Gore Vidal - The John Adams Institute

On February 19, 1992, Gore Vidal visited The John Adams Institute. Jan Donkers moderated the evening.
Gore Vidal was an American writer known for his essays, novels, screenplays, and Broadway plays. A lifelong Democrat, Gore ran for political office twice and was a seasoned political commentator. As well known for his essays as his novels, Vidal wrote for The Nation, New Statesman, The New York Review of Books and Esquire. Vidal’s major subject was America, and through his essays and media appearances he was a longtime critic of American foreign policy. His most widely regarded social novel was Myra Breckinridge; his best known historical novels included Julian, Burr, and Lincoln. He won an Academy Award for Best Picture in 1959 for his epic historical drama Ben Hur.
He died in 2012 from pneumonia. In his obituary, The New York Times wrote, “Few American writers have been more versatile or gotten more mileage from their talent” and The Washington Post remembered him as a “major writer of the modern era” and an “astonishingly versatile man of letters”.
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[@user-kf8wb2cq4f]

Vidal's voice is needed Now more than ever.

[@gordygibson4558]

Gore Vidal's genius is irreplaceable.

[@Manhattanite1]

"If you go into politics, you really belong to the people who pay you to run. ..The media exists to make sure the truth of our condition is never imparted to the people." Gore Vidal, rest in peace.

[@wally1452]

I miss seeing Gore Vidal; I always felt great when, and after, I heard his brilliance. I wanted him in excellent health, being well at least 'til 100 years old. Thanks to various forms of technology now, I can still see, hear and appreciate (thank goodness) much of that brilliance he left us...I have his books as well, but still he is a man many of us will have until we leave this scene on earth. Thank you for posting this.

[@karinaandersen2618]

my family & me read & read, no not the newspapers nor the rags, we love peoples thoughts & lives brought to life through the pages of history, for every moment is a history love Gore Vidal & other great thinkers & doers

[@brilliantmelon]

May the ghost of Mister Vidal haunt the person that thought REPEATEDLY interrupting his brilliance to sell crap was a good idea.

[@raginald7mars408]

the only way to appear "smart" is outsmart the smart

[@dontchastop]

I could listen to Gore Vidal for hours. I wonder if his books in audio form have him as the speaker?

[@brainsareus]

And, how!

[@garretttedeman]

After introductory comments, Vidal begins at about 8:28

[@mritheswamp8334]

Two or three very good questions asked but glossed over here. I respect, appreciate and enjoy Mr Gore Vidal's fluent and perceptive literarally (?I know;) expanded/expansive intellect. Each word is an encapsulation of an idea and the sprouting, growth and development of conciousness is traversed on the non-unilateral (for want of a much better/effective/expressive word) connectivity of ideas that is the expansion of understanding/insight and imaginablity and productive/fruitful creativity. Reading the written word enables an optimalization of absorption of what a word contains, by making possible a liberalization from the ungenerous pressure of time and its material schedule and budget. In effect, when ideas are streamed by the mechanistic rotations of our av methods of availability, we are easily short shrifted, somewhat, from its fullest/richest values in meaning. ""In the beginning was the word" ;)

[@nathanieljones1986]

The amount of ads on this video is fucking crazy

[@brainsareus]

Whatta friggin mind!!

[@dogcatparty7371]

July 2019 Did Gore Vidal interview Chalmers Johnson (he was an expert on USA bases in Japan and around the world) of U.C. Berkeley?

[@satnambansal5839]

Too many ads. Barely watchable.

[@lsobrien]

Audio's a bit dodgy but certainly worth listening to if you have the time.

[@alnilam2151]

Too implore those who would doubt the GENIUS that is MrGoreVidal, even he would say2me "AFruitlessFrivolousTask" think wouldeye indeed & echo EVERYWORD: Uttered and Written all because of a 2dollar bill!!! RIP

[@cesargonzalez7957]

49:00 on movies

[@paularnold4981]

The Adams institute was too cheap to use a camera. This is fit for radio, not internet.

[@MrRobster1234]

This is dated when you hear him talk about Belgian imperialism. That sure has changed in 27 years. Ask the British public who voted for Brexit.

[@brockmeeks1695]

Rob Mackenzie you mean the 51% mostly from the midlands that don’t like visiting London anymore because it’s so ....”brown.” Half of England wants to stay and all of Scotland. Good luck man. Don’t follow us into Iran!

[@corryjookit7818]

@@brockmeeks1695 Yes, just spotted your post. I assume that part of the reason people came here is to improve their knowledge. It's always best to help it along with the truth, particularly about Brexit, though I think that's got much longer to play out. Dominic Cummings will be interviewed by M.P.'s on the 25th May, so I look forward to some sparks flying. I'm from Scotland and believe there are concerted efforts afoot to crack the whip. Waste of time, we won't bend.

[@tyleranyways]

57:56 1:10:10 1:13:38 1:22:52 lol

[@jeffpassage7295]

Long introduction

[@barbaralawrence1545]

let us spend less money