Nat Hentoff

Nat Hentoff

Nascimento : 1925-06-10, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Morte : 2017-01-07

História

Nathan Irving Hentoff (June 10, 1925 – January 7, 2017) was an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and syndicated columnist for United Media. Hentoff was a columnist for The Village Voice from 1958 to 2009. Following his departure from The Village Voice, Hentoff became a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and continued writing his music column for The Wall Street Journal, which published his works until his death. He often wrote on First Amendment issues, vigorously defending the freedom of the press. Hentoff was formerly a columnist for: Down Beat, JazzTimes, Legal Times, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Progressive, Editor & Publisher and Free Inquiry. He was a staff writer for The New Yorker, and his writings were also published in: The New York Times, Jewish World Review, The Atlantic, The New Republic, Commonweal, and Enciclopedia dello Spettacolo. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Perfil

Nat Hentoff

Filmes

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self - Writer
Hollywood careers are full of make-or-break moments. For Clint Eastwood, one such moment came when studio powers agreed to let him make his directing debut. That story and others comprise this portrait of the famed Hollywood icon. His career is explored via an array of film clips, interviews and more.
Poucas e Boas
Poucas e Boas
Himself
Na década de 1930, o guitarrista de jazz Emmet Ray idolatra Django Reinhardt, enfrenta gângsteres e se apaixona por uma mulher muda. Um cômico 'filme biográfico' focando a vida do imaginário violonista Emmett Ray. Ray era um ser humano irresponsável, esbanjador, arrogante, desagradável, beberrão, miserável, mas que também era indiscutivelmente o melhor guitarrista do mundo. Veremos a vida do Ray com sua insistência em ficar bêbado, o hobby de tiro-ao-rato e apreciar trens passando, seus sonhos de fama e fortuna, sua estranha obsessão pelo mais conhecido guitarrista Django Reinhardt e, claro, sua maravilhosa performance na guitarra.
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
Himself (archive footage)
The outrageous, groundbreaking comic Lenny Bruce, whose iconoclastic material in a conservative era got him into tragic trouble, is profiled by a close friend, Fred Baker, who prefers to remember the laughs Lenny Bruce's memory evokes instead of the tears. By presenting Bruce's landmark skits on the Steve Allen Show, his failed TV pilot episode and a candid interview with Nat Hentoff, Bruce's genius and anguish show through the dramatic and tragic trajectory of his career from aspiring artist to hunted "lawbreaker".