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Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017) — Ligoscope

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

Film · 2017

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

92 min · Directed by Griffin Dunne · PG-13

7.363
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Literary icon Joan Didion reflects on her remarkable career and personal struggles in this intimate documentary directed by her nephew, Griffin Dunne.

Cast

Joan Didion

Joan Didion

Self

Griffin Dunne

Griffin Dunne

Self

Hilton Als

Hilton Als

Self

David Hare

David Hare

Self

P

Phyllis Rifield

Self

Amy Robinson

Amy Robinson

Self

Shelley Wanger

Self

Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford

Self

Tom Brokaw

Tom Brokaw

Self

Susanna Moore

Self

Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave

Self

Robert B. Silvers

Self

Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin

Self

Anna Wintour

Anna Wintour

Self

Patricia Hearst

Patricia Hearst

Self (archive footage)

Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin

Self (archive footage)

Tuesday Weld

Tuesday Weld

Self (archive footage)

Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison

Self (archive footage)

Bobby Beausoleil

Bobby Beausoleil

Self (archive footage)

Oliver North

Oliver North

Self (archive footage)

Jim Didion

Self

Crew

Director: Griffin Dunne
Producer: Annabelle Dunne, Mary Recine
Editor: Ann Collins
Cinematography: William Rexer, Reed Morano, Tom Hurwitz
Composer: Nathan Halpern

Details

Studios: Didion Doc
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English
Certification: PG-13
Release: October 11, 2017

Themes

melancholywriteradoringawestruckbrisk

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