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Mike Carlson - Oliver Stone - 9781903047927 - V9781903047927
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Oliver Stone

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Description for Oliver Stone paperback. Series: Pocket Essentials. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 63.

The creative force behind some of the most widely debated classics of modern film: Midnight Express, Platoon, Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July, The Doors, JFK, Natural Born Killers, Nixon ...

Oliver Stone is one of the most controversial, yet most honoured, filmmakers of our time. No director has tackled so many controversial subjects and no director has attracted so much criticism for his methods and their results. What makes him both the critics' bête noir and a perennial Oscar contender? Why does Hollywood both lionise and vilify him? Is he the conscience of Hollywood, or is he ... Read more

Stone appears to court controversy, yet in many ways has been a very traditional Hollywood filmmaker, working within the system. He has presented himself as a cinematic moralist, yet his personal life has been one of excess. He embodies many of the contradictory characteristics of the '60s impulses he is accused of propagating, indulging them while castigating the ways they have been absorbed into the American mainstream. American outlaw? Iconoclastic artist? Or is he someone who can refine social and political issues into Hollywood genres?

The Pocket Essential Oliver Stone explores all these questions, reviewing and analysing each of Stone's movies, going behind the scenes to examine the arguments his movies have raised and adding some thought-provoking insights to the world of modern cinema's most infamous son.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
No Exit Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Series
Pocket Essentials
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Harpenden, Herts, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781903047927
SKU
V9781903047927
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-36

About Mike Carlson
Michael Carlson has written on film for the Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent and Headpress. He is the film editor for Crime Time and the author of Pocket Essentials on Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood.

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