An in-depth investigation into the private world of the American writer J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), who lived most of his life behind the impenetrable wall of a self-imposed seclusion: how his dramatic experiences during World War II influenced his life and work, his relationships with very young women, his obsessive writing methods, his many literary secrets.
Direction
Salerno treats a writer like a true crime case, unhinged and effective.
Production
Archival gold: letters, photos, and that creepy bunker footage.
Director
Shane Salerno
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Salerno spent $2 million of his own money and nine years on this, then immediately pivoted to Avatar sequels. The duality of man.
The 2010 'vault' reveal promised new works between 2015-2020. Cue nervous laughter. Either Salinger's estate is trolling us or the man wrote 10,000 pages about phonies in New Hampshire.
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