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Best of Enemies

2015

Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville

Documentary, Self: William F. Buckley, Gore Vidal, Paul Newman ...

7.0

496

Documentary 'Best of Enemies' is 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 ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Joe Leydon Variety	"The on-camera clashes between William F. Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal are vividly and entertainingly recounted in this fascinating documentary"	POS
United Kingdom	Jordan Hoffman The Guardian	"A juicy and thrilling documentary about two intellectual titans who truly loathed one another (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon's wonderful documentary convincingly argues that the Buckley-Vidal debates marked the beginning of the end of the grey days of 'objective' TV news"	POS

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