The War and Peace of Tim O'Brien

Name: The War and Peace of Tim O'Brien
Genre: Documentary
Released: March 2, 2021
Duration: 83 min
Cast: Ben Fountain, Dan Rather, Marlon James, Meredith O'Brien, Tad O'Brien

2021

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| Release Date (Streaming): March 2, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Ben Fountain, Dan Rather, Marlon James, Meredith O'Brien, Tad O'Brien, Tim O'Brien, Timmy O'Brien

Summary: Tim O’Brien has been called “the best American writer of his generation,” and America’s “poet laureate of war.” A Vietnam veteran, and National Book Award-winner, O’Brien is one of the great voices in modern American literature. The Library of Congress recently named his groundbreaking novel about the Vietnam War, The Things They Carried,Tim O’Brien has been called “the best American writer of his generation,” and America’s “poet laureate of war.” A Vietnam veteran, and National Book Award-winner, O’Brien is one of the great voices in modern American literature. The Library of Congress recently named his groundbreaking novel about the Vietnam War, The Things They Carried, one of the 65 most influential books in US history. But O’Brien hasn’t put pen to paper in nearly two decades. He swore off making sentences when, at a late age, he had his first of two children. Plus, the nation was waging new wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that he couldn’t wrap his head around – wars that both reconfirmed and upended the notions of war, soldiers, and society that animated his books. Now, Tim O’Brien is trying to write again. He thinks the country is past due for a conversation about war’s impact. He thinks we’re running out of time. And, at age 70, that he is too. What makes wars worth fighting? How do we write about war? What are the obligations of citizens with respect to war? What are the after-effects of war on individuals and families? The War and Peace of Tim O’Brien follows O’Brien on the journey of his last book, as he reveals the everyday ties between duty, art, family, and the trauma of war.… Expand

Director: Aaron Matthews

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 83 min

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Movie Nation Roger Moore

Mar 9, 2021

As he types away, constantly interrupted, taking too little care of his health, exasperated by a dying Lexus or his sons’ addiction to “screens,” we marvel at the compulsion of the artist to make art, to leave a legacy not just to all of us, but to those living under his roof. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Godfrey Cheshire

Mar 9, 2021

[A] well-intentioned but only partly satisfying film. Read full review

Liam Trump

Apr 5, 2021

It’s a huge task to cover a man’s entire journey to finish one piece of work, and The War and Peace of Tim O’Brien does an adequate job of giving an objective eye into Tim O’Brien’s life. Read full review

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