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Best of Enemies (2015)
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?"
Updated Jun 3 2020
Cast
Dick Cavett
Himself
Gore Vidal
Himself
John Lithgow
Himself
Christopher Hitchens
Himself
Noam Chomsky
Himself
William F. Buckley
Himself
Crew
Julie Goldman
Executive Producer
Morgan Neville
Director
Morgan Neville
Writer
Morgan Neville
Producer
Aaron Wickenden
Editor
Mark Schwartzbard
Director of Photography
Robert Gordon
Director
Robert Gordon
Writer
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