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Best of Enemies (2015)

A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. Intended as commentary on the issues of their day, these vitriolic and explosive encounters came to define the modern era of public discourse in the media, marking the big bang moment of our contemporary media landscape when spectacle trumped content and argument replaced substance. Best of Enemies delves into the entangled biographies of these two great thinkers, and luxuriates in the language and the theater of their debates, begging the question, "What has television done to the way we discuss politics in our democracy today?

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MaryAnn Johanson 23 Jul 2015

A brilliant, hilarious, exhilarating look at the Gore Vidal v. William F. Buckley paradigm-busting 1968 debates that changed TV journalism for the worse.

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David L 12 Dec 2015

The rise of the fifth column & debates that engrossed the minds of the American public in 1968. My respect for Vidal grew hundredfold after this -- he was a polemicist trenchant with his remakrs but a visionary who revolutionized queer politics way ahead of its time -- with great commentary from Andrew Sullivan, Dick Cavett, and Hitchens. Not to be missed

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Peter Bradshaw 22 Jul 2015

These debates are a fascinating, lost minuet of personal and political disdain.

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Geoff J 22 Aug 2016

Very well made documentary about the classic debates between Vidal and Buckley. Interesting take on the debates.

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Ian P 28 Dec 2015

Thoroughly entertaining, if not slightly slanted towards an audience who would be more sympathetic to Gore Vidal.

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