Best of Enemies

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?" Morgan Neville Director, Writer Robert Gordon


Aliases
  • Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal
język polski русский язык English
  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 10240
  • Status Released
  • Released Worldwide July 31, 2015
  • Runtime 87 minutes
  • Genres Documentary
  • Original Country United States of America
  • Original Language English
  • Spoken Languages English
  • Production Company Media Ranch Motto Pictures Tremolo Productions
  • Production Countries United States of America
  • On Other Sites IMDB Official Website TheMovieDB.com
  • Box Office Worldwide $904,119
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