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Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia is a 2013 documentary film about the life and career of author Gore Vidal. It premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2013. [2]
May 23, 2014 · Through intimate interviews with Vidal himself, as well as friends and colleagues like Tim Robbins and Christopher Hitchens, the film reveals how the charismatic cultural critic used the media to wage blistering attacks on hypocrisy and establishment politics.
The film is a commentary on Vidal's professional and personal life, and the impact he had in art and politics. [3] It includes exclusive interviews with Vidal, as well as figures such as Burr Steers and Christopher Hitchens.
Feb 1, 2015 · Anchored by intimate, one-on-one interviews with the man himself, Nicholas Wrathall’s new documentary is a fascinating and wholly entertaining tribute to the iconic Gore Vidal. Commentary by those who knew him best—including filmmaker/nephew Burr Steers and the late Christopher Hitchens—blends with footage from Vidal’s legendary on-air career to remind us why he will forever stand as one of the most brilliant and fearless critics of our time.
Feb 1, 2015 · In this film Gore Vidal's acerbic, opinionated and informed approach rips away at the facade of the new America. The film dramatizes Gore's political views and his concern at the present state of American democracy using interviews and historical footage of his famous appearances on television and talk shows over the last fifty years.
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- Documentary, Biography, History
- Nicholas D. Wrathall
- 2015-02-01
May 23, 2014 · [IFC Films] Controversial, brilliant, and ever entertaining, the late Gore Vidal recalls his remarkable life as America’s most outspoken intellectual superstar in this illuminating, up close and personal documentary.
It's rare a documentary shows the flaws of the man they are trying to make immortal. Vidal at his core is an idealist, but at the end he was a bitter person.
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- Documentary
