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- Objectstaat
- ISBN
- 9780358394204
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Format
- Compact Disc
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Chasing the Light : Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Performing Arts
- Topic
- Personal Memoirs, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Film / Direction & Production
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An intimate memoir by the controversial and outspoken, Oscar-winning director and screenwriter about his complicated New York childhood, volunteering for combat, and his struggles and triumphs making such films as Platoon , Midnight Express , and Scarface . Before the international success of Platoon in 1986, Oliver Stone had been wounded as an infantryman in Vietnam, and spent years writing unproduced scripts while driving taxis in New York, finally venturing westward to Los Angeles and a new life. Stone, now 73, recounts those formative years with in-the-moment details of the high and low moments: We see meetings with Al Pacino over Stone's scripts for Scarface , Platoon , and Born on the Fourth of July ; the harrowing demon of cocaine addiction following the failure of his first feature, The Hand (starring Michael Caine); his risky on-the-ground research of Miami drug cartels for Scarface ; his stormy relationship with The Deer Hunter director Michael Cimino; the breathless hustles to finance the acclaimed and divisive Salvador; and tensions behind the scenes of his first Academy Award-winning film, Midnight Express . Chasing the Light is a true insider's look at Hollywood's years of upheaval in the 1970s and '80s. Narrated by the author.
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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0358394201
ISBN-13
9780358394204
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26038276452
Product Key Features
Book Title
Chasing the Light : Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game
Format
Compact Disc
Language
English
Topic
Personal Memoirs, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Film / Direction & Production
Publication Year
2020
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Performing Arts
Dimensions
Item Length
5.7in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz
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Trade
Edition Description
Unabridged Edition
Reviews
Chasing the Light shows a man who still runs towards the gunfire. This is, you will gather, a tremendous book--readable, funny, and harrowing. It's also full of movie-making gossip, scandal, and fun., Raw, savagely honest, as dramatic as any of his movies, Oliver Stone's memoir defies all the Hollywood clichés., ...the Oliver Stone depicted in these pages -- vulnerable, introspective, stubbornly tenacious and frequently heartbroken -- may just be the most sympathetic character he's ever written... neatly sets the stage for the possibility of that rarest of Stone productions: a sequel., Oliver Stone is a giant provocateur in the Hollywood movie system. His autobiography is a fascinating exposure of Stone's inner life and his powerful, all devouring energy and genius that drove him to become one of the world's greatest filmmakers... Oliver Stone is larger than life. Chasing the Light says it all., Oliver, in honest and sometimes brutal fashion, lays it out--what it took for him to get to where he hoped to be...Bravo. Bravo. Bravo., "Oliver Stone is a giant provocateur in the Hollywood movie system. His autobiography is a fascinating exposure of Stone's inner life and his powerful, all devouring energy and genius that drove him to become one of the world's greatest filmmakers. Stone rattles cages. He pricks the bubbles of the namby-pambies. He provokes outrage. He stirs up controversy. He has no respect for safe places. Oliver Stone is larger than life. Chasing the Light says it all." --Sir Anthony Hopkins "Oliver Stone's narrative, his life story about the heartbreaks, the near misses, and finally the triumphs is a Hollywood movie in itself. I thank Oliver for writing Chasing the Light , especially for my NYU grad film students--or anybody else with artistic dreams of working in this thing called the movie business. Oliver, in honest and sometimes brutal fashion, lays it out--what it took for him to get to where he hoped to be--a successful writer/director working in Hollywood; the road it took is hard AF. Bravo.Bravo.Bravo." -- Spike Lee "Oliver Stone's story is the story of my generation writ large." --Paul Schrader, screenwriter of Taxi Driver "Oliver takes you on a journey of desire, success and failure and ultimately success, deeply personal, with an uncanny self-effacing vulnerability that is not necessarily associated with Oliver; this is a companionable book of profound, usable insights." --Julian Schnabel "In his gripping memoir, Chasing the Light , Oliver Stone continues to blaze with the light he did so often catch. Even though I already knew a bit how it turns out up to now, I found it hard to put the book down, as if he himself, in his struggles and defeats and victories, is the most intense of his own powerful films. It is utterly poignant today to follow his relentless pursuit of