The chapter delves into the emotional and creative process behind creating a documentary about the speaker's aunt, a renowned author, touching on the challenges, personal reflections, and fulfillment found in the documentary-making journey. It also discusses a writer's impactful essay on hippie culture, the challenges faced by a filmmaker navigating personal and sensitive topics, and reflections on grief, storytelling, and future of creative work.
Actor and Director Griffin Dunne grew up surrounded by Hollywood fame and celebrity — his father was a TV producer, his aunt the renowned writer Joan Didion, his sister a blossoming actress and the late Carrie Fisher his best friend and onetime roommate. But the Dunne family became famous for tragedy when Griffin’s 22-year-old sister Dominique was murdered by her boyfriend. Dunne’s father, Dominick, chronicled the tumult of the murder trial for Vanity Fair, while privately struggling as a closeted homosexual. Kara talks to Dunne about the difficult decision to revisit these moments in his new memoir The Friday Afternoon Club.
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