gore vidal

BEST OF ENEMIES Review

by alan gordon for FILMbutton Best of Enemies promises much: Two great wits and standard bearers for the opposing life/political philosophies of mid-20th century America – Gore Vidal on the Left, William F. Buckley on the Right – were, for various nefarious broadcasting purposes, thrown together on abc news television screens to comment on the […]

FILMbutton Newsletter Review – Week 27 – GORE VIDAL: THE UNITED STATES OF AMNESIA

by shael stolberg for FILMbutton Art is the opposite of Democracy By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over. All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world. Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale. I never miss a chance […]

Review – GORE VIDAL: THE UNITED STATES OF AMNESIA

by shael stolberg for FILMbutton Art is the opposite of Democracy By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over. All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world. Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale. I never miss a chance […]