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Joan Didion
Writer 1934 - 2021

Joan Didion

Sacramento, California, USA

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.

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

5 titles
Up Close & Personal

Up Close & Personal

Jon Avnet 1996 1h 59m 6.7
True Confessions

True Confessions

Ulu Grosbard 1981 1h 48m 6.5

A cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute

A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

Frank Pierson 1976 2h 20m 6.7

A Star Is Born is a 1976 rock music film telling the story of a young woman, played by Barbra Streisand who enters show business, and meets and falls in love with an established male star, played by Kris Kristofferson, only to find her career ascending while his goes into decline.

Play It As It Lays

Play It As It Lays

Frank Perry 1972 1h 39m

A Hollywood actress undergoes a psychic breakdown and recalls the traumatic events which led to her stay at a sanitarium.

The Panic in Needle Park

The Panic in Needle Park

Jerry Schatzberg 1971 1h 50m 8.3

This movie is a stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless girl who finds in her relationship with Bobby the stability she craves.

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