# “Best of Enemies” - anyone see it?

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**Created:** [August 25, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-enemies-anyone-see-it/728873 "2015-08-25T19:47:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-enemies-anyone-see-it/728873/1 "2015-08-25T19:47:49Z")

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My wife and I saw _[Best of Enemies](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3518012/?ref_=nv_sr_1)_ on Sunday. It’s a documentary of the historic debates between Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley at the 1968 Presidential conventions.  
Well, debates is probably incorrect - these were arguments that almost turned violent.  
We both thought the film was well-made, and was a sad reminder of how uneducated our current crop of TV pundits are. No matter what you thought of these guys, they sure knew how to _talk_.

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**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-enemies-anyone-see-it/728873/2 "2015-08-25T19:58:43Z")

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I saw it at SXSW and loved it. I thought it was hilarious and fascinating.

It is a sad reminder about how bad the current TV pundits are, but also it seemed to somewhat trace the rise of the TV pundits to the Vidal and Buckley debates. But I guess the TV networks learned the wrong lessons; instead of having two intelligent people discuss things, it’s having semi-educated people yell at each other.