Arthur Miller: Writer
Filmmaker Rebecca Miller presents a portrait of her father, the prolific American playwright Arthur Miller.
5 August 1906, Nevada, Missouri, USA
7 September 1909, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]
8 March 1959, Chicago, Illinois, USA
16 September 1927, New York City, New York, USA
5 February 1938, New York City, New York, USA
1 June 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA
1 June 1922, New York City, New York, USA
1 January 1895, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
1 October 1921, White Plains, New York, USA
March 16, 2018
Much worse is her fractured retelling of the events surrounding Miller's confrontation with the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and its investigation of Hollywood's Communist Party in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
December 07, 2017
There's an eloquent handmade quality to "Arthur Miller: Writer," filmmaker Rebecca Miller's engagingly intimate portrait of her famous father.
March 19, 2018
[It] is a thorough and thoroughly excellent documentary about a very significant 20th century writer. It's also thoroughly excellent in its presentation of the larger and more universal quandaries around how children understand their parents
March 19, 2018
That documentary, which airs on HBO Monday night, is a true labor of love-a charming 100-minute film that offers an insider's account of a complicated life.
March 19, 2018
... the comprehensive documentary "Arthur Miller: Writer" (HBO, 8 p.m.) the author of "Death of a Salesman" and so many other works is warm, thoughtful and expansive, probably because he's talking to his daughter [director Rebecca Miller].
March 22, 2018
A thoughtful and ethically illuminating documentary
December 03, 2017
She interviewed [her father] for decades...Adds personal and archival photographs, home movies, and talks with relatives and friends, this is a warm and intimate reflection.
March 26, 2018
A bit slow in the early chapters devoted to Miller's family history, the documentary takes off once the playwright's career kicks into gear.
