Best of Enemies (2015) (R)

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synopsis

This documentary is a behind-the-scenes account of the explosive 1968 televised debates between liberal Gore Vidal and conservative William F. Buckley Jr. The film delves into the entangled biographies of these two great thinkers and luxuriates in the language and the theater of their 1968 debates, begging the question, "What has television done to the way we discuss politics in our democracy today?

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synopsis

This documentary is a behind-the-scenes account of the explosive 1968 televised debates between liberal Gore Vidal and conservative William F. Buckley Jr. The film delves into the entangled biographies of these two great thinkers and luxuriates in the language and the theater of their 1968 debates, begging the question, "What has television done to the way we discuss politics in our democracy today?