Radical Wolfe

Radical Wolfe
Directed byRichard Dewey
Based on"How Tom Wolfe Became ... Tom Wolfe" by Michael Lewis
Produced by
    • Richard Dewey
    • Andy Fortenbacher
    • Chris Laszlo
Edited byBrian Gersten
Music by
    • Alex Mansour
    • Luke Schwartz
Release date
  • September 15, 2023 (2023-09-15)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Radical Wolfe is a 2023 American documentary film directed by Richard Dewey.

Summary

The film is about the life and work of the American journalist and writer Tom Wolfe. It is based on the article "How Tom Wolfe Became ... Tom Wolfe" by Michael Lewis, published in Vanity Fair in 2015. Special attention is given to the creation and reception of Wolfe's essay "These Radical Chic Evenings", published in New York magazine in 1970.[1][2]

Reception

The Los Angeles Times described the film as "always lively" and "a sprightly look at what made the reporter-trained Wolfe into the insider's outsider, how he made the leap to explicating — in supercharged, acrobatic sentences — our fast-changing, roving world of cliques, castes and subgroups".[1] Variety called it "a highly entertaining movie that manages to pack in more or less every important thing you’d want to know about Tom Wolfe".[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Review: In 'Radical Wolfe,' a New Journalism lion roars on page, while his life is quieter". Los Angeles Times. September 23, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  2. ^ "'Radical Wolfe': Portrait of literary ambition". The Washington Post. October 12, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  3. ^ "'Radical Wolfe' Review: A Documentary Pays Lively Tribute to the Writing, and Daring, of Tom Wolfe". Variety. September 15, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
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