Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

2017•1h 32m•7.3/10

Documentary

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7.3/10(63)

Literary icon Joan Didion reflects on her remarkable career and personal struggles in this intimate documentary directed by her nephew, Griffin Dunne.

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Didion Doc

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EN

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Released

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Cast

Joan Didion

Joan Didion

Self

Griffin Dunne

Griffin Dunne

Self

Hilton Als

Hilton Als

Self

David Hare

David Hare

Self

Phyllis Rifield

Self

Amy Robinson

Amy Robinson

Self

Shelley Wanger

Self

Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford

Self

Tom Brokaw

Tom Brokaw

Self

Susanna Moore

Self

Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave

Self

Robert B. Silvers

Self

Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin

Self

Anna Wintour

Anna Wintour

Self

Patricia Hearst

Patricia Hearst

Self (archive footage)

Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin

Self (archive footage)

Tuesday Weld

Tuesday Weld

Self (archive footage)

Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison

Self (archive footage)

Bobby Beausoleil

Bobby Beausoleil

Self (archive footage)

Oliver North

Oliver North

Self (archive footage)

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