To commemorate the centennial of author Gore Vidal (born October 3, 1925), I am reposting a blog entry I did on the occasion of his death in 2012, in which I focused on his book on films with historical subjects. Gore Vidal (1925-2012): Screening History Gore Vidal, who died on Tuesday (July 31, 2012), was […]
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