Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017)
• October 11th, 2017 • 1h 32min
Documentary
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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