Vidal In Venice (Documentary)

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  • čas přidán 27. 08. 2024

Komentáře • 43

  • @pchabanowich
    @pchabanowich Před měsícem +2

    How wonderful a treat! Thank you.

  • @1492tomato
    @1492tomato Před 6 měsíci +16

    Only Vidal could turn a "documentary" into near poetry. It will take at least a hundred years for our semi-literate society to truly appreciate this great man.

  • @nondescript2892
    @nondescript2892 Před 8 měsíci +10

    Vidal granting the venetians the pleasure of his regal presence😊....oh what I would give to hear him explain his ideas on Trump and the present state of the american republic ....I miss voices like that

  • @rogers7824
    @rogers7824 Před 6 měsíci +8

    Great documentary, from a calmer era for the cultured traveller.

  • @luckyman1071
    @luckyman1071 Před 3 měsíci +4

    I just purchased and read the companion book--same title as the video. Used copies are all over the internet for under $10, some, like mine ship for free! Highly recommended, esp. the hardcover!
    Vidal's written voice is even better than his spoken script.

  • @user-di8hm2jl2u
    @user-di8hm2jl2u Před 5 měsíci +7

    There has been a hole ripped in the heart of this world when this man died.

    • @vincentmcdermott3412
      @vincentmcdermott3412 Před 3 měsíci

      He was a cranky alcoholic towards the end.
      Just like his mother.
      Sadly.

  • @user-kf8wb2cq4f
    @user-kf8wb2cq4f Před 10 měsíci +5

    Vidal... Always interesting.

  • @ingmarvanderhoek6314
    @ingmarvanderhoek6314 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Beautifully narrated and photographed.

  • @reidwhitton6248
    @reidwhitton6248 Před 10 měsíci +11

    I could listen to Gore expound on history for days on end. What a marvelous documentary!

    • @cindymaceda2999
      @cindymaceda2999 Před 6 měsíci +3

      He has a wonderful voice, too.

    • @reidwhitton6248
      @reidwhitton6248 Před 6 měsíci +2

      @@cindymaceda2999 He was a fine orator as well as a great writer.

  • @annamasliakova8157
    @annamasliakova8157 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Masterpiece!

  • @Muonium1
    @Muonium1 Před rokem +24

    Superbly sedate pacing of the documentaries of old exemplified. It could never be made today. Did this air on PBS?

    • @youtubeuser-7098
      @youtubeuser-7098 Před rokem +2

      Yes!

    • @tgore276
      @tgore276 Před rokem +1

      Maybe. it was originally to be aired on Nickelodeon - not sure if that happened.

  • @user-ug5em7yl1o
    @user-ug5em7yl1o Před 22 dny

    Wonderful documentary. 👌👌

  • @patriciaandrade9443
    @patriciaandrade9443 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Exquisito!

  • @hayleyanna2625
    @hayleyanna2625 Před rokem +5

    Super! Thank you for uploading this video. 📹

  • @mariaa.9952
    @mariaa.9952 Před měsícem +1

    I came for the gossip and stayed for the History lesson!

  • @moltedo37
    @moltedo37 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Only Vidal, standing in St Mark Square can come up with...I never met a pigeon I didn't like...

    • @luckyman1071
      @luckyman1071 Před 3 měsíci +1

      If you will allow the correction, he said: "I never met I pigeon I liked".
      Be well!

    • @moltedo37
      @moltedo37 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @luckyman1071 Touché. Although I don't think he really ment it. He loved animals, specially cats, because as he said.
      " Venetians are like cats. They don't give a fuck about you.
      I am a cat lover and I agree with him.

    • @luckyman1071
      @luckyman1071 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@moltedo37 HA! Excellent!

  • @light1908
    @light1908 Před 11 měsíci +5

    “A true monument to high cholesterol.” So good.

    • @dario6253
      @dario6253 Před 7 měsíci

      Such an amazing unique city.

  • @maryloulindquist7453
    @maryloulindquist7453 Před rokem +3

    SUPERB !!!

  • @timfrye3586
    @timfrye3586 Před rokem +3

    Great Gore

  • @alexiskeith8909
    @alexiskeith8909 Před 7 měsíci +2

    love it!

  • @petestevens3970
    @petestevens3970 Před rokem +3

    Amazing, thank you.

  • @nightowl5475
    @nightowl5475 Před 11 měsíci +2

    You know what I find strange. Vidal lived many years in Italy and was very knowledgeable about the history but never managed to want to learn to speak Italian. If l lived in a foreign country, I would want to learn the language to communicate with the local people. Can you imagine every time he wanted food and went to the market, he had to point at the item and use his fingers to request how many items he wanted. No capech!

    • @chrismchale543
      @chrismchale543 Před 11 měsíci +4

      He did speak Italian just not very well

    • @malcolmcurran6248
      @malcolmcurran6248 Před 5 měsíci +3

      Gore Vidal's Italian is albeit heavily accented (and clearly influenced by his prep school Latin) as with most Americans when speaking any foreign language but not that bad. I'm sure it was fine as he counted among his friends the likes of Federico Fellini and Italian novelist Calvino or had no trouble in his daily routine communicating in Rome where he lived and standard Central Italian is spoken. Most Americans( I'm American but have spent 2/3s of my life in Europe) have dead ears for other languages because they never have to learn them or use them. That Vidal might be having some slight problem is because the dialect he's hearing is Venetian or Friulian both quite opaque northern dialects with different roots and origins from standard Italian. Italy has or had at the time this film was made in, I'm guessing maybe in late 70s, some 30 plus officially recognize dialects and some are even considered separate minority languages most mutually incomprehensible. Even today get a Sicilian and Venitian in the same cafe and they might struggle to get 60% of what the other is saying. This of course has no doubt changed somewhat in the intervening years but not as much as we might think. I can speak and read some Italian but just last week was "speaking" with a elderly Neapolitan gentleman and well it was mostly done in emphatic expressive gestures.

    • @user-ug5em7yl1o
      @user-ug5em7yl1o Před 22 dny

      Well, he speaks Italian in this very documentary.

  • @MissPerriwinkle
    @MissPerriwinkle Před rokem +5

    god bless gore !

  • @Thomas-fu8vp
    @Thomas-fu8vp Před 16 dny

    Venice is best seen in the winter after the holidays- empty, without her makeup.

  • @tomfreemanorourke1519
    @tomfreemanorourke1519 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Gore'geous

  • @poetryjones7946
    @poetryjones7946 Před 16 dny

    What year was this filmed?

  • @liammcooper
    @liammcooper Před rokem +2

    shouldve been called "Gore Vidal moved by sand"

  • @ShakespeareCafe
    @ShakespeareCafe Před 7 měsíci +2

    I would canoe the canals but have zero interest in milling with the throngs of tourists....the ending is untold reality...sweeping up the tourists' mess

  • @Thomas-fu8vp
    @Thomas-fu8vp Před 16 dny

    The Vidal non erano patrician.