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My Salinger Year

I'm founding a small literarymagazine in her memory, and I'd like permissionto call it...

I'm founding a small literary
magazine in her memory, and I'd like permission
to call it Banana Fish

Full Transcript

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I'm founding a small literary magazine in her memory,
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and I'd like permission to call it Banana Fish.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
46
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:41
Uploaded
May 28, 2025
Genres
drama
Production
micro_scope,Parallel Films

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Movie Summary

A college grad takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive writer J.D. Salinger.
So yes, she can call her magazine Banana Fish. - My Salinger Year 00:04
So yes, she can call her magazine Banana Fish.
But the agency can't advise her. - My Salinger Year 00:05
But the agency can't advise her.
I grew up reading the New Yorker - My Salinger Year 00:15
I grew up reading the New Yorker
I grew up reading the New Yorker - My Salinger Year 00:05
I grew up reading the New Yorker
He would start with the movie reviews - My Salinger Year 00:06
He would start with the movie reviews
My boss wanted me to make sure - My Salinger Year 00:04
My boss wanted me to make sure
I was at the Algonquin serving him a Martini. - My Salinger Year 00:05
I was at the Algonquin serving him a Martini.
Anyway, I used my Cosmo ID to get in the room. - My Salinger Year 00:05
Anyway, I used my Cosmo ID to get in the room.
I recognized the agent, he did not recognize me. - My Salinger Year 00:04
I recognized the agent, he did not recognize me.
And we spent the evening talking - My Salinger Year 00:06
And we spent the evening talking
And I lost my job at Cosmo for not showing up - My Salinger Year 00:05
And I lost my job at Cosmo for not showing up
But I kept the man's card, and a year later, - My Salinger Year 00:07
But I kept the man's card, and a year later,
She was walking by looking cold and hungry and forlorn. - My Salinger Year 00:04
She was walking by looking cold and hungry and forlorn.
And you've read all their work, of course - My Salinger Year 00:08
And you've read all their work, of course
Speaking of living writers, - My Salinger Year 00:05
Speaking of living writers,
And everyone that I knew in London was reading it. - My Salinger Year 00:04
And everyone that I knew in London was reading it.
I guess it's about the ways in which women - My Salinger Year 00:06
I guess it's about the ways in which women
I'd say it's more about how the patriarchy imposes rigid - My Salinger Year 00:08
I'd say it's more about how the patriarchy imposes...
How that paralyses them, and strips them of their dignity. - My Salinger Year 00:05
How that paralyses them, and strips them of their dignity.
Okay, Joanna meet Rachel Cusk. - My Salinger Year 00:04
Okay, Joanna meet Rachel Cusk.