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13. If you're looking to understand something about history, don't bother

Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:31 PM

Jul 2020

I rate him a great big "meh." Not an important filmmaker, not a very nice person, not a great thinker.

Here's a long-form article about him that might provide some insight:

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/magazine/oliver-stone-rewrites-history-again.html

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Oliver Stone: ok? good? Pos? [View all] tiredtoo Jul 2020 OP

As long as you realize his work is fact based fiction. bottomofthehill Jul 2020 #1

A Perjurer & A Warmonger ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #2

Oliver Stone? Loki Liesmith Jul 2020 #4

Oliver or Roger? The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #5

Or maybe they are thinking of Oliver North? nt csziggy Jul 2020 #6

You're Right! Brain Cramp! ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #8

He's kind of wacko but he's done some good films. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #3

Excellent director. John Fante Jul 2020 #9

Platoon and Wall Street are still good ChicagoRonin Jul 2020 #10

A Putin loving POS BannonsLiver Jul 2020 #11

Just like most everyone, