Gore Vidal : the United States of amnesia

Gore Vidal The United States of amnesia

DVD - 2014

This is an unashamedly opinionated film. In Gore Vidal's America, the political coup has already happened. The right have triumphed and the human values of the liberals have been consigned to history. But how did this happen and who organized it? 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. In the recently filmed interviews Gore examines the course of American history and policy making and draws dramatic conclusions on the fate of the nati...on in the modern age.

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Subjects
Vidal, Gore, > 1925-2012 > Political and social views.
Vidal, Gore, > 1925-2012 > Criticism and interpretation.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Documentary films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films c2014.
Language
English
Other Authors
Gore Vidal, 1925- (-), Nicholas Wrathall
Edition
Widescreen
Item Description
Originally produced in 2013.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, colour and black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD format, Widescreen, 1.78:1 presentation, Dolby Digital 2.0; SDH captions.
Audience
Rating: Not rated, Mature audiences, infrequent coarse language.
Production Credits
Editors, Suresh Ayyar, William Haugse, Robert Bralver, Derek Boonstra ; cinematography, Derek Wiesehahn, Joel Schwartzberg, Armando De'Ath.
ISBN
9781941545256
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

The epigrams that tie this documentary together make it clear that Gore Vidal (1925-2012) was an American Oscar Wilde: gay, notorious, and outspoken, with a wicked wit. Amid the debauchery and celebrity he managed to write 20-some novels, plays, movies, and essays. Raised by an atheist antiwar U.S. senator, he ran for Congress himself, was distantly related to the Kennedys, and appeared as a very public intellectual on talk shows, growing more frank the older he got. He traveled Europe with Tennessee Williams, lived with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, and seemingly knew everyone worth knowing. As living abroad gave him perspective on his own country, he bought a magnificent Italian villa, entertained extensively, and churned out a series of best-selling novels about U.S. history (e.g., Lincoln; Empire; The Golden Age), contrasting republican ideals with the reality of empire. VERDICT Vidal lived a big life, and this film relates his story with wit and verve. Any library that can afford this will want it.-John Hiett, formerly with Iowa City P.L. © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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