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Oliver Stone's USA : film, history, and controversy / edited by Robert Brent Toplin.

Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, ©2000.

335 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

"This book brings Stone face-to-face with some of his critics and supporters and allows Stone himself ample room to respond to their views. These writers critique Stone's most contested films to show how they may distort, amplify, or transcend the historical realities they appear to depict. Their essays enlarge our understanding of Stone's films, while also giving us a fuller appreciation of the filmmaker as artist and intellectual."--Jacket.

Stone, Oliver -- Criticism and interpretation.

Toplin, Robert Brent, 1940-

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-321) and index.

pt. 1. Framing the debate -- Introduction / Robert Brent Toplin -- Oliver Stone as historian / Robert A. Rosenstone -- Stone on Stone's image (as presented by some historians) / Oliver Stone -- A sacred mission: Oliver Stone and Vietnam / Randy Roberts and David Welky -- pt. 2. The films -- Salvador / Walter LaFeber -- Platoon / David Halberstam -- Wall Street / Martin S. Fridson -- New left, revisionist, in-your-face history: Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of July experience / Jack E. Davis -- The lizard king or fake hero? Oliver Stone, Jim Morrison, and history / James R. Farr -- Oliver Stone, JFK, and history / Michael L. Kurtz -- Heaven and earth / Le Ly Hayslip -- Way cooler than Manson: Natural born killers / David T. Courtwright -- Nixon / Stephen E. Ambrose, George S. McGovern, and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. -- pt. 3. Stone responds. On seven films / Oliver Stone -- On Nixon and JFK / Oliver Stone.

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