First Run Features presents Smiling Through The Apocalypse: Esquire in the 60s, the critically acclaimed documentary which examines the revolutionary changes in journalism pioneered by Esquire magazine Editor Harold T.P. Hayes during the years 1963-1973. Fresh off the Festival circuit and a theatrical opening in New York, the film by Hayes’ son Tom, opens in Los Angeles on September 26 followed by a national release to select cities. Smiling Through The Apocalypse: Esquire in the 60s is the story of maverick editor Hayes, who, from 1963-1973, made Esquire magazine a galvanizing force in American culture, and the voice of a turbulent era that brought sweeping social and political changes to the nation. He encouraged unprecedented journalistic freedom, nurturing the most talented artists and writers of the time including Tom Wolfe, Gay Talese, Nora Ephron, Peter Bogdanovich, Gore Vidal, Diane Arbus, Norman Mailer, and George Lois. In this sea change, Hayes was the chief architect. Stressed by long lead times against a turbo charged culture, Hayes overcame hindrance through audacity and innovation, bringing together a unique group of writers in the golden age of magazine journalism. Forging its pop-cultural capital with provocative covers and journalism, Esquire became the social curator and reflection of the American zeitgeist. Years after the passing of Harold Hayes in 1989, his son Tom embarked on a 5 year journey – interviewing this deep bench of creative talent to learn first hand how Esquire, helmed by his father’s editorial genius, impacted and transformed the culture. Smiling Through The Apocalypse: Esquire in the 60s is a story of challenge, triumph, and defeat, painting an explicit portrait of this era as told through the voices and images of these writers, photographers and artists, who were the driving force in the transformation of contemporary American culture. youtu.be/X-DMm-ha4OI
Posted on: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 17:38:21 +0000
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