Wholly satisfying...a lovingly packaged greatest hits from a legendary rebel of letters.
- Los Angeles Times

An unabashed love letter to its subject that captures how and why Vidal became one of the dominant public intellectuals of the 20th century.
- Salon

Gore was ‘an engagingly brilliant and funny provocateur…
- The Hollywood Reporter

‘Nicholas Wrathall’s treasure-trove documentary does a terrific job of summing up the late political writer’s life and work.’
- Time Out NY

Entertaining....a thorough, skillfully assembled chronology.
- The New York Times

'Highly entertaining...a fine memorial to one of 20th-century America’s most brilliant, original — and cranky — thinkers'
- Variety

‘A terrific documentary…writer/director Nicholas Wrathall does a heroic job of packing Vidal’s eventful life into the film’s 89 minutes.’
- Bloomberg News

‘The cinematography is exquisite….everything is gloriously vivid, and the archival footage blends seamlessly into the meat of the film.’
- IFC.com

Immensely enjoyable…invigorating.
- Village Voice

'An incredibly entertaining and educational love letter to one of the most fearless critics in recent American history.’
- Indiewire

‘For sheer entertainment value, few docs can equal Gore Vidal the United States of Amnesia by Nicholas Wrathall, a portrait of the novelist, playwright, polemicist, public intellectual.’
- Huffington Post

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