Arthur Miller on Home Ground (1979)

This 1979 documentary chronicles the first 64 years in the life of Arthur Miller b 1915 an important 20thcentury American playwright novelist and allaround man of letters Miller also wrote several screenplays notably for The Misfits and The Crucible The last was based on his awardwinning Broadway play Featuring extensive interviews with Miller and clips from films based on his work the documentary also explores his courageous stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s In one of the interviews he explains that he had developed an interest in the Salem witch trials long before the anticommunist crusader began making headlines and he based The Crucible on the insights he gained at that time He recalls his brief marriage to Marilyn Monroe and modestly expresses the wish to do something really good someday Clarke Fountain Rovi