:56:01
The féticheur had said
that a woman with trembling hands
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would somehow get to Foreman.
:56:07
A succubus.
:56:09
'And that impressed me enormously.'
:57:08
(Ceremonial band playing)
:57:13
(Mailer) 'The heavyweight
championship produces an excitement
:57:19
'that's unlike
almost any other spectacle.
:57:22
'It's almost physically unendurable
:57:24
'to wait for that bell
to ring for the first round.
:57:28
'In 1974 in Zaire, the fight started
at four in the morning,
:57:31
'in order that it could be shown
on TV in America
:57:35
'at a reasonable hour like 10.'
:57:37
Boma ye! Boma ye!
:57:39
(Mailer) 'Before the fight,
I saw a scene that was incomparable.
:57:44
'Ali's dressing room
was like a morgue.'
:57:47
It was like The Last Supper.
:57:50
And at a certain point Ali said,
:57:52
"Why is everyone...
:57:56
"so unhappy?
:57:58
"What is the matter with all of you?"