The 50 Year Argument (2014)
Overview
Follows the waves of literary, political, and cultural history as charted by the The New York Review of Books, America’s leading journal of ideas for over 50 years. Provocative, idiosyncratic and incendiary, the film weaves rarely seen archival material, contributor interviews, excerpts from writings by such icons as James Baldwin, Gore Vidal, and Joan Didion along with original verité footage filmed in the Review’s West Village offices.
What is The 50 Year Argument about?
Follows the waves of literary, political, and cultural history as charted by the The New York Review of Books, America’s leading journal of ideas for over 50 years. Provocative, idiosyncratic and incendiary, the film weaves rarely seen archival material, contributor interviews, excerpts from writings by such icons as James Baldwin, Gore Vidal, and Joan Didion along with original verité footage filmed in the Review’s West Village offices. The 50 Year Argument is a Documentary movie, released on 2014-06-07, runtime 95 minutes.
Is The 50 Year Argument worth watching?
TMDB users rate The 50 Year Argument 6.6 out of 10 from 18 ratings. Reception is mixed-to-positive.
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Directed by
Martin Scorsese, David Tedeschi
Cast
- Michael Chabon as Himself
- Norman Mailer as Himself
- Joan Didion as Herself
- Barbara Epstein as Herself
- Elizabeth Hardwick as Herself
- Michael Stuhlbarg as Narration
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