In Reply to: 'Born on the Fourth of July' Stone was one of the few people who could make that film. posted by Tony D. on July 26, 2011 at 07:01:31:
... tackle the difficult subjects.
"He was there after all and for all of his faults the man has never shied away from tackling the very difficult and important issues facing US society that so many directors could/should have but were either too chicken shit or too engrossed in maxing box office and feeding the beast."
My problem with Stone is his intellectual hedonism/anarchism. My observation is that he's simply using these difficult subjects to feed his ego, simply by 'yanking' the chain.
After all, isn't that what sophomorism stands for?
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Follow Ups
- 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)