Excellent....thank you very much!

Superb. I wonder what year this was?

this is like Stefan Zweig The World of Yesterday submerged in Cultural Plate Tectonics gone...

5:27 Vidal predicts the “Mad Men” era and Don Draper fanboys 😂

“Now I know that there’s nothing to be missed.”

America's greatest writer of his era... which was many, given his family history.

It's gone all fuzzy. When I saw this the first time round, in my youth, in the eighties, it was crystal clear and I was captivated. Venice lives on as does Rome - in a sense it is Rome. From the muddy brine of the Adriatic, following evolution's path, it emerges to mix metaphors and cliches like a Phoenix from the ashes of one empire to a rebirth of another. Its temporal power not quite extinguished until Napoleon makes his brief by comparison appearance on the European stage and today reinvented another Phoenix rises, dusted off shining bright and fleecing the devoted tourist, offering a willing neck for the privilege. Nature will reclaim her as she does us all. Toodle pip.

lovely doggie 😀

Fucking god and legend

When was this aired?

what is the name of the song played at 2:38?

Generally a very sane guy, and a great writer.

Would love to see this series remastered in HD. 1st segment looks like it was filmed through a lens smeared with vaseline.

Great series, from 1 to 12.

'better bad poetry than dull truth'

Gore V. is much missed.

Such a noble man Michael Foote

Gore knew how to Dead Reck'on, alright.

I must say he says I must say a lot

yay gore !!! our hero !

THATS a mutha fuggin Intellectual teehee

I've never heard the joke at 7:33. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 how biting.

"I have never met a pigeon that I liked."

What a dazzling creature he was!

5.03 GV says the German sensibility of a certain era disliked the word "culture". Which German said that? someone in Hitler's era?

I used to think I would have loved to have been in the so called light ! I now know there is nothing to be missed !!!

What a treat.

nathanbridle - sculptress?!? Dear me, how very 1950's. Sculptor doesn't need an ess at the end because the artist is a woman, the same way poet and manager work absolutely fine for both sexes. Apart from the dated intro, thanks for posting!

In a way, an elegant summation of Gore's "doom ridden imagination", a phrase once applied to another master from another time, Thomas Hardy. Their dark sides are strangely uplifting to me, serving as reminders that time is short and to, as yet another who traffics in the dark side entitled one of his songs, Do Your Best and Don't Worry

Thank you so much for the upload. Having read most of Gore's novels and many of his essays, these videos are a wonderful addition to my "completeist" self. An endless source of knowledge and inspiration, Gore is such a pleasure to listen to.

goosebumps

Extraordinary character as well as a powerful and seductive intellect. There were so many in his generation,but none surpassed him.

**Gore Vidal On Venus?** (ROFL)

Holy shit.

His courage, wit and wisdom will live on... I know the Vidals were of Italian descent but did he have Amerindian blood running though his veins as well?

"American politics is for the energetic mediocrity...and happily our supply is almost inexhaustible."

What a guy. He would have loved Trump. He practically predicted him. Ha Ha.

I believe you put out Part 2 twice..as Part 3 seems unfindable..? But otherwise a fabulously excellent series and thanks for putting out on KZbin ! 😃

To teach contempt for reading is to teach contempt for our ancestors' learning, and it's a fatuous fool who thinks he's going anyplace much without it.

THANKS----GV kicks ass with learning and honesty every time you listen. Please, More Info on when/with whom this was produced!

THANKS, GREAT JOB! Made harder by sheer number of great GV appearances.

" and all your going to remember is this dog not me "

Gore is kinda sexy

Regarding Saul Bellow: "we are so far apart that often we meet"...

My spiritual and intellctual father. Me an unworthy son. Great vid. Thanks.

Thanks for uploading.....love old Gore.....

Thanks

Love Gore. Thank you for posting

I love gore

" Binky " Stevas eh ! what a lad he was , always ready for a laugh , a pint and a sing song round the piano , lovely lad .