Elmore Leonard: "But Don't Try to Write" (2021) [NR]
Release Date:
March 26, 2021
Original Title:
Elmore Leonard: "But Don't Try to Write"
Genres:
Documentary | History
Production Companies:
American Public Television
Dutch Films, LLC
Transmultimedia Entertainment
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 56
The crime fiction writer who transcended the genre.
Elmore Leonard, author of more than 40 novels, is renowned in the literary community. From his westerns and early novels of crime based in Detroit and South Florida, right through his complex and virtually plotless later work, Elmore Leonard dissected an America whose founding sins have continued to haunt it all the days. Leonard’s depiction of America is as real as Twain’s Hannibal, Faulkner’s Mississippi and Steinbeck’s Monterey. The new documentary ELMORE LEONARD: “But don’t try to write” explores the prolific author’s legacy and his influence on generations of writers. The documentary features exclusive images and previously unseen home movie footage, family photographs, and in-depth interviews with both literary experts and those who knew him well, including colleagues, family, and childhood friends.