The 50 Year Argument

IMDb 6.6 2014 • 95 min • Documentary

Director

Martin Scorsese

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon Himself
Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer Himself
Joan Didion
Joan Didion Herself
Barbara Epstein
Barbara Epstein Herself
Elizabeth Hardwick
Elizabeth Hardwick Herself