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- This picture argues history constantly repeats itself without the clutch of a call to action and, like Vidal, it’s not easy to define. Engaging and challenging in moments, it stumbles to the challenge; perhaps the subject deserves a Ken Burns-style mini-series instead of a 90-minute feature documentary.
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May 22, 2014 · That observation may be the most shocking moment in “Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia,” Nicholas Wrathall’s admiring documentary portrait of Vidal, who died in 2012 at 86. Why shocking?
- Nicholas D. Wrathall
- Stephen Holden
- 83 min
May 23, 2014 · Filmmaker Nicholas Wrathall examines the life and career of the late author with numerous TV clips and interviews with Vidal's contemporaries, such as journalist Robert Scheer.
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- Documentary
- Nicholas D. Wrathall
Jun 5, 2014 · It seems weird to honor a man like Gore Vidal, a blue blood who built a career as one of the 20th century's most cantankerous celebrity intellectuals — in essence, criticizing the ruling class...
All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. David Lamble Bay Area Reporter. Vidal is America's mid-century gay gadfly, lacing his Ben-Hur script with a queer subplot. Full...
Jul 13, 2013 · Film Review: ‘Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia’. This highly entertaining documentary should attract healthy niche sales. By Dennis Harvey.
In "Gore Vidal: United States of Amnesia," Vidal recaps the 1960 election. How his hero John F. Kennedy won the presidency, and at the same time he himself, Gore Vidal, was crushed in his campaign for the House of Representatives from a Republican upstate New York district.
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 83% based on 29 reviews, with an average rating of 6.89/10. On Metacritic , the film has a weighted average score of 72 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
