HOW TO COME ALIVE WITH NORMAN MAILER explores the rollercoaster life of Norman Mailer, America’s most controversial and bestselling author of the 20th Century. Propelled by his tremendous ego and contrarian spirit, Mailer’s ceaseless visibility in the public eye lasted six decades, during which time he had six tumultuous marriages, nine beloved children, eleven bestsellers, three arrests, and two Pulitzer Prizes. Alternately revered and reviled as a prophet, hedonist, violent criminal, literary outlaw, and social provocateur, Mailer and his ideas about love, anger, fear, and courage cut to the very core of human nature and resonated deeply with his readers.

The first project with full access to Mailer’s family and their archive, the film unearths a treasure trove of intimate and never-before-seen footage, including outtakes, audio recordings, and interviews from throughout his life; Mailer lays himself bare, foibles and all. As a lover, fighter, rabble-rouser, and perhaps the last true American public intellectual, Mailer sought most of all to become a bolder, better human being and encouraged all to do the same — to think adventurously, speak fearlessly, and care less about the response, or risk a doomed future.

Genre: Documentary
Running Time:  102 min
Country:  USA
Language:  English
Premiere:   West Coast
Director/ Producer:  JEFF ZIMBALIST
Editor:  ALANNAH BYRNES
Cinematographer:   GUY LIVNEH
Music:  JACQUES BRAUTBAR
Executive Producers:  VINNIE MALHOTRA, STU SCHREIBERG, JOHN BUFFALO MAILER
Producer:  VICTORIA MARQUETTE
Distributor:  ZEITGEIST
Trailer:  https://youtu.be/eUEHquSB5kM