With a lofty Metacritic score of 74, twelve months after its premiere at Tribeca, Nicholas Wrathall's documentary Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia storms into theaters this weekend. Stephen Holden says, "Heavily seasoned with epigrams worthy of Oscar Wilde, this entertaining documentary portrays Vidal as a pessimistic political prophet with streaks of paranoia and misanthropy, but a truth teller nonetheless." Dates are:
5/23 IFC Center + Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, New York
6/6 Nuart, Los Angeles
6/6 Ritz At The Bourse, Philadelphia
6/6 Varsity, Seattle
6/6 E Street, Washington D.C.
6/13 Opera Plaza, San Francisco
6/13 Shattuck, Berkeley
6/13 Mayan, Denver
6/13 Midtown Art, Atlanta
6/13 Lagoon, Minneapolis
6/20 Ken, San Diego
6/20 Nickelodeon, Santa Cruz
6/27 Kendall Square, Cambridge
6/27 Palm, San Luis Obispo
6/27 Fleur, Des Moines
Get Gore's book Imperial America: Reflections on the United States of Amnesia
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