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The 50 Year Argument is a documentary film by Martin Scorsese and co-directed by David Tedeschi about the history and influence of the New York Review of Books, which marked its 50th anniversary in 2013.
Jul 1, 2014 · Film. Reviews. Jul 1, 2014 12:20am PT. Film Review: ‘The 50-Year Argument’. Martin Scorsese celebrates 50 years of the New York Review of Books in this incisive portrait of a vanguard...
Sep 25, 2014 · It may be naïve, but I still hold out hope that a film like “The 50 Year Argument” can help the chances of survival for long-form, detailed journalism. In a time when even the Gray Lady is under attack for misinformation and subscription rates are plummeting, “The 50 Year Argument” argues vehemently for the community that comes from ...
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Jan 29, 2015 · The 50 Year Argument: Directed by Martin Scorsese, David Tedeschi. With Barbara Epstein, W.H. Auden, Isaiah Berlin, Stephen Jay Gould. A documentary on the history and influence of the New York Review of Books.
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- Martin Scorsese, David Tedeschi
- 2015-01-29
The 50 Year Argument makes not just a compelling case for the importance of a publication the New York Review of Books but also, by its conclusion, for the written word itself. The film is something of a paean to the value and power of the editor—not just as a figure who helps writers communicate their ideas in clear sentences, but as one who ...
Jun 29, 2014 · Overview. 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 ...
Jan 29, 2015 · The 50 Year Argument resembles a reader-centric Behind the Music only on the surface; underneath, Scorsese and Tedeschi have fashioned an American cultural hall of mirrors that speaks of the chaotic exhilaration of fostering discourse that might initiate real social engagement.
