Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia - a Film by Nicholas Wrathall

\\ CA 9+ Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia - a Film by Nicholas Wrathall 60,275 views •Sep 27, 2020 1.8K 52 Share Save AntPDC 25.4K subscribers Gore Vidal (October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American man of letters: essayist, novelist, playwright, and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit, patrician manner, and polished style of writing. Love him or loathe him, he had a lot to say, and was listened to closely, even by his detractors. Background Gore Vidal was a novelist, essayist, playwright, and provocateur whose career has spanned six decades, beginning in the years immediately following World War II and continuing into the early years of the twenty-first century. In addition to a major sequence of seven novels about American history, and such satirical novels as MYRA BRECKINRIDGE and DULUTH, he has written dozens of television plays, film scripts, and even three mystery novels written under a pseudonym. He wrote well over a hundred essays, gathered in several volumes published between 1962 and 2001. Taken as a whole, this seemingly varied work has an uncanny unity, exhibiting a tone of easy familiarity with the world of politics and letters, an urbane wit, and a supreme self-confidence on the part of the writer. Vidal’s lineage in American literature may be traced back to Henry James, the sophisticated American from the upper echelons of society who mingles with European sophisticates, and Mark Twain, the raw humorist and critic of American empire. With thanks to YouTuber The Toltec for excavating this film. I do not believe it is available commercially. 269 Comments Auggie Giuseppe Add a public comment... AntPDC Pinned by AntPDC AntPDC 3 days ago (edited) Note: "Gore Vidal's Gore Vidal" can be viewed here: https://studio.youtube.com/video/n-foBp6qvdA/edit And to those who quite rightly object to the inappropriate ads in this video (including the person who called me a "cunt" this morning), the excessive number of them is because copyright is claimed - usually speciously - by various rapaciously greedy entities who spend all day crawling across YouTube looking to make even more dosh. I am not in control of this. My Channel is not "monetised", but alas YouTube (now in the venal hands of Google - itself owned by the shady "Alphabet" conglomerate - who continue to pretend that they operate under the precept of "doing no evil") actively enables this kind of egregious abuse. However, if you are viewing on a PC or Mac, may I gently suggest that you install Adblock Plus in your browser. It's free, non spyware, and completely effective. Alternatively, feel free to download this important film and watch it ad-free at your leisure. I'm bound to say: who is the "cunt" now? And BTW, please do eschew that personal information hawker - aka Google Search - and switch to Duck Duck Go or similar. Best wishes. 49 Klaus Solberg Soilen Klaus Solberg Soilen 3 days ago Gore was that most blessed and rare combination of intellect and humour. 38 Eric Kamov Eric Kamov 4 days ago ‘’The lies which our poor people have been exposed to – in my lifetime, are just beyond anything which you think reasonable people could accept, but they did . . .’’ - Gore Vidal 61 hcheetah100 hcheetah100 3 days ago Greatness of America: people like him exist. Failure of America: people like him exist to no avail. 48 G G G G 4 days ago Ruling classes are "vipers and - parasites"! What more is there to say?? 48 Stella Bella Stella Bella 3 days ago Love Gore Vidal. A man with a heart. May he rest in peace as he deserves. 14 billy kobilca billy kobilca 5 days ago I'm quite shocked this post hasn't been passed around or viewed by more people. Man...Gore had his pulse on things... and boom all his words ring true in situaltionally here now. 25 H. A. H. A. 2 days ago (edited) What a fascinating and intellectually honest "radical". I loved this portrayal of his life. It is priceless to come across human beings like him. Unfortunately there seem to be so few of this kind nowadays... 7 Bill sonic Fricke Bill sonic Fricke 3 days ago So glad to have actually been able to enjoy this man that has been ubiquitous and yet by me unknown. 14 Bruce Bean Bruce Bean 5 days ago I first read Gore Vidal, "1876" in my teens 1976. My mother worked for a writer who a fabulous library; i am a lover of books. This exchange between Buckley and Vidal is most relevant today,go figure? 28 Michael Joseph Michael Joseph 5 days ago Too bad Vidal is not popular enough in mainstream learning institution. his honesty, insights, and wisdom could be indispenable for the survival of humanity itself. 56 Blackjake Crull Blackjake Crull 3 days ago (edited) 51 min in Gore gives a big truth drop.58 minutes again.1:03 again.1:12 again.Then 1:17 the backpedaling begins .