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From Oscar-winner Oliver Stone comes a first-hand look at one of
the most important, powerful, and controversial leaders in the
world: Vladimir Putin of Russia. The companion to the news-breaking
television series, this edition has substantial material not
included in the documentary. Academy Award winner Oliver Stone was
able to secure what journalists, news organizations, and even other
world leaders have long coveted: extended, unprecedented access to
Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Putin Interviews are culled
from more than a dozen interviews with Putin over a two-year
span-never before has the Russian leader spoken in such depth or at
such length with a Western interviewer. No topics are off limits in
the interviews, which first occurred during Stone's trips to meet
with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in Moscow and most recently
after the election of President Donald Trump. Prodded by Stone,
Putin discusses relations between the United States and Russia,
allegations of interference in the US election, and Russia's
involvement with conflicts in Syria, Ukraine, and elsewhere across
the globe. Putin speaks about his rise to power and details his
relationships with Presidents Clinton, George W. Bush, Obama, and
Trump. The exchanges are personal, provocative, and at times
surreal. At one point, Stone asks, "Why did Russia hack the
election?"; at another, Stone introduces him to Stanley Kubrick's
1964 Cold War satire "Dr. Strangelove," which the two watch
together. Stone has interviewed controversial world leaders before,
including Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, and Benjamin Netanyahu. But
The Putin Interviews, in its unmediated access to one of the most
enigmatic and powerful men in the world, can only be compared to
the series of conversations between David Frost and Richard Nixon
we now refer to as "The Nixon Interviews" of 1977. The book will
also contain references and sources that give readers a deeper
understanding of the topics covered in the interviews and make for
a more robust reading experience.
Colonel L. Fletcher Prouty, the former CIA operative known as "X,"
offers a history-shaking perspective on the assassination of
president John F. Kennedy. His theories were the basis for Oliver
Stone's controversial movie "JFK." Prouty believed that Kennedy's
death was a coup d'etat, and he backs this belief up with his
knowledge of the security arrangements at Dallas and other tidbits
that only a CIA insider would know (for example, that every member
of Kennedy's cabinet was abroad at the time of Kennedy's
assassination). His discussion of the elite power base he believes
controlled the U.S. government will scare and enlighten anyone who
wants to know who was really behind the assassination of John F.
Kennedy.
IN Stars and Wars, Oscar-nominated art director Alan Tomkins
reveals his fascinating unpublished film artwork and
behind-the-scenes photographs from an acclaimed career that spanned
over fifty years in both British and Hollywood cinema. Tomkins' art
appeared in such celebrated films as Saving Private Ryan; JFK;
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves; The Empire Strikes Back (which would
earn him his Oscar nomination); Lawrence of Arabia; Casino Royale;
Battle of Britain; and Batman Begins. He shares his own unique
experiences alongside these wonderful illustrations and
photographs, charting his early work as a draughtsman through to
becoming a celebrated and sought-after art director on some of the
biggest blockbusters ever made. Having worked alongside such
eminent directors as David Lean, Oliver Stone, Stanley Kubrick,
Franco Zeffirelli and Clint Eastwood, Tomkins has produced a book
that is a must-have for all lovers of classic cinema.
*** "I loved it. An amazing book." - Louis Theroux "A rip-roaring
read. It left me breathless." - Chris Evans, Virgin Radio Breakfast
Show "Riveting." - The New York Times "... a Hollywood movie in
itself." - Spike Lee "Raw, savagely honest, as dramatic as any of
his movies." - Mail on Sunday "A tremendous book - readable, funny
and harrowing." - The Sunday Times In this powerful and evocative
memoir, Oscar-winning director and screenwriter, Oliver Stone,
takes us right to the heart of what it's like to make movies on the
edge. In Chasing The Light he writes about his rarefied New York
childhood, volunteering for combat, and his struggles and triumphs
making such films as Platoon, Midnight Express, and Scarface.
Before the international success of Platoon in 1986, Oliver Stone
had been wounded as an infantryman in Vietnam, and spent years
writing unproduced scripts while taking miscellaneous jobs and
driving taxis in New York, finally venturing westward to Los
Angeles and a new life. Stone, now 73, recounts those formative
years with vivid details of the high and low moments: we sit at the
table in meetings with Al Pacino over Stone's scripts for Scarface,
Platoon, and Born on the Fourth of July; relive the harrowing demon
of cocaine addiction following the failure of his first feature,
The Hand (starring Michael Caine); experience his risky
on-the-ground research of Miami drug cartels for Scarface; and see
his stormy relationship with The Deer Hunter director Michael
Cimino. We also learn of the breathless hustles to finance the
acclaimed and divisive Salvador; and witness tensions behind the
scenes of his first Academy Award-winning film, Midnight Express.
