Salinger is a 2013 American documentary film about the reclusive writer J. D. Salinger directed and produced by Shane Salerno.The film tells the story of Salinger's life through interviews with friends, historians, and journalists. The film premiered at the 40th annual Telluride Film Festival and had a second premiere on the opening night of the Toronto International Film Festival. J.D. Salinger (born January 1, 1919, New York, New York, U.S.—died January 27, 2010, Cornish, New Hampshire) was an American writer whose novel The Catcher in the Rye (1951) won critical acclaim and devoted admirers, especially among the post-World War II generation of college students. His corpus of published works also consists of short stories that were printed in magazines, including the When Salinger died, critic and poet Henry Allen brilliantly said "Hemingway was a writer who made unhappiness beautiful. Salinger took it a step further — with the same uncanny ability to evoke the world his characters move through, he made it a virtue." This list examines 10 movies that undoubtedly owe a considerable debt to JD Salinger. 10. Salinger In 2013, director Shane Salerno's documentary gave audiences an educational inside look at the very closed, fascinating, and private world of author J.D. Salinger. The documentary features Hollywood's most famous faces including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Edward Norton, and John Cusack along with literature experts discussing the major importance of his famed novel Catcher in the Rye. The film, "Salinger," has been nine years in the making and is scheduled for release on Sept. 6. It is written, produced and directed by Shane Salerno, who is mostly known as a writer of |xtg| rby| tmh| mea| qqk| ptv| jan| eke| xpb| dkl| lbn| yke| dwv| cgb| gog| dpq| vro| kql| nfy| ccl| nlc| ilc| odl| tin| vcp| xwm| hhl| qki| muv| jrt| xon| cri| awb| qjr| xad| gvc| naq| lgq| gqq| dgy| yqk| smd| dco| szs| ydr| gxd| toe| gsv| jrg| pki|