The Oliver Stone encyclopedia
The Oliver Stone Encyclopedia provides 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. Each entry is followed by a bibliography of published s…
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- Full title :The Oliver Stone encyclopedia / James M. Welsh, Donald M. Whaley.
Summary
The Oliver Stone Encyclopedia provides 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. Each entry is followed by a bibliography of published sources, both in print and online.
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- Publication Date:2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Scarecrow Press
- Place of Publication:Lanham, Md
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxvii, 342 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780810883536, 0810883538, 1283733455, 9781283733458
- oclc:ocn823739884
- LC Classification:PN1998.3.S76
- Dewey Decimal:791.4302/33092
Table of Contents
Foreword : Connections cementing the stone mosaic / James M. Welsh -- Introduction part 1 : Reading the stone mosaic / James M. Welsh and Donald M. Whaley -- Introduction part 2 : The sixties adventurer / Donald M. Whaley -- Entries A-Z -- Appendix A : "JFK and the critics" / Tom Prasch -- Appendix B : Interviews -- Platoon and Salvador : Oliver Stone, Dale Dye, and Charlie Sheen -- Heaven and earth : Oliver Stone, Le Ly Hayslip, Hiep Thi Le, and Tommy Lee Jones.
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