Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Oct 11 2017
•2h 32m
•Documentary
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.
Cast
See allJoan Didion
Self
Griffin Dunne
Self
Hilton Als
Self
David Hare
Self
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