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基本説明
In The Oliver Stone Encyclopedia, James M. Welsh and Donald M. Whaley provide an overarching evaluation of Stone's work as screenwriter, producer, and director.
Full Description
Oliver Stone has written and directed many memorable films while also developing a reputation for tackling controversial subjects, such as the Turkish prison system (Midnight Express), the Vietnam war (Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July), insider trading (Wall Street), presidential assassination (JFK), and a voyeuristic media (Natural Born Killers). Along the way, Stone has been nominated for more than 10 Academy Awards and three times received Oscars for his work.
In The Oliver Stone Encyclopedia, James M. Welsh and Donald M. Whaley provide an overarching evaluation of Stone's work as screenwriter, producer, and director. While the entries in this volume address all of the usual aspects of Stone's career, they also explore new avenues of critical evaluation, especially influences such as Friedrich Nietzsche and Buddhism, which Stone converted to in the 1990s. In addition, this volume traces Stone's obsession with Latin American politics, evident in his film Salvador (1986), his screenplay for Alan Parker's Evita (1996), and the documentaries Commandante (2003), Looking for Fidel (2004), and South of the Border (2010).
Each entry is followed by a bibliography of published sources, both in print and online. A comprehensive and engaging examination of the director, The Oliver Stone Encyclopedia will appeal to scholars and fans alike as the most comprehensive reference on this director's body of work.
Contents
Foreword
Introduction Part I: Reading the Stone "Mosaic" (James M. Welsh and Donald M. Whaley)
Introduction Part II: The Sixties Adventurer (Donald M. Whaley)
ENTRIES A—Z
Appendix A: "JFK and the Critics" (by Tom Prasch)
Appendix B: Interviews
Platoon and Salvador: Oliver Stone, Dale Dye, Charlie Sheen
Heaven & Earth: Oliver Stone, Le Ly Hayslip, HiepThi Le, and Tommy Lee Jones
Selected Bibliography
About the Contributors
About the Authors
