Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017)

October 11th, 20171h 32min

Documentary
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Overview

Griffin Dunne’s years-in-the-making documentary portrait of his aunt Joan Didion moves with the spirit of her uncannily lucid writing: the film simultaneously expands and zeroes in, covering a vast stretch of turbulent cultural history with elegance and candor.


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