Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Mailer at Venice with Film Aiming to Be Memorable

An AP account of Mailer's 30 August comments at the Venice Film Festival, where he hoped 'to pick up the marbles' with his film Maidstone; the film had first been shown in Provincetown on 24 August.

“Mailer at Venice with Film Aiming to Be Memorable,” an Associated Press account (New York Times, 31 August 1970, 21), reports Mailer’s 30 August comments at the Venice Film Festival, where he hoped “to pick up the marbles” with his film Maidstone (71.28). The film had first been shown in Provincetown on 24 August.

First published: 1970-08-31
Form: article
Lennon & Lennon: 70.12
Cite as: /works/1970-08-31-mailer-at-venice
Last updated: 2026-05-31