Review of Best of Enemies (2015) by Sirnilesiv — 09 Aug 2015

A very curious movie, indeed. I watched and loved every minute of it. Vidal's narcissistic smug cadence with, what was at the time, a novel neo pagan Caligula-esque Progressivism; the likes of which would be totally overshadowed (read: forgotten) by the dripping decadence and ennui of the Seventies to come. It's said that in music, the generation (decade or so) before is responsible for the music after; so 70's Disco was largely the construct of the Sixties and 80's transhumanism/New-Ro et al. were mostly a product of kids growing up in the decadent 70's and so forth. In that sense, the tumult and sheer myopia of the 70's can be seen as a gift of Progressives *enfant terrible*, Mr. Vidal. It's a shame that they vivisected his quiet erudite and lucid prose (despite it being total nonsense) and turned out talking heads like Jon Stewart et al. What a world we could have lived in with both smarmy and intellectual conversation. But alas, this is why we cannot have nice things.

Really this movie can be seen as a bifurcation of two worlds, torn apart by all the politics, identity, and anomie that make up the so called glorious Sixties. If you've ever wanted to see the tip of the spear as it were or be the fly on the wall while some great event happens, this is as close as I have ever seen in documentary form. It's well worth the watch.

Highly recommend.