![]() ![]() Vidal was politically active throughout The '50s and Sixties, appearing on television as a spokesman for the "New Left" and sharing a panel with his ideological opposite William F. Later in life, he accepted the odd acting role onstage and in film, most notably as the title character's Senate race opponent in Bob Roberts, the space shuttle impresario in Gattaca and a priest in Igby Goes Down. Nevertheless, he did appear in a fake trailer for a Caligula remake, so at least he was a good sport about it. Vidal tried disowning the latter, but his lawyers moved too slowly and thus his screen credit remains. ![]() A quarter-century later, Vidal began penning a series of historical novels based on the formulative years of the United States, including a third-person account of President Lincoln which met with high accolades.īest known by a later generation as procreator of two dubious cinematic efforts, Myra Breckinridge and Caligula. In the world of literature, he was best known for his breakthrough work The City and the Pillar, the first post-war novel to feature a homosexual protagonist who isn't bumped off at the end of the story. "Write something, even if it's just a suicide note."Įugene Louis "Gore" Vidal (OctoJuly 31, 2012) was an American novelist, essayist, and playwright whose career spanned sixty years, beginning immediately after World War II and continuing into the early phase of the new millennium. ![]()
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