RebeccaMiller’sfilmisaportraitofherfather,histimesandinsights,builtaroundimpromptuinterviewsshotovermanyyearsinthefamilyhome.ThiscelebrationofthegreatAmericanplaywrightisquitedifferentfromwhatthepublichaseverseen.ItisacloseconsiderationofasingularlifeshadowedbythetragediesoftheRedScareandthedeathofMarilynMonroe;abracinglookatsuccessandfailureinthepubliceye;anhonestaccountingofhumanfrailty;atributetooneartistbyanother.ArthurMiller:WriterinvitesyoutoseehowoneofAmerica’ssharpestsocialcommentatorsformedhisideologies,howhislifereflectedhiswork,and,eveninsomesmallpart,shapedthecultureofourcountryinthetwentiethcentury.AnHBODocumentaryFilm.
