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Best of Enemies

The film recounts the ten debates between William F. Buckley,Jr. and Gore Vidal since 1968 in ABC News. The film also takes a closer look at their subsequent thoughts and action on their following articles.
Keywords:  #Dick Cavett #Gore Vidal #Media Ranch #Morgan Neville #Motto Pictures #Robert Gordon #Tremolo Productions #William F. Buckley
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Detroit News
August 14, 2015
Did anyone win? Most say Vidal, since Buckley descended to physical threats. But really, has anyone won in any of this endless bickering?
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Seanax.com
February 12, 2016
As Christopher Hitchens puts it, "There's nothing feigned about their mutual animosity. They really do despise each other."
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Washington Free Beacon
July 14, 2016
Anyone interested in political debate and the state of modern television will find Best of Enemies most engrossing.
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San Diego Reader
August 21, 2015
What followed [in the debates] was not so much a clash of well-articulated ideas as a clash of highly articulate persons who regarded ideas as ammunition.
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Flavorwire
May 27, 2016
If even these two witty, well-educated, well-mannered men of letters couldn't keep their on-air interactions from degenerating into cheap shots and name-calling, who could?
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Boston Globe
August 13, 2015
Like its two subjects, "Best of Enemies" is lively and smart. Unlike them, it's even-handed.
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Baltimore Magazine
June 12, 2016
Almost obscenely entertaining.
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Arizona Republic
August 13, 2015
There is something about the siren call of the TV camera that can turn even big thinkers into brawlers. It was true then and it's true now, and "Best of Enemies" serves as a thoroughly enjoyable reminder.
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Seattle Times
August 13, 2015
For better or for worse, we'll never again see television quite like that documented in the compelling "Best of Enemies" ...
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Film Experience
January 20, 2016
Simultaneously documenting the on-and-off air sparring matches for audiences too young to remember them, but also chart their place in the history of modern political discourse make this a nourishing and entertaining documentary.
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Its goal is primarily to entertain its audience by presenting a chewy compendium of the snittiest sound bites.
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BuzzFeed News
December 04, 2015
This doc about the 10-night series, directed by Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville (who won an Oscar last year for Twenty Feet From Stardom), provides an entertaining and, ultimately, depressing peek into TV at a pivotal moment.
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