When TIME magazine made a movie about itself, and somehow it's not boring.
Retrospective of TIME's reporting of the personalities and events of the past six decades. Made in collaboration with TIME editors and representatives of the publisher's office, and checked for accuracy by reporter-researchers in the manner of TIME stories. Includes March of Time archival film and quotes from TIME's contemporaneous judgments. Provides behind-the-scenes insights into the publication's history, like the origin of Man of the Year, TIME's early writing style of backward-running sentences and neologisms like "tycoon" and "socialite" that are now English vernacular, and canceled cover stories.
Editing
Seamless blend of March of Time footage and glossy magazine nostalgia.
Production
Jason Robards' voice could make a grocery list sound historic.
Director
Bruce Cohn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
TIME invented 'tycoon' and 'socialite' just by using them repeatedly until dictionaries surrendered.
This 1983 TV movie aired when TIME was already fighting for relevance against TV news — the irony of a magazine making a film about itself wasn't lost on critics.
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