GORE VIDAL: THE UNITED STATES OF AMNESIA
D: Nicholas D. Wrathall (2013) ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
This documentary begins with Gore Vidal standing over his own grave and ends with him in it. In between, he shares his opinions on everything, while talking about his life as a novelist, pundit, political candidate, public intellectual and famously sharp-tongued thorn in the side of William F. Buckley Jr. Late in the movie, a very old Vidal is asked what his legacy is likely to be. His reply is that he couldn't care less, which may or may not be bullshit. What's obvious is that there's nobody quite like him on the scene today, and the world's a duller place because of that.
