The 50 Year Argument
2014•1h 35m•6.6•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Martin Scorsese
Languages
English
Studio
Sikelia Productions
Cast
Michael Chabon
Himself
Norman Mailer
Himself
Joan Didion
Herself
Barbara Epstein
Herself
Elizabeth Hardwick
Herself
Michael Stuhlbarg
Narration
Production
Company
Sikelia Productions
Company
Magna Global Entertainment
Company
BBC Arena
Company
HBO Documentary Films
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