Salinger
«I got it, I got Salinger». A photographer, 1971.
What:
Salinger
Who:
Shane Salerno (D&S)
With:
Edward Norton, Martin Sheen, Philip Seymour Hoffman
When:
2013
Where:
USA
How:
Long, Reality, Zig Zag, Colour, Black&White, Live Action (Documentary), Language (English)
Why:
Do you know the american author J.D. Salinger, whose The Catcher in the Rye is considered one of the most influential novels in american literary history?
Why Salinger decided to isolate himself, not publishing since 1965, giving no more interviews, neither appearing in public?
Did he continue writing during that time until he died in 2010? What if he wrote a lot of new material?
Crossroad:
Copycat crime: art and media
Extra:
Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye was cited by three protagonists of murder shootings: DavidChapman, the one who killed John Lennon (1980), John Hinckley Jr.,who tried to kill Ronald Reagan (1981) and Robert John Bardo, whokilled Rebecca Schaeffer, a young model and actress (1989).