The 50 Year Argument

The 50 Year Argument

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2014-06-07

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.

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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.

Released

2014-06-07

Runtime

95

Director

Martin Scorsese

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Documentary

Language

English

Production

Sikelia Productions

Magna Global Entertainment

BBC Arena

HBO Documentary Films

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    Michael Chabon

    Michael Chabon
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    Norman Mailer

    Norman Mailer
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    Joan Didion

    Joan Didion
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    Barbara Epstein

    Barbara Epstein
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    Elizabeth Hardwick

    Elizabeth Hardwick
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    Michael Stuhlbarg

    Michael Stuhlbarg