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Best of Enemies (2015)

ALL 07/31/2015 (en) Documentary, History 87 Min
  • Release
    07/31/2015
  • Production
    Tremolo Productions, Media Ranch, Motto Pictures, Magnolia Pictures, Participant, ITVS, JustFilms / Ford Foundation
  • Rotten tomato
    71%
  • Original title
    Best of Enemies
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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?"

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Best of Enemies (2015) 87 Min

ALL 07/31/2015 (en)
Documentary, History
  • Release 07/31/2015
  • Production
    Tremolo Productions, Media Ranch, Motto Pictures, Magnolia Pictures, Participant, ITVS, JustFilms / Ford Foundation
  • Original title Best of Enemies
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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?"

  1. Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Aaron Wickenden, Eileen Meyer

    Editor

  4. Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville

    Producer



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