
Plot
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.
Trailer
Cast

Joan Didion
Self

Griffin Dunne
Self

Hilton Als
Self

David Hare
Self

Phyllis Rifield
Self

Amy Robinson
Self

Shelley Wanger
Self

Harrison Ford
Self

Tom Brokaw
Self

Susanna Moore
Self

Vanessa Redgrave
Self

Robert Silvers
Self

Calvin Trillin
Self

Anna Wintour
Self

Patricia Hearst
Self

Janis Joplin
Self

Tuesday Weld
Self

Jim Morrison
Self

Bobby Beausoleil
Self

Oliver North
Self

Jim Didion
Self

Charles Manson
Self (archive footage)

Leslie Van Houten
Self (archive footage)

Linda Kasabian
Self (archive footage)

Patricia Krenwinkel
Self (archive footage)