest in Peace, Norman Mailer.
I created this clip about a year ago and posted it, then I removed it at the request of Mailer himself. Im glad someone reposted it, and anyone who is seeking his three ultrarare films Wild 90, Beyond the Law, and Maidstone (where this clip came from) can contact me for more information.
subcin 4 years ago
Mailer hardly looks like the badass he made himself out to be. He essentially wanted to be Hemingway, who could really hold his own in a brawl. Normy looks too clumsy, not to mention drunk and stoned. And that's Rip Torn? Boy, drinking sure took it's toll on him.
NYVoice 4 years ago
If Mailer hadn't let Rip get him on his back this fight might have ended differently.
gnolti 4 years ago
Mailer was married to Beverly (his fourth wife) at the time. She was an actress -- hence her overreaction when she comes rushing in. This bit was NOT choreographed, I can assure you. I heard what went on before the cameras started rolling long ago, direct from one of Rip's kids, and I'd repeat the story, except there's not space enough on YouTube to do it.
ironduke2000 4 years ago
Well there's not much to the whole story, is there? Torn was upset with the direction and script and felt that what he was doing in this clip made more sense for his character. Mailer disagreed because he liked his head un-cracked.
JCsunshine 4 years ago
Actually, it was completely the opposite. But never mind. You already think you know what happened, so stick with your version. Bye.
ironduke2000 4 years ago
No, feel free to correct me. What happened?
JCsunshine 4 years ago
No way that's Rip Torn.
Looks and sounds fuck all like him.
Rip Torn has a small part in The Man Who Fell To Earth.
He's a gruff sounding Barrel shaped dude, didn't look much different then than he does today.
This looks to have been filmed maybe 2-5 years before the Bowie flic, but still, this dude doesn't even REMOTELY resemble Rip Torn in any way shape or form.
Blookbugbeeker 4 years ago
I take it all back.
I was reading an article about the movie Maidstone - had interview exerts - amazingly that is a young Rip Torn fighting Mailer.
Apologies, I'm still amazed cos even in the 1969 movie Coming Apart, Rip Torn looks more like the Rip we know today than he does here.
Blookbugbeeker 4 years ago
Yeah guys, but this is real. Goddamn on the place!!! :-DDD
Cenza9 4 years ago
I created the clip originally, it comes from a French television showing of the film. Check out my "subterranean cinema" website (google search, aka "subcin") for more information about the film and the complete transcript of the scene. Ive also unearthed Mailer's two other cinematic odysseys, Wild 90 and Beyond The Law.
subcin 4 years ago
Run Norman Run!
GFY1954 4 years ago
That's Rip Torn during filming of Mailer's "Maidstone" in Easthampton
ca. 1968. The guy who tries to separate them is my friend Len Green.
Torn, btw, in the same era was doing Macbeth at the Mercer Arts
Center in the old Broadway Central Hotel, which later collapsed.
Rip Torn would come into my bar nearby on days when there were
afternoon and evening performances. He'd drink straight shots of
tequila between shows, sometimes 6 of them. I'm sure Lady Mac
(Geraldine Page) wasn't pleased.
bbethany7 4 years ago 2
I'll swear on my life that is NOT Rip Torn. This whole thing is so choreographed, it's typical Mailer. Love it though, anyway.
snakelavie 4 years ago
You're dead
kyuhsgrfjyugwergbh 4 years ago
Artie from the Larry Sanders Show? Right on.
deanmartin1066 4 years ago
O_O holy shit! this is real stuff!
GreatRussianHellfire 4 years ago
wow....
midian1369 4 years ago
Good Lord! "On-set" of what film/project? When? Who's that guy Mailer's fighting? Which Mailer wife? Yes, please tell where you got this.
ZombieTeq 4 years ago
Where did you get this footage from??
dalexstone 4 years ago
I love it!
acedenison 4 years ago