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Hilariously, the always rather thick Charlie refers to Joan's "After Henry" as "Regarding Henry"...a very bad film by Mike Nichols. And Joan is not happy.
They take themselves very seriously indeed. They have insight and she in particular is acerbic and interesting. But also limited. This is life. Nobody's perfect. I find her emotionally very distant and strange and the idea you can adopt a baby and not integrate her with her birth.parents is strange and controlling and full of denial. It's like her life is a construct and that is the tragedy of them.. Her work is fantastic though.
@@deborahcurtis1385 completely agree. The more I know about Didion & Dunne, the less I enjoy their work. I believe they had reputations as hard-partying snobs who constantly drank and smoked. She could have smiled & politely corrected him.
@@deborahcurtis1385 I agree. In the Netflix doc she is asked what it was like being on assignment in the 60’s and entering a room where a 5 yr old child is tripping on acid. She responded with ‘it was gold…..for good or bad’. But later she absolutely cannot believe that she found drugs on the floor of her young daughter’s bedroom floor left by people attending her house party. It’s like what? So she is incensed when drugs come near her child but not some random child that she can exploit for an article. Very detached, which I think was by designed in a pretentious sort of way.
@@awesomelife3710 Yes but they have a certain patrician style which I find a bit suffocating. They're "well connected". The interviewer is plodding and awkward.
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I've just finished "year of Magical Thinking" .. very moving to hear them both ..
I'm nearing the end of the book and it's very sad seeing this - knowing what was to befall them both.
I'm reading "Year of Magical Thinking." Strange to hear thier voices together. I'd only heard Joan's voice years after this.
When your wife is a literary genius.
When a couple don't think that way - that's the genius.
Good
Cute couple
Hilariously, the always rather thick Charlie refers to Joan's "After Henry" as "Regarding Henry"...a very bad film by Mike Nichols. And Joan is not happy.
They take themselves very seriously indeed. They have insight and she in particular is acerbic and interesting. But also limited. This is life. Nobody's perfect. I find her emotionally very distant and strange and the idea you can adopt a baby and not integrate her with her birth.parents is strange and controlling and full of denial. It's like her life is a construct and that is the tragedy of them.. Her work is fantastic though.
@@deborahcurtis1385 Lay off the crack pipe.
@@louduva9849 What kind of a comment is that? Too many thoughts for you? LOL
@@deborahcurtis1385 completely agree. The more I know about Didion & Dunne, the less I enjoy their work. I believe they had reputations as hard-partying snobs who constantly drank and smoked. She could have smiled & politely corrected him.
@@deborahcurtis1385 I agree. In the Netflix doc she is asked what it was like being on assignment in the 60’s and entering a room where a 5 yr old child is tripping on acid. She responded with ‘it was gold…..for good or bad’. But later she absolutely cannot believe that she found drugs on the floor of her young daughter’s bedroom floor left by people attending her house party. It’s like what? So she is incensed when drugs come near her child but not some random child that she can exploit for an article. Very detached, which I think was by designed in a pretentious sort of way.
John 5:28,29 resurrection 🙏
A lot has changed in 26 years, and it's highly doubtful that politically-conservative Didion would still be "crazy about" the LA Times.
I'm not sure if she's politically correct.
@@robertisham5279 Didion is factually correct, not politically correct.
Her conservatism ended in the late 60s, and her writing really began. I think The L A Times Book Review would please her...
As a couple, they were not exactly the life of the party.
ucctgg And yet, they managed to consistently draw the brightest minds to the dinner parties they threw for years, both in New York and California.
@@awesomelife3710 Yes but they have a certain patrician style which I find a bit suffocating. They're "well connected". The interviewer is plodding and awkward.
Your definition of life of the party must be a pretty mediocre one