Joan Didion
Nacimiento : 1934-12-05, Sacramento, California, United States
Muerte : 2021-12-23
Historia
Joan Didion was an American writer. In the late 1960s, Didion's reportage brought Californian subcultures to wider attention. Her political writing often concentrated on the subtext of rhetoric.
Novel
En el punto de inflexión del asunto Irán-Contra, Elena McMahon, una intrépida periodista de investigación que cubre la campaña presidencial estadounidense de 1984, se pone en peligro cuando abandona la tarea que se le ha asignado para cumplir el último deseo de su padre enfermo, un hombre misterioso cuyas actividades pasadas ella apenas conoce.
Original Film Writer
Jackson Maine es una estrella consagrada de la música que una noche conoce y se enamora de Ally, una joven artista que lucha por salir adelante en el mundo del espectáculo. Justo cuando Ally está a punto de abandonar su sueño de convertirse en cantante, Jack decide ayudarla en su carrera hacia la fama. Pero el camino será más duro de lo que imagina.
Explores the history and mystery of Migraine, and its remarkable place in the human condition. Migraine is a devastating but fascinating neurological condition with a compelling story to tell. Alice in Wonderland, Thomas Jefferson, Sigmund Freud, and Joan Didion all figure into its colorful history.
Self
La legendaria escritora Joan Didion reflexiona sobre su carrera literaria y su agitada vida personal en este documental íntimo, dirigido por su sobrino Griffin Dunne.
Herself
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.
Self
Vanity Fair Special Correspondent Dominick Dunne has become known the world over for his vociferous championing of the rights of the victim in high-profile murder cases. His powerful commentaries have made compelling reading in Vanity Fair for a quarter of a century. Now, aged 82, Dunne is covering his last murder trial for Vanity Fair -- the trial of music producer Phil Spector -- and reflects upon his past as a decorated WWII Veteran, his rise and spectacular collapse as a Hollywood producer, and his rebirth as the writer we know today. Dunne's mind offers a fascinating insight into the American psyche and its obsession with fame.
Screenplay
Tally Atwater (Michelle Pfieffer) es una ambiciosa periodista que presenta la información meteorológica. Pero, cuando conoce a Warren Justice (Robert Redford), un veterano presentador y antiguo corresponsal en la Casa Blanca, su carrera se dispara y llega a presentar un informativo de máxima audiencia. Al tiempo, surge una relación sentimental entre ella y el atractivo Warren.
Writer
Juez Nash es muy apreciada por su posición y las decisiones en la sala del tribunal. Él es abordado por un agente especial de un grupo de trabajo del gobierno que investiga los jueces y abogados corruptos, y le pide que participe en una operación.
self
Before "L.A. Confidential", there was "Shotgun Freeway" -- the groundbreaking 1995 documentary about Los Angeles coming to grips with it's own history. Against a backdrop of never-before-seen archival footage, Shotgun Freeway presents a diverse group of "Angelinos" who guide the film through their own past as well as the city's. We get crime scribe James Ellroy reliving his youth as a burglar, Actor/writer Buck Henry's tour of Hollywood fakery, Jazzman Buddy Collette's trip down Central Avenue, Historian Mike Davis' tour of LA's eventual Armageddon, and writer Joan Didion's take on LA's own ephemerality. From the Beaches to the Valley, "Shotgun Freeway" will show you a Los Angeles you never knew existed.
Writer
This trio of tales, based on classic short stories, chronicles the complicated relations between the sexes.
Screenplay
Monseñor Desmond Spellacy (De Niro), un brillante prelado católico, tiene un talento para recaudar fondos sólo comparable a su gran devoción. Cuando su hermano Tom (Duvall), un policía duro, descubre que el sospechoso del asesinato de una prostituta podría ser uno de los principales benefactores de la Iglesia, pide ayuda a su hermano para atraparlo. Al principio Desmond se debate entre su lealtad a la Iglesia y a su hermano, pero, finalmente, decide que es preciso averiguar la verdad sobre el caso.
Screenplay
El éxito como cantante de Esther Hoffman es paralelo al proceso de autodestrucción de su marido John Norman, una estrella del rock en decadencia y adicto a las drogas.
Novel
Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather work on his career than on his relationship with her, numbs herself with drugs and sex with strangers. Only her friendship with a sensitive gay movie producer, B.Z., offers a semblance of solace. But even that relationship proves to be fleeting amidst the empty decadence of Hollywood.
Screenplay
Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather work on his career than on his relationship with her, numbs herself with drugs and sex with strangers. Only her friendship with a sensitive gay movie producer, B.Z., offers a semblance of solace. But even that relationship proves to be fleeting amidst the empty decadence of Hollywood.
Screenplay
Retrato de un grupo de adictos a la heroína que vagabundea por el "parque de la aguja" en la ciudad de Nueva York. Una de las películas preferidas por el propio Al Pacino de toda su carrera.
