The 50 Year Argument (2014)

  • NR
  • 06/29/2014 (GB)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 35m

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.

Martin Scorsese

Director

David Tedeschi

Director

Cast

Michael Chabon's headshot

Michael Chabon

Himself
Norman Mailer's headshot

Norman Mailer

Himself
Joan Didion's headshot

Joan Didion

Herself
Barbara Epstein's headshot

Barbara Epstein

Herself
Elizabeth Hardwick's headshot

Elizabeth Hardwick

Herself
Michael Stuhlbarg's headshot

Michael Stuhlbarg

Narration

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