Director Oliver Stone, speaking from his Twitter account on August 1, 2023, mentioned that he finally managed to see Christopher Nolan's new hit biopic "Oppenheimer," and that he was incredibly impressed with the result. This is no small praise, as "Oppenheimer" might be compared to Stone's own work. Stone has made several stylized, big-budget biographies in his career as well, often peppering them, just like "Oppenheimer," with fistfuls of notable stars. He also likes to use multiple film formats, often flipping from color to black-and-white in the middle of a scene, a technique that Nolan also employed (the "present-day" segments in "Oppenheimer" were in black-and-white). Stone's biographies also tended to look at the wounded aspects of intense men, revealing how those in positions of power aren't always there because of resolute intelligence. Sometimes, ego is all that matters. "Oppenheimer" might be seen as a spiritual Hollywood successor to "JFK," "The Doors,...
- 8/3/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Oliver Stone has joined Paul Schrader in praising Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” as an instant classic.
The “JFK” and “Natural Born Killers” director shared on Twitter that he finally saw the three-hour J. Robert Oppenheimer epic over the past weekend, saying he was “gripped by Chris Nolan’s narrative.” Stone also added that he was familiar with the source material, the nonfiction book “American Prometheus” by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, as he “once turned the project down because I couldn’t find my way to its essence. Nolan has found it.”
Since “Oppenheimer” opened on July 21, the film has already grossed $405 million globally and it continues to sell out across IMAX venues, with viewers flocking to Nolan’s preferred 70mm IMAX experience.
Two weeks ago, fellow filmmaker Paul Schrader praised “Oppenheimer” as “the best, most important film of this century.”
Stone, meanwhile in a Twitter thread continued, “His...
The “JFK” and “Natural Born Killers” director shared on Twitter that he finally saw the three-hour J. Robert Oppenheimer epic over the past weekend, saying he was “gripped by Chris Nolan’s narrative.” Stone also added that he was familiar with the source material, the nonfiction book “American Prometheus” by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, as he “once turned the project down because I couldn’t find my way to its essence. Nolan has found it.”
Since “Oppenheimer” opened on July 21, the film has already grossed $405 million globally and it continues to sell out across IMAX venues, with viewers flocking to Nolan’s preferred 70mm IMAX experience.
Two weeks ago, fellow filmmaker Paul Schrader praised “Oppenheimer” as “the best, most important film of this century.”
Stone, meanwhile in a Twitter thread continued, “His...
- 8/1/2023
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
JFK filmmaker Oliver Stone posted a series of tweets Tuesday praising Christopher Nolan’s latest film Oppenheimer during which he revealed he once turned down a project based around J. Robert Oppenheimer’s life because he couldn’t crack the narrative.
“Saturday, I sat through 3 hours of Oppenheimer, gripped by Chris Nolan’s narrative. His screenplay is layered & fascinating. Familiar with the book by Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin, I once turned the project down because I couldn’t find my way to its essence. Nolan has found it,” Stone tweeted.
Stone continued to describe Nolan’s direction in Oppenheimer as “mind-boggling and eye-popping” before heaping praise on the film’s cast.
“Each actor is a surprise to me, especially Cillian Murphy, whose exaggerated eyes here feel normal playing a genius like Oppenheimer,” Stone wrote.
Stone concluded by describing Oppenheimer as a “classic” that he “never believed could be made in this climate.
“Saturday, I sat through 3 hours of Oppenheimer, gripped by Chris Nolan’s narrative. His screenplay is layered & fascinating. Familiar with the book by Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin, I once turned the project down because I couldn’t find my way to its essence. Nolan has found it,” Stone tweeted.
Stone continued to describe Nolan’s direction in Oppenheimer as “mind-boggling and eye-popping” before heaping praise on the film’s cast.
“Each actor is a surprise to me, especially Cillian Murphy, whose exaggerated eyes here feel normal playing a genius like Oppenheimer,” Stone wrote.
Stone concluded by describing Oppenheimer as a “classic” that he “never believed could be made in this climate.
- 8/1/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Blu-ray and Digital Release Date: Oct. 15, 2013
Price: Blu-ray $49.99
Studio: Warner Home Video
Filmmaker Oliver Stone (Savages) looks at little-known 20th century events that shaped the history of America in the Showtime documentary series The Untold History of the United States.
For the TV show, Stone partnered with co-writers Matt Graham and Peter Kuznick, the American University Associate Professor of History and director of the Nuclear Studies Institute. The team drew on archival findings from around the world and declassified material to look at human events that went under-reported at their time. The Untold History looks at the period from the atomic bombing of Japan to the Cold War, the fall of Communism and today’s society.
The television series is told in 10 chapters, but the four Blu-ray discs also contain two unaired chapters and a companion documentary featuring Stone and author, philosopher, activist Tariq Ali, who worked with Stone on...
Price: Blu-ray $49.99
Studio: Warner Home Video
Filmmaker Oliver Stone (Savages) looks at little-known 20th century events that shaped the history of America in the Showtime documentary series The Untold History of the United States.
For the TV show, Stone partnered with co-writers Matt Graham and Peter Kuznick, the American University Associate Professor of History and director of the Nuclear Studies Institute. The team drew on archival findings from around the world and declassified material to look at human events that went under-reported at their time. The Untold History looks at the period from the atomic bombing of Japan to the Cold War, the fall of Communism and today’s society.
