Best of Enemies

Best of Enemies (2015)

Buckley vs. Vidal. 2 Men. 10 Debates. Television Would Never Be the Same.

  • Genre: Documentary, History
  • Release Date: 2015-07-31
  • User Rating: 7.1/10 from 129 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 27min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Tremolo Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Directors: , .
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Summary

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?"

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    Production Julie Goldman Executive Producer
    Directing Morgan Neville Director
    Production Morgan Neville Producer
    Writing Morgan Neville Writer
    Editing Aaron Wickenden Editor
    Camera Mark Schwartzbard Director of Photography
    Directing Robert Gordon Director
    Production Robert Gordon Producer
    Writing Robert Gordon Writer
    Sound Pete Horner Supervising Sound Editor
    Sound Jonathan Kirkscey Original Music Composer
    Camera Graham Willoughby Director of Photography
    Camera David Leonard Director of Photography
    Editing Eileen Meyer Editor