Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (Movie)

Griffin Dunne’s years-in-the-making documentary portrait of his aunt Joan Didion moves with the spirit of her uncannily lucid writing: the film simultaneously expands and zeroes in, covering a vast stretch of turbulent cultural history with elegance and candor.

Stream:

1. Dominick Dunne: After the Party (2008) (Movie) (3)
   

   Griffin Dunne...Self

   

   Joan Didion...Self

   

   Tuesday Weld...Self (archive footage)
2. Il falso bugiardo (2008) (Movie) (3)
   

   Linda Kasabian...

   

   Patricia Krenwinkel...

   Charles Manson...
3. Life After Manson (2014) (Movie) (3)
   

   Patricia Krenwinkel...Herself

   Charles Manson...(archive footage)

   

   Leslie Van Houten...
4. 27: Gone Too Soon (2018) (Movie) (2)
   

   Janis Joplin...Herself (archive footage)

   

   Jim Morrison...Himself (archive footage)
5. Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (2019) (Movie) (2)
   

   Tom Brokaw...Self

   

   Harrison Ford...Self
6. And the Oscar Goes To... (2014) (Movie) (2)
   

   Harrison Ford...

   

   Vanessa Redgrave...
7. Charles Manson: The Final Words (2017) (Movie) (2)
   Charles Manson...Self

   

   Bobby Beausoleil...Self
8. Commercial Entertainment Product (1992) (Movie) (2)
   

   Tom Brokaw...Self (archive footage)

   

   Harrison Ford...Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
9. Ed Sullivan's Rock 'N' Roll Classics: Rockin' the Sixties (2005) (Movie) (2)
   

   Jim Morrison...

   

   Janis Joplin...
10. Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours (2004) (Movie) (2)
    

    Griffin Dunne...

    

    Amy Robinson...
11. Helter Skelter: An American Myth (2020) (Movie) (2)
    Charles Manson...Himself (archive footage)

    

    Bobby Beausoleil...Himself (voice)
12. Holy Smoke (1999) (Movie) (2)
    

    Leslie Van Houten...Herself

    

    Patricia Krenwinkel...Herself
13. Joan Micklin Silver: Encounters with the New York Director (1983) (Movie) (2)
    

    Amy Robinson...

    

    Griffin Dunne...
14. Ocean's Eight (2018) (Movie) (2)
    

    Griffin Dunne...Parole Board Officer (voice)

    

    Anna Wintour...Anna Wintour
15. The Beach Boys and The Satan (1997) (Movie) (2)
    

    Bobby Beausoleil...Lucifer

    

    Janis Joplin...Herself
16. The World of Jacques Demy (1995) (Movie) (2)
    

    Harrison Ford...Self

    

    Jim Morrison...Self (archive footage)
17. When the Music's Over (1982) (Movie) (2)
    

    Janis Joplin...Self (archive footage)

    

    Jim Morrison...Self (archive footage)