The celluloid gabfest reaches an apotheosis in this fascinating documentary, which chronicles the intellectual careers of four of this century's most influential thinkers: Nathan Glazer, Irving Howe, Daniel Bell and Irving Kristol. Filmmaker Joseph Dorman's
remarkable achievement lies in turning the lives of four polemically minded eggheads into a gripping, intellectual adventure that entertains while it flexes the old noodle. The four brains first met in the politically charged atmosphere of City College of New York in the 1930s, then a hotbed of
American radicalism. From the start, contention was the name of the game: Fervent Trotskyites, they argued against Stal...
Released:
1998
Rated:
NR
Length:
107 mins