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“Mailer Fracas Fails to Jell.” Article by Jeff Millar. Houston Chronicle, 30 April, Sec. 2, 3. Report of Mailer showing Maidstone at Rice Memorial Center, and speaking afterward. Asked why Rip Torn attacked him at the end of the film, Mailer said, “Rip was acting. He figured that’s what the film aesthetically needed.”