Philip Roth: Unmasked poster

Philip Roth: Unmasked

10.0(1)20131h 30m2

Philip Roth, arguably America’s greatest living novelist, turns 80 on March 19. In 1959, his collection of short stories, Goodbye, Columbus, put him on the map, and 10 years later his hilarious, ribald best-seller, Portnoy’s Complaint, gave rise to the first of many Roth-related controversies in which Judaism, sex, the role of women, and the parent-child relationship would take center stage. In candid interviews, the Pulitzer Prize-winner discusses his distinctly unliterary upbringing in Newark, NJ, his admiration for Saul Bellow and Bernard Malamud, and how Zuckerman may or may not be his alter-ego. Nathan Englander, Mia Farrow, Jonathan Franzen, and Martin Garbus are among those who talk about the man and his writing. Franzen in particular praises Roth for “how brave he must have been to have methodically offended everybody and to have exposed parts of himself no one had ever exposed before.”

Share WhatsApp Telegram
Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
—
Language
English
  • biography
  • social commentary
  • judaism
  • author
  • american culture

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Produced in

France

Videos

No extra videos are listed for this title yet.

Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical13 Mar 2013

Frequently asked questions

Philip Roth: Unmasked was released on 13 March 2013.

Member reviews

Sign in to rate and review. Browsing stays free and open.

Sign in

Member comments

0

Sign in to post a comment. Browsing stays free and open.

Sign in

More like this