Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
October 11, 2017
92 minutes
7.3
Documentary

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

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.

Trailer
Cast
Joan Didion
(Self)
Griffin Dunne
(Self)
Hilton Als
(Self)
David Hare
(Self)
Phyllis Rifield
(Self)
Amy Robinson
(Self)
Shelley Wanger
(Self)
Harrison Ford
(Self)
Tom Brokaw
(Self)
Susanna Moore
(Self)
Vanessa Redgrave
(Self)
Robert Silvers
(Self)
Calvin Trillin
(Self)
Anna Wintour
(Self)
Patricia Hearst
(Self)
Janis Joplin
(Self)
Tuesday Weld
(Self)
Jim Morrison
(Self)
Bobby Beausoleil
(Self)
Oliver North
(Self)
Jim Didion
(Self)
Charles Manson
(Self (archive footage))
Leslie Van Houten
(Self (archive footage))
Linda Kasabian
(Self (archive footage))
Patricia Krenwinkel
(Self (archive footage))