Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017)

Griffin Dunne’s years-in-the-making documentary portrait of his aunt Joan Didion moves with the spirit of her uncannily lucid writing: the film simultaneously expands and zeroes in, covering a vast stretch of turbulent cultural history with elegance and candor.

Cast

Self
Joan Didion
Self
Griffin Dunne
Self
Vanessa Redgrave
Self
R Robert Silvers
Self
Calvin Trillin
Self
Anna Wintour
Self
Patricia Hearst
Self
Janis Joplin
Self
Tuesday Weld
Self
Jim Morrison
Self
Bobby Beausoleil
Self
Oliver North
Self
Hilton Als
Self
J Jim Didion
Self (archive footage)
Charles Manson
Self (archive footage)
Leslie Van Houten
Self (archive footage)
Linda Kasabian
Self (archive footage)
Patricia Krenwinkel
Self
David Hare
Self
P Phyllis Rifield
Self
Amy Robinson
Self
S Shelley Wanger
Self
Harrison Ford
Self
Tom Brokaw
Self
S Susanna Moore

Crew

Director
Griffin Dunne
Director of Photography
Reed Morano
Director of Photography
T Tom Hurwitz
Director of Photography
W William Rexer
Editor
A Ann Collins
Original Music Composer
Nathan Halpern
Additional Second Assistant Camera
Oren Soffer