Martin Scorsese, David Tedeschi
2014 - 97 min - HD - Couleur - États-Unis
"The New York Review of Books", a renowned NY literary institution that’s played a substantial role in American cultural and political life, gets the royal treatment in this celebration of a half-century of critical engagement and dissent. Interweaving the history and evolution of the publication, founded by Robert B. Silvers and Barbara Epstein (in reaction to what they considered the impoverished state of book reviewing in "The New York Times"!), with an examination of its amazing track record of wrestling with the urgent issues and inconvenient truths of the day, from Vietnam to Iraq, this look at the magazine and the journalistic values it enshrines is thoughtful, lively, and moving. It’s also a juicy compilation of greatest hits and historical bull’s-eyes, with guest appearances by James Baldwin, Gore Vidal, Susan Sontag, Norman Mailer, Joan Didion, and a host of other literary and political luminaries.
Author-Director : Martin Scorsese, David Tedeschi
Photography : Lisa Rinzler
Sound : Tom Fleischman, Fred Rosenberg, Damian Rodriguez
Editing : Paul Marchand, Michael J. Palmer
Delegate Producer : Sikelia Productions
Distinctions
2014 - Festival international du film de Berlin - Berlinale, Berlin (Allemagne) : Film de clôture2014 - Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Toronto (Canada) : Sélection officielle
2014 - New York Film Festival, New York (États-Unis) : Sélection
2014 - RIDM - Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal, Montréal (Canada) : Séance spéciale