there are guests at a wake for norman mailer and over the course of the film, slowly the naturalistic are replaced by spirits, including several spirits of norman himself. what i guess we are seeing is the order of that change. the scene that follows is the first spirit of norman entering. probably more important, music begins to creep into the room. in the sense that this film has something to do with the tradition of opera, the scenes are something like the very beginnings of the narrative as it is sung. this happens more and more as the film progresses. >> among the people there were salman rushdie, liz smith, maggie gyllenhaal. why them? >> some of them had a relationship to norman. i think it was an idea to create them in a believable way. other actors were cast as an extension of making it naturalistic, to find people who sensibility aligns with that. for example, paul giamatti, ellen burstyn word chosen for that reason. >> you wanted me to come in participate but our schedules did not match up. it looks remarkable. you put it on a barge. >> this is the top floor of a brownstone

there are guests that awake for norman mailer and over the course of the film slowly the naturalistic guests were replaced by spirits, including several spirits of norman himself. and so i guess what we're seeing is the border of that changed. there's a seine that follows tse the first spirit of norman entering but probably more importantly what happens in the eulogy is that music begins to creep into the room in the sense that the film has somethinging to do with the tradition of opera. these scenes are something like the very beginnings of the narrative as it's sung. this happens more and more as the film progresses. >> rose: among the people there with elaine strip, who you saw, salman rushdie, maggie gyllenhaal, why them? >> well, some of them had a direct relationship to norman and i think intention was to create a believable way where people from his social circle would be there and other actors who were chosen i think were cast as an extension of thatover that interest, making it naturalistic. in other words to find people whose sensibility aligns with with that. and, for examp

used to wear pulitzer dresses, we just bought this big soda book of the moon landings with the norman mailer text of a fire on the moon. and i was looking through these pictures of neil armstrong on the lunar surface, buzz aldrin and his sort of marshmallow space suit and just having sort of a tomboy moment because these are pretty male heroic images, until i turn a page and i am hit with this burst of color. .. they have this club, disorder severity that continues to be to this day. they go on crusades and are to continue support each other through triumph and tragedy. one of this week things about the connection of the wisest many of them, when i met them were a little gold bracelet with a tiny golden whistle on it. that is one of their symbols. with so and we will be there for you. of course, it was a matter of winning over these women stress. they were always very protect to the nasa, of their husbands, even if they were later divorced after their husbands came to them that because a startling amount of astronaut and why state divorce after the apollo program and i see it as really a cas

used to wear pulitzer dresses, we just bought this big soda book of the moon landings with the norman mailer text of a fire on the moon. and i was looking through these pictures of neil armstrong on the lunar surface, buzz aldrin and his sort of marshmallow space suit and just having sort of a tomboy moment because these are pretty male heroic images, until i turn a page and i am hit with this burst of color. .. and a sort of continue to support each other through triumph and tragedy. one of the sweetest things about the connection of the wives is many of them when i met them they wore a little gold bracelets with a tiny golden whistle on it and that's one of their symbols we will be there for you and it was a matter of winning over these women's trust. they were always very protective of nasa, of their husbands even if they were later after their husbands back from the moon divorced because astronauts and their wives did divorce after the apollo program and i see it as a casualty of the incredible amount of pressure that was on these families to come for them and tform andto just work aroun

used to wear pulitzer dresses, we just bought this big soda book of the moon landings with the norman mailer text of a fire on the moon. and i was looking through these pictures of neil armstrong on the lunar surface, buzz aldrin and his sort of marshmallow space suit and just having sort of a tomboy moment because these are pretty male heroic images, until i turn a page and i am hit with this burst of color. .. and a sort of continue to support each other through triumph and tragedy. one of the sweetest things about the connection of the wives is many of them when i met them they wore a little gold bracelets with a tiny golden whistle on it and that's one of their symbols we will be there for you and it was a matter of winning over these women's trust. they were always very protective of nasa, of their husbands even if they were later after their husbands back from the moon divorced because astronauts and their wives did divorce after the apollo program and i see it as a casualty of the incredible amount of pressure that was on these families to come for them and tform andto just work aroun