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Oliver Stone
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Oliver Stone
Examines style, images, themes and social and political views expressed in "Born on the Fourth of July", "The Doors" and "JFK".
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages) |
7 sources |
1995
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"Oliver Stone is a filmmaker who makes use of history as a springboard for political and social commentary, and he often includes history in the form of newsreel footage as well as in terms of references and historical characters who are part of the story. He makes use of fragmentary editing as well to create a sense of reality, placing the viewer at the event and in the historical era. He also has a strong sense of sentimentality that is not always recognized and that derives from the way in which he connects past and present, often in an ironic fashion to show how the promise of one era has been tainted by the reality of another. He begins the process of drawing the viewer into the connections he is making between past and present from the first frame, and the opening sequences in his films prepare the viewer for what is to come, sometimes with foreshadowing as well as with ..."More papers on Oliver Stone:
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