Gore Vidal - 1995 BBC Documentary - Episode One (4/4) (HD)

Gore Vidal - BBC Omnibus 1995 - Episode One (4/4)
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Gore Vidal - 1995 BBC Documentary - Episode One (4/4)
"Gore Vidal's Gore Vidal" (Originally broadcast 9th October 1995 on BBC1)
Autobiography of the late Gore Vidal, looking at the life of one of America's leading literary figures who for years entranced and enraged the US with his outspoken views, novels and essays. This programme follows him around the scenes of his youth. First Shown in 1995

[@goodboybuddy1]

Thanks for posting this wonderful piece.

[@scalagreen20]

goodboybuddy1 you’re welcome

[@AntPDC]

Quite marvellous - compelling in every way. Thank you so much for posting.

[@scalagreen20]

You're welcome. Completely agree

[@PhilAlumb]

This documentary is fascinating.

[@lagaman11]

WOW! What an extraordinary life!

[@whitesky18]

Thanks for posting this. I went to Rock Creek Cemetery today (4/2/16) to look up Vidal's grave. His partner, Howard Auster, pre-deceased him so the large double grave granite slab was already installed with both names engraved, and was surprised to see that although he died in 2012, Vidals date of death has not yet been added to the tombstone! That's four years later. Was he so disliked by the family that they just didn't bother?

[@tgore276]

Gore was interred in june of 2016. his family did indeed love him.

[@whitesky18]

Thank you for the information. I'll visit again and update the gravestone photo on "findagrave .com".

[@raginald7mars408]

Gore is still alive and well - as we see everyday on You Tube some never die we do

[@raginald7mars408]

reminds me of Stefan Zweig the world of Yesterday Cultural Plate tectonics gone forever

[@guiguox]

Amazing.

[@MaryJaneHancock]

Fascinating American history

[@sandrashevey8252]

Gore lived in the Hudson River Valley in a msnion and so did I. As a matter of fact, I once saw him at the White Plains coach station waiting for someone. So Gore and I have something in common too....and I am not a southerner.

[@thefakenewsnetwork8072]

Fucking legend and God

[@thefakenewsnetwork8072]

Legend and god

[@sandrashevey8252]

Absolutely...the revisionist attempts to re-write history are absurd because if you weren`t there you simply don`t understand what it was like.

[@lucianopavarotti2843]

The only pity is that the film didn't show Vidal back at Edgewater

[@thefakenewsnetwork8072]

Fucking god and legend

[@keithm257]

what is Stings wife Trudie Styler doing in the credits?

[@MM-ss4ik]

Dutchess county is lovely for those who can afford to leave

[@jamescates9095]

Sandra, according to Gore - in one interview I saw, at least - he and Joanne sort of set up house and plotted a seduction or, perhaps, an enticement of Paul. Ordinarily Hollywood tittle-tattle doesn't appeal to me, but when it's done in fun, and the subjects are as fascinating as these, I'm all in.

[@sandrashevey8252]

So Joanne did Newman seduce you away from Vidal?

[@dwissba68]

NO! Gore was gay!

[@redgegraves8749]

delusional

[@xtradelite903]

Gay and atheist long before the 1950’s science-era.

[@andromedastar4900]

He was one courageous man. Being as open about his homosexuality like that in the 1940s, especially being from such a family that was concerned with appearances. He was also very intelligent and articulate and unlike most people born into wealthy and privileged backgrounds, he was compassionate. He cared about the poor, he was anti-racism, anti-sexism/misogyny, anti-xenophobia, and he was genuinely so, not because it was "trendy". He didn't care about what other people thought about him and he really could think for himself and think outside the box, unlike most people who are called "intellectual". What a truly amazing human being.