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Oliver
Stone: I don't understand: I show brief fragments of images, letting
the audience piece the big picture together by themselves, and yet they
call me unsubtle.
A
50-minute interview with writer/director Oliver Stone about his career
and his films.
This
pleasantly no-frills 50-odd minute interview provides willfully controversial,
oft-maligned director Oliver Stone with a sympathetic ear and a platform
on which to unburden some of his major frustrations. As most viewers
of a documentary like this will surely be sympathetic to Stone's views
and willing listeners to his many theories, it's a disappointment to
find him coming across as self-defensively and bristly as he does here.
With the help of interviewer Charles Keshikyak, he attempts to negate
the arguments most frequently leveled at him by critics, but frankly
doesn't do a very good job of pleading his own case. Still, Stone can
always be counted on to at least entertain, and he again manages to
throw in enough tantalizing remarks and tangential rants to satisfy
the fan's appetite. But a more in-depth discussion, with the director
slightly more at ease about his status as an acclaimed director among
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Available
for Region 1 and Region 2 only as part of the Oliver Stone Collection
box set.
The
fullscreen image is framed at an aspect ratio of approx. 1.33:1. The
simple video recording of two men talking poses few problems for this
simple, unproblematic transfer.
The stereo sound mix is presented in straightforward two-channel Dolby
Digital. Consisting as the feature does mainly of two men talking, interrupted
by the occasional film clip.
A
nice extra for Oliver Stone fans on this bonus disc is the inclusion
of one of Oliver Stone's student films. Last Year in Viet Nam
stars Stone himself as a war veteran in New York haunted by memories
of Vietnam. It's a fairly typical pretentious student film, shot in
moody black-and-white intermingled with washed-out color. More a nice
bit of trivia than a brilliant indication of Stone's future career as
a prominent director, it's still a suitable inclusion and one that will
be welcomed by the director's many fans.A
static menu screen accompanied by a cue from the JFK score offers
easy access to the disc's feature.
Dan
Hassler-Forest
Reviewed: June
25, 2002
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