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in the rye" in 1951 was a revolution. >> when you read that as a kid, you're like, oh, my god, somebody gets it. >> that was the first book to take with you. >> it's a phenomenon. how many millions and millions came to that book. >> the great mystery is why he stopped. >> well, salinger famously refused to publish anything after sky rocketing to stardom and spent more than 40 years in self-imposed exile. joining me now, the film credit with the l.a. times and welcome. so many of us are excited to see this documentary. do you think it sheds any light on why he stopped? why he felt this need to go into hide something. >> yes. i think the most interesting thing about the film is you get a sense of why he stopped. first of all he didn't stop, according to the film he kept writing but he wanted to remove himself from the pressures of publicity and the pressures of publication. he wanted to let you hear as the actors say, he wanted to focus on the work and be in a place