Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment vs Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.3/10 for Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold). Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 1h 32m. Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold is the older of the two (2017 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment2025
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Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold2017
| Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment | Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Steve Lawson | Griffin Dunne |
| Main cast | Richard Felix, Mark Topping | Harrison Ford, Vanessa Redgrave, Tuesday Weld, Griffin Dunne, Patricia Hearst |
Synopsis
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment
From ancient practices such as death by a thousand cuts and hanging, drawing and quartering to the modern scientific era of lethal injection, we ask the question: do the most horrific crimes deserve the most horrific of punishments?
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Griffin Dunne’s years-in-the-making documentary portrait of his aunt Joan Didion moves with the spirit of her uncannily lucid writing: the film simultaneously expands and zeroes in, covering a vast stretch of turbulent cultural history with elegance and candor.
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