The Oliver Stone Encyclopedia

Auteur

James M. Welsh is co-editor of The Literature/Film Reader (Scarecrow, 2007) and The Francis Ford Coppola Encyclopedia (Scarecrow, 2010).

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The Oliver StoneEncyclopedia 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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Foreword Introduction Part I: Reading the Stone "Mosaic" (James M. Welsh and Donald M. Whaley) Introduction Part II: The Sixties Adventurer (Donald M. Whaley) ENTRIES A-Z Appendix A: "JFK and the Critics" (by Tom Prasch) Appendix B: Interviews Platoon and Salvador: Oliver Stone, Dale Dye, Charlie Sheen Heaven & Earth: Oliver Stone, Le Ly Hayslip, HiepThi Le, and Tommy Lee Jones Selected Bibliography About the Contributors About the Authors