The television series is told in 10 chapters, but the four Blu-ray discs also contain two unaired chapters and a companion documentary featuring Stone and author, philosopher, activist Tariq Ali, who worked with Stone on...
- 8/16/2013
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
Oliver Stone's alternative history is an easy target for rightwing critics but is solid, thought-provoking and full of terrific archive material
Reactions to film director Oliver Stone's ambitious attempt to reinterpret America's postwar history tended to divide along strictly ideological lines. The left welcomed it – the Guardian's wave-making correspondent Glenn Greenwald tweeted: "You may not agree with all, but the series is provocative and worthwhile." The right despised it – neocon historian Ronald Radosh said it was "mendacious" and a "mindless regurgitation of Stalin's propaganda".
Stone, in his folksy introduction to the series that was shown on CBS's Showtime channel in the Us in autumn 2012 and on Sky Atlantic in the UK in spring 2013, says he made it for his children. They were getting as one-sided a view of American history as he got – "We were the centre of the world, there was a manifest destiny, we were the...
Reactions to film director Oliver Stone's ambitious attempt to reinterpret America's postwar history tended to divide along strictly ideological lines. The left welcomed it – the Guardian's wave-making correspondent Glenn Greenwald tweeted: "You may not agree with all, but the series is provocative and worthwhile." The right despised it – neocon historian Ronald Radosh said it was "mendacious" and a "mindless regurgitation of Stalin's propaganda".
Stone, in his folksy introduction to the series that was shown on CBS's Showtime channel in the Us in autumn 2012 and on Sky Atlantic in the UK in spring 2013, says he made it for his children. They were getting as one-sided a view of American history as he got – "We were the centre of the world, there was a manifest destiny, we were the...
- 7/11/2013
- by Stephen Moss
- The Guardian - Film News
Oliver Stone, no stranger to political candour and making waves with his beliefs, is in Karlovy Vary to introduce screenings of two episodes of The Untold History Of The United States and to receive a Crystal Globe for his contribution to world cinema. The ten-hour documentary series was co-written by Peter Kuznick (a professor of History and Director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University) and examines an unrevealed history of the Us during the 20th century. The festival also will screen Brian De Palma’s Scarface, for which Stone penned the screenplay, and a new director’s cut of Stone’s epic Alexander with Colin Farrell. He sounded off at a media gathering.
Oliver Stone at Karlovy Vary.
Q: What prompted you to turn your attention to The Untold History of the United States?
A: I did not make it because I’m an ideologist, but because I’m a storyteller.
Oliver Stone at Karlovy Vary.
Q: What prompted you to turn your attention to The Untold History of the United States?
A: I did not make it because I’m an ideologist, but because I’m a storyteller.
- 7/4/2013
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Oliver Stone got so sick of always reading the sanitised version of Us history that he decided to write his own. He talks about the real reason America dropped the atom bomb, how Kennedy is a hero and why he can't stand Hillary Clinton
Oliver Stone has just agreed to take part in the Us version of Jamie's Dream School, the TV show that explored the interesting notion that famous people might educate kids better than teachers. "It was much criticised in Britain but I still think it's a good idea," says Stone over coffee and bagels in a Soho hotel. He'll be the American equivalent of Jamie's history teacher David Starkey. Only, you'd suspect, more radical.
Stone's TV history class might well be named Us Heresies 101. "We're going to take these texts from regular history and compare them to what we think happened." He will teach that the bombing...
Oliver Stone has just agreed to take part in the Us version of Jamie's Dream School, the TV show that explored the interesting notion that famous people might educate kids better than teachers. "It was much criticised in Britain but I still think it's a good idea," says Stone over coffee and bagels in a Soho hotel. He'll be the American equivalent of Jamie's history teacher David Starkey. Only, you'd suspect, more radical.
Stone's TV history class might well be named Us Heresies 101. "We're going to take these texts from regular history and compare them to what we think happened." He will teach that the bombing...
- 4/15/2013
- by Stuart Jeffries
- The Guardian - Film News
** It is worth noting that the following post is not a stance or opinion taken by Geektyrant but merely a story relevant to the entertainment industry and the opinions of said entertainer**
In a recent interview with Rt, controversial director Oliver Stone declared many things: The American public is living in a fish bowl, the government is covering it up, and American President Barack Obama is a "wolf in sheeps clothing". Before you jump on the agenda band wagon, let's just clarify he feels that way about all government entities, check out the quote below.
I think under the disguise of sheep’s clothing he has been a wolf. That because of the nightmare of the Bush presidency that preceded him, people forgave him a lot. He was a great hope for change. The color of his skin, the upbringing, the internationalism, the globalism, seemed all evident. And he is an intelligent man.
In a recent interview with Rt, controversial director Oliver Stone declared many things: The American public is living in a fish bowl, the government is covering it up, and American President Barack Obama is a "wolf in sheeps clothing". Before you jump on the agenda band wagon, let's just clarify he feels that way about all government entities, check out the quote below.
I think under the disguise of sheep’s clothing he has been a wolf. That because of the nightmare of the Bush presidency that preceded him, people forgave him a lot. He was a great hope for change. The color of his skin, the upbringing, the internationalism, the globalism, seemed all evident. And he is an intelligent man.
- 1/3/2013
- by Mick Joest
- GeekTyrant
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