11 October 2017 Factual 92 mins
Literary icon Joan Didion reflects on her remarkable career and personal struggles in this intimate documentary directed by her nephew, Griffin Dunne.
Watch the official Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold 2017 trailer in HD below.
Joan Didion as Self
Griffin Dunne as Self
Hilton Als as Self
David Hare as Self
Phyllis Rifield as Self
Amy Robinson as Self
Shelley Wanger as Self
Harrison Ford as Self
Tom Brokaw as Self
Susanna Moore as Self
Vanessa Redgrave as Self
Robert Silvers as Self
Calvin Trillin as Self
Anna Wintour as Self
Patricia Hearst as Self (archive footage)
Janis Joplin as Self (archive footage)
Oren Soffer Additional Second Assistant Camera
Griffin Dunne Director
Reed Morano Director of Photography
Ann Collins Editor
Tom Hurwitz Director of Photography
William Rexer Director of Photography
Nathan Halpern Original Music Composer
Annabelle Dunne Producer
Mary Recine Producer
Joan Didion: Le centre ne tiendra pas Trailer
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