personal, artistic, and political freedom in constant confrontation with the still darkly looming forces of ignorance, selfishness, obsessive power, cruelty, and greed, forces that have brought us to today's existential crises. His odyssey was especially thrilling for me, a long hidden witness of the struggle from my "ivory tower" of academia, to feel able to honor his front-line battles, seeing what had gone on behind the courageous exposes I enjoyed so much at the time, forcing our national consciousness to face the atrocities of Salvador, the Vietnam of Platoon, the treason of JFK, the greed of Wall Street, and so many more great efforts to focus the light of conscience upon our national decadence. The battle for the soul of our ideal nation and the lasting beauty of our world is not won yet, of course, but this honest and passionate account of one man's determination inspires all of us who will never give up, as Oliver himself so clearly has not! Read it with delight and amazement, and keep after the light!" --Robert Thurman, Jey Tsong Khapa Professor Emeritus of Indo-Tibetan Buddhology, Columbia University "Stone knows how to grab a viewing audience--and readers...Stone recounts his life of ups and downs well; besides being an accomplished screenwriter, he's also a fine prose writer. To be continued? In the often tacky world of movie memoirs, Stone's will stand out for its hard-earned insights, integrity, and grace."-- Kirkus Reviews, Very visual and descriptive...Stone might be considered the first veteran content creator of the modern era...well worth the read for anyone interested in the drive it takes to achieve your long-term goals., "...the Oliver Stone depicted in these pages -- vulnerable, introspective, stubbornly tenacious and frequently heartbroken -- may just be the most sympathetic character he's ever written... neatly sets the stage for the possibility of that rarest of Stone productions: a sequel." -- New York Times Book Review "Fantastic...the dual theme of chasing and being chased by the light is central to Oliver's life story...there are luminescent passages throughout this book to crack open the reader's consciousness to a second reality... Chasing the Light is not a superficial trip down memory lane like so many memoirs by famous people; Stone is a wonderful writer, and as with his films, he takes you deep to places you may wish to avoid but are essential for true sanity. The great thing about this memoir is his passion for truth and life that courses through its pages. He seizes the reader by the throat and shouts: Consciousness! Wake up! Don't let sleep and forgetfulness make you into one of the living-dead!"-- Edward Curtin, Global Research " Chasing the Light is a deep book, illuminated and relentless, prose at its best...What Oliver Stone has written will last, because I have never seen anything like his insights into the way the film industry works.." --Werner Herzog "Oliver Stone is a giant provocateur in the Hollywood movie system. His autobiography is a fascinating exposure of Stone's inner life and his powerful, all devouring energy and genius that drove him to become one of the world's greatest filmmakers. Stone rattles cages. He pricks the bubbles of the namby-pambies. He provokes outrage. He stirs up controversy. He has no respect for safe places. Oliver Stone is larger than life. Chasing the Light says it all." --Sir Anthony Hopkins "Oliver Stone's narrative, his life story about the heartbreaks, the near misses, and finally the triumphs is a Hollywood movie in itself. I thank Oliver for writing Chasing the Light , especially for my NYU grad film students--or anybody else with artistic dreams of working in this thing called the movie business. Oliver, in honest and sometimes brutal fashion, lays it out--what it took for him to get to where he hoped to be--a successful writer/director working in Hollywood; the road it took is hard AF. Bravo.Bravo.Bravo." -- Spike Lee "...riveting... a gripping read, and it is made all the more compelling by Stone's incredible honesty about himself as a person; about his feelings, including embarrassing feelings that most people would leave to the therapy couch; and about his triumphs and failures. Oliver Stone, first and foremost, is an amazing human being, and to learn about him in his own words, with all his humor and candor, is a delight."-- Dan Kovalik, CounterPunch "Oliver Stone's story is the story of my generation writ large." --Paul Schrader, screenwriter of Taxi Driver "Oliver takes you on a journey of desire, success and failure and ultimately success, deeply personal, with an uncanny self-effacing vulnerability that is not necessarily associated with Oliver; this is a companionable book of profound, usable insights." --Julian Schnabel "In his gripping memoir, Chasing the Light , Oliver Stone continues to blaze with the light he did so often catch. Even though I already knew a bit how it turns out up to now, I found it hard to put the book down, as if he himself, in his st, Stone recalls his life up to his first big success in this surprisingly sober portrait of a rabble-rouser as a young man.
Copyright Date
2020
Dewey Decimal
791.430233092
Dewey Edition
23
Number of Pages
352 Pages
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