Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal (Blu-ray) R
Buckley vs. Vidal. 2 Men. 10 Debates. Television Would Never Be the Same.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: November 3, 2015
- Originally Released: 2015
- Label: Magnolia Home Ent
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Gore Vidal & William F. Buckley | |
| Directed by | Morgan Neville & Robert Gordon |
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It's an entertaining documentary, as well as a very sobering one.
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The Public (Buffalo)
This deliciously feisty doc contextualizes their verbal brawls and the odd love-hate (mostly hate) rivalry between two men who seemed able to regard their own sense of heroism only through the other’s villainy. -- Grade: A-
Entertainment Weekly
Rating: 4/5 --
There is something about the siren call of the TV camera that can turn even big thinkers into brawlers. It was true then and it's true now, and "Best of Enemies" serves as a thoroughly enjoyable reminder.
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Arizona Republic
Two patrician New Yorkers with strong political convictions and dryly combative personalities, Buckley and Vidal became go-to TV guests even though -- or perhaps because -- they reveled in asserting their moral and academic superiority when the camera pivoted their way. -- Grade: B+
A.V. Club
An innocent young person might believe that, not so long ago, America was a latter-day Athens in which political arguments were magnificent in their purity and eloquence... For a useful antidote to this idea, I recommend Best of Enemies.
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NPR's Fresh Air
Let's thank the media gods this clash of the titans for the ages is being retold by two born entertainers. They have turned first-rate media-driven theater into a great time at the movies. It is, in a word, deeeee-licious.
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MiamiArtZine
Rating: B+ --
Did anyone win? Most say Vidal, since Buckley descended to physical threats. But really, has anyone won in any of this endless bickering?
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Detroit News
Product Description:
This documentary, directed by Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville, details the historic 1968 televised debates between staunch conservative William F. Buckley Jr. and the liberal writer, Gore Vidal. Firmly planted in their respective ideologies, the men often fought bitterly in their attempts to discredit each other, nearly coming to blows on more than one occasion. The film delves into their personal histories, mining for clues as to how the contrary political leanings of these two brilliant but complicated men evolved.
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