The culmination of the book is the extraordinarily vivid recreation
of filming Platoon in the depths of the Philippine jungle with
Kevin Dillon, Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Johnny Depp et al,
pushing himself, the crew and the young cast almost beyond breaking
point. Written fearlessly, with intense detail and colour, Chasing
the Light is a true insider's story of Hollywood's years of
upheaval in the 1970s and '80s, and Stone brings this period alive
as only someone at the centre of the action truly can.
In this powerful and evocative memoir, Oscar-winning director and screenwriter, Oliver Stone, takes us right to the heart of what it's like to make movies on the edge.
In Chasing The Light he writes about his rarefied New York childhood, volunteering for combat, and his struggles and triumphs making such films as Platoon, Midnight Express, and Scarface.
Before the international success of Platoon in 1986, Oliver Stone had been wounded as an infantryman in Vietnam, and spent years writing unproduced scripts while taking miscellaneous jobs and driving taxis in New York, finally venturing westward to Los Angeles and a new life.
Stone, now 73, recounts those formative years with vivid details of the high and low moments: we sit at the table in meetings with Al Pacino over Stone's scripts for Scarface, Platoon, and Born on the Fourth of July; relive the harrowing demon of cocaine addiction following the failure of his first feature, The Hand (starring Michael Caine); experience his risky on-the-ground research of Miami drug cartels for Scarface; and see his stormy relationship with The Deer Hunter director Michael Cimino. We also learn of the breathless hustles to finance the acclaimed and divisive Salvador; and witness tensions behind the scenes of his first Academy Award-winning film, Midnight Express.
The culmination of the book is the extraordinarily vivid recreation of filming Platoon in the depths of the Philippine jungle with Kevin Dillon, Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Johnny Depp et al, pushing himself, the crew and the young cast almost beyond breaking point.
Written fearlessly, with intense detail and colour, Chasing the Light is a true insider's story of Hollywood's years of upheaval in the 1970s and '80s, and Stone brings this period alive as only someone at the centre of the action truly can.
Based on Oliver Stone's documentary, JFK Revisited, read the
transcripts and interviews that will change the way you think about
the John F. Kennedy assassination. JFK Revisited: Through the
Looking Glass contains the two working original screenplays
for Oliver Stone’s JFK Revisited; both the two-hour version,
Through the Looking Glass, and the four-hour version, Destiny
Betrayed. These films are the first documentaries to feature the
work of the Assassination Records Review Board. The Assassination
Records Review Board worked from 1994–98 releasing records that
the government has classified in whole or in part on the
assassination of President John F. Kennedy. They ended up releasing
about two million pages or approximately sixty thousand documents.
They also pursued an investigation into the autopsy and medical
evidence in the JFK case. Although their releases and discoveries
were quite important to the evidentiary record, they received very
little exposure in the mainstream media. They also released
documents relating to Kennedy’s foreign policy in both Cuba and
Vietnam. In the former case, these were plans by the Pentagon to
create a pretext to invade Cuba. In the latter, documents proved
Kennedy was implementing a withdrawal plan from Vietnam. This book
is unprecedented. It contains a compendium of information
originating from the widest range of authorities on the JFK case
ever assembled. This includes luminaries from several fields:
pathology, surgery, ballistics, criminal investigation, neurology,
history, and journalism. Never before have people like forensic
pathologist Cyril Wecht, criminalist Henry Lee, Professor James
Galbraith, author David Talbot, journalist Jefferson Morley,
intelligence analyst John Newman, Professor Robert Rakove, and more
appeared in one book; never have this many illustrious authorities
been interviewed about their views on the policies and the
assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The book also includes
important witness interviews with Dr. Donald Miller about his
colleague Malcolm Perry, Jim Gochenaur of the Church Committee, and
Edwin McGehee of both the House Select Committee on Assassinations
and the Jim Garrison investigation. The combination of this newly
released information plus expert interviews changed the database
and calculus of the JFK case. The scripts are included in this
book, which were the backbone for Oliver Stone's films. It also
includes important excerpts from the many interviews which did not
make it into the final cuts of the films. JFK
Revisited will challenge everything you thought you know
about the JFK assassination.
*** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER "I loved it. An amazing book." -
Louis Theroux "A rip-roaring read. It left me breathless." - Chris
Evans, Virgin Radio "Raw, savagely honest, as dramatic as any of
his movies." - Mail on Sunday "A tremendous book - readable, funny
and harrowing." - The Sunday Times "Riveting." - The New York Times
"A fascinating exposure of Stone's inner life and his powerful, all
devouring energy and genius that drove him to become one of the
world's greatest filmmakers." - Sir Anthony Hopkins "... a
Hollywood movie in itself." - Spike Lee Chasing the Light is Oliver
Stone's intimate and ground-breaking filmmaker's memoir - and a
razor-sharp insider's tour of Hollywood during its 70s and 80s
upheaval. With disarming honesty, he takes us from a childhood on
New York's Upper East Side through the combat zones of Vietnam,
inside the clandestine worlds of Chinatown's gang lords and Miami's
cocaine trade - and behind the glittering and often drug-addled Los
Angeles movie society scene. And from Midnight Express through
Scarface, and Salvador he discovers his own dogged determination, a
marked rebellious streak and a drive to make controversial films
that matter. How he strung together the realistic, radical and
ultimately box office smash Platoon is in itself a 10-year
adventure of financial intrigue, perseverance and near-death
experiences that culminates in the depths of the Philippine jungle
with Stone pushing himself, the crew and young cast almost beyond
breaking point. Written fearlessly with intense detail and colour,
this is what it's like to make films on the edge.
In working together on two challenging new documentaries - South of
the Border and the forthcoming Untold History of the United States
- Oliver Stone, the filmmaker, engaged with author and filmmaker
Tariq Ali in a hard-hitting conversation on the politics of
history. Their dialogue brings to light a number of forgotten - or
buried - episodes of history. From the U.S. intervention against
the Russian Revolution to the connections between Presidents and
the Saudi royal family, no stone is left unturned and no topic is
sacred in this insightful exchange.
New foreword by J.F.K. director Oliver Stone Reclaiming Parkland
details the failed attempt of Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks
and producer Gary Goetzman to make Vincent Bugliosi's mammoth book
about the Kennedy assassination, Reclaiming History, into a
miniseries. It exposes the questionable origins of Reclaiming
History in a dubious mock trial for cable television, in which
Bugliosi played the role of an attorney prosecuting Lee Harvey
Oswald for murder, and how this formed the basis for the epic tome.
Author James DiEugenio details the myriad problems with Bugliosi's
book, and explores the cooperation of the mainstream press in
concealing many facts during the publicity campaign for the book
and how this lack of scrutiny led Hanks and Goetzman cofounders of
the production company Playtone to purchase the film rights.
DiEugenio then shows how the film adapted from that book, entitled
Parkland, does not resemble Bugliosi's book and examines why. This
book reveals the connections between Washington and Hollywood, as
well as the CIA influence in the film colony today. It includes an
extended look at the little-known aspects of the lives and careers
of Bugliosi, Hanks, and Goetzman. Reclaiming Parkland sheds light
on the Kennedy assassination, New Hollywood, and the political
influence on media in America.
(Applause Books). A documented screenplay of the Oliver Stone film,
complete with historical annotation, with 340 research notes and 97
reactions and commentaries by Norman Mailer, Tom Wicker, Gerald R.
Ford, and many others. "It's a lesson in craft to watch JFK on
video while reading along, charting what got cut, softened, and
rethought." Entertainment Weekly
'This is not history for history's sake, however - this is the
history of our present and future, long beyond cold war, into war
on terror, war on drugs' Ed Vulliamy, Guardian The Untold History
of the United States is filmmaker Oliver Stone and historian Peter
Kuznick's riveting landmark account of the rise and decline of the
American empire - the most powerful and dominant nation the world
has ever seen. Probing the dark corners of the administrations of
17 presidents, from Woodrow Wilson to Barack Obama, they dare to
ask just how far the US has drifted from its founding democratic
ideals. Beginning with the bloody suppression of the Filipino
struggle for independence and spanning the two World Wars, it
documents how US administrations have repeatedly intervened in
conflicts on foreign soil, taking part in covert operations and
wars in Latin American, Asia and the Middle East. At various times
it has overthrown elected leaders in favour of right-wing
dictators, for both economic and political gain. Examining
America's atomic history, Stone and Kuznick argue that the bombings
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were militarily unnecessary and morally
indefensible. They show how the United States has repeatedly
brandished nuclear threats and come terrifyingly close to war. They
expose how US presidents have trampled on the US constitution and
international law and lay bare the recent transformation of the
United States into a national security state. Using the latest
research and recently declassified records, The Untold History
builds a meticulously documented and shocking picture of the
American empire, showing how it has determined the course of world
events for the interests of the few across the twentieth century
and beyond.
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