Town Bloody Hall
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2020],c2020
Format: DVD
Edition: Director-approved DVD special edition.
Description: 1 videodisc (86 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (4 unnumbered pages : illustrations)
On April 30, 1971, a standing-room-only crowd of New York's intellectual elite packed the city's Town Hall theater to see Norman Mailer, fresh from the controversy over his essay 'The Prisoner of Sex' and the backlash it received from leaders of the women's movement, tangle with a panel of four prominent female thinkers and activists: Jacqueline Ceballos, Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston, and Diana Trilling.
Series: Criterion collection ; 1039.
Other Authors:
Hegedus, Chris, film director, editor of moving image work.
Pennebaker, D. A., film director, director of photography.
Broughton, Shirley, film producer.
Van Slyck, Edith, film producer.
Doob, Nick, director of photography.
Woodcock, Mark (Director of photography) director of photography.
Ceballos, Jacqueline Michot, 1925- on-screen participant.
Greer, Germaine, 1939- on-screen participant.
Johnston, Jill, on-screen participant.
Mailer, Norman, on-screen participant.
Trilling, Diana, on-screen participant.
Anderson, Melissa, (Film critic) essayist.
Theatre for ideas, presenter.
Pennebaker Hegedus Films, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Hegedus, Chris, film director, editor of moving image work.
Pennebaker, D. A., film director, director of photography.
Broughton, Shirley, film producer.
Van Slyck, Edith, film producer.
Doob, Nick, director of photography.
Woodcock, Mark (Director of photography) director of photography.
Ceballos, Jacqueline Michot, 1925- on-screen participant.
Greer, Germaine, 1939- on-screen participant.
Johnston, Jill, on-screen participant.
Mailer, Norman, on-screen participant.
Trilling, Diana, on-screen participant.
Anderson, Melissa, (Film critic) essayist.
Theatre for ideas, presenter.
Pennebaker Hegedus Films, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Subjects:
Mailer, Norman.
Mailer, Norman. Prisoner of sex.
Ceballos, Jacqueline Michot, 1925-
Johnston, Jill.
Greer, Germaine, 1939-
Trilling, Diana.
Feminism -- United States.
Women's rights -- United States.
Feminism and literature -- United States.
Sex differences (Psychology)
Sex role -- United States.
Politics and culture -- United States.
Mailer, Norman.
Mailer, Norman. Prisoner of sex.
Ceballos, Jacqueline Michot, 1925-
Johnston, Jill.
Greer, Germaine, 1939-
Trilling, Diana.
Feminism -- United States.
Women's rights -- United States.
Feminism and literature -- United States.
Sex differences (Psychology)
Sex role -- United States.
Politics and culture -- United States.
Target Audience: Not rated.
ISBN:
9781681437484
UPC: 715515250016
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Title from title frames.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1979.
Program content: ©1979.
Full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio).
Special features: audio commentary from 2004 featuring Chris Hegedus and author Germaine Geer; new interview with Hegedus; Reunion (footage from a 2004 celebration of the film, which brought together participants Greer, Jacqueline Ceballos and Jill Johnston and directors Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker); appearance from 1971 on The Dick Cavett Show by author Norman Mailer, promoting his book The prisoner of sex; archival interviews with Greer and Mailer; essay by film critic Melissa Anderson.
Filmed by Jim Desmond, D.A. Pennebaker, Mark Woodcock ; editor, Chris Hegedus.
Participants: Jacqueline Ceballos, Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston, Norman Mailer, Diana Trilling.
DVD; NTSC, Region 1; 4:3 full screen presentation, 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital monaural.
In English.
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
Originally released as a motion picture in 1979.
Program content: ©1979.
Full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio).
Special features: audio commentary from 2004 featuring Chris Hegedus and author Germaine Geer; new interview with Hegedus; Reunion (footage from a 2004 celebration of the film, which brought together participants Greer, Jacqueline Ceballos and Jill Johnston and directors Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker); appearance from 1971 on The Dick Cavett Show by author Norman Mailer, promoting his book The prisoner of sex; archival interviews with Greer and Mailer; essay by film critic Melissa Anderson.
Filmed by Jim Desmond, D.A. Pennebaker, Mark Woodcock ; editor, Chris Hegedus.
Participants: Jacqueline Ceballos, Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston, Norman Mailer, Diana Trilling.
DVD; NTSC, Region 1; 4:3 full screen presentation, 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital monaural.
In English.
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).