Best of Enemies
"Buckley vs. Vidal. 2 Men. 10 Debates. Television Would Never Be the Same."
Overview
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?"
About Best of Enemies (2015)
Released in 2015, Best of Enemies is a documentary and history film from Tremolo Productions (United States of America). It was directed by Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville and written by Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon. The cast is led by Gore Vidal, William F. Buckley Jr., Kelsey Grammer, John Lithgow and Dick Cavett. With a runtime of 1h 27m, the film averages 7.2/10 across 149 TMDB ratings.
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