SummaryAcross more than 50 years of essays, novels, screenplays, and criticism, Joan Didion has been our premier chronicler of the ebb and flow of America’s cultural and political tides with observations on her personal – and our own – upheavals, downturns, life changes, and states of mind. In the intimate, extraordinary documentary Joan Didion: The Cen... Read More
Directed By:Griffin Dunne
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
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Oct 27, 2017
88
The fact that it was made by her nephew, actor/filmmaker Griffin Dunne, gives it a warmth and intimacy that might not have graced a more standard documentary.
Oct 31, 2017
80
Seeing the breadth of Didion’s work and its impact on the culture represented cumulatively delivers an unexpected shock to the system.
Oct 23, 2017
80
Her ability to take in the chaos and darkness of the ’70s and find some kind of acceptance through her writing is what makes her as relevant as ever.
Oct 26, 2017
70
It's that the closeness with Dunne, as well as his complete familiarity with the boldface-names life she and her husband led in both Los Angeles and New York, has given this film a quality of personal intimacy that makes it moving and involving.
Oct 26, 2017
60
Its workmanlike cinematic language can’t quite capture the urgency and expansiveness of Didion’s vision as a writer, and how keenly and bitingly she managed to forecast the insanities that plague our time.
Oct 24, 2017
50
It's an exercise in joviality, unflinching in its love for Joan Didion, and unwilling to be much more.
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Apr 18, 2024
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A documentary on the life and work of writer Joan Didion, produced and directed by her nephew, Griffin Dunne. It shows us both the clarity and sadness of her work, and the sorrows and successes of her life with her husband (the writer John Griffin Dunne) and daughter, Quintana.
Production Company:
- Didion Doc
Release Date:Oct 27, 2017
Duration:1 h 34 m
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Awards
American Cinema Editors, USA
• 1 Nomination
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Nomination
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
• 1 Nomination
