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Vidal in Venice
At an old bookshop that I frequently visit, I recently found a book titled Vidal in Venice, a glossy coffee-table hardback about the history, architecture and culture of Venice, illustrated with superb...
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One on One – Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal, the novelist, playwright, screenwriter and essayist has been a leader in American literary culture for six decades. He is nearly 86-years-old, but he still has his rich memory and trademark...
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American Masters: Education of Gore Vidal
The following is the American Masters episode on Gore Vidal. AMERICAN MASTERS is an ongoing series of award-winning primetime specials examining the lives, works, and creative processes of our most...
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Gore Vidal on Italo Calvino
Gore Vidal sat down with Riz Khan to discuss Italo Calvino, whom Vidal describes as “the only great writer of my time”. Vidal’s essay on Calvino is available here.
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Gore Vidal, RIP
The great Gore Vidal is no more. One of the greatest prose-stylists of the last 100 years, he had a rapier-like wit, and remained a non-conformist to the end. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate...
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Gore Vidal on the Republic and its Fall
The best interview with the late Gore Vidal that I’ve heard so far. Unsurprisingly it comes from the inimitable Christopher Lydon of Radio Open Source. Having read all the Gore Vidal obits and the many...
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Gore Vidal’s Gore Vidal – BBC Omnibus 1995
Gore Vidal’s Gore Vidal is a BBC Omnibus documentary first screened in 1995. The two part film biography covers Vidal’s life by visiting scenes from his past. Episode One Episode Two
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Gore Vidal on the South Bank Show
Gore Vidal on the South Bank Show in 2008, with extracts from Point to Point Navigation.
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Gore Vidal and Noam Chomsky in Conversation
Wonders of Youtube! A 1991 video of a conversation between the two greats surfaces.
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Gore Vidal – American Presidency
This film presents Gore Vidal’s views on the American presidents.
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Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (2015) – Watch Here
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia: 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...
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Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No
Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No (1983) is a documentary film directed, produced, and edited by Gary Conklin. The film follows famed American writer and political gadfly Gore Vidal in his quixotic...
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Best of Enemies
Best of Enemies is a behind-the-scenes account of the explosive televised debates between the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr, during the 1968 Democratic and Republican...
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