In Reply to: What do you thnk of Oliver Stone? posted by RedGrant on July 25, 2011 at 14:32:15:
The epitome of Stone is Natural Born Killers, in which he criticizes the sensationalism of violence in popular culture by...making one of the most sensationalistic, gratuitously violent films in movie history. Thereby becoming a shining example of the trash he thought he was cleverly criticizing. And all his films somehow erode under their own weight in this way.
Still, there are moments in some of his films, such as the desert scene in The Doors, when he manages to visually capture the essence of a subject, time or place. He did it in Born on the Fourth of July, too, with the way he filmed the wheelchair. I could stomach sitting through his films 20 years ago, to enjoy those brief moments. Now I don't have the patience.
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- I like his sense of cinematography but agree with you that he is sophomoric - Jazz Inmate 22:47:53 07/25/11 (11)
- With all due respect.......... - RedGrant 14:47:50 07/26/11 (4)
- RE: With all due respect.......... - Jazz Inmate 23:22:05 07/26/11 (3)
- ....but it did.......... - RedGrant 01:35:02 07/27/11 (2)
- RE: ....but it did.......... - Jazz Inmate 08:55:23 07/27/11 (1)
- Agreed. - Vinylized 14:15:28 07/27/11 (0)
- 'Born on the Fourth of July' Stone was one of the few people who could make that film. - Tony D. 07:01:31 07/26/11 (5)
- I agree on the need to........... - RedGrant 15:20:34 07/26/11 (4)
- Remove ego from cinema (or art) and a critical directorial/artistic organ has been eliminated. - Tony D. 18:07:05 07/26/11 (1)
- I agree on the '4th of July'............ - RedGrant 18:47:09 07/26/11 (0)
- "My observation is that he's simply using these difficult subjects to feed his ego" More than this - Victor Khomenko 15:31:34 07/26/11 (1)
- YES!!!............ - RedGrant 15:46:15 07/26/11 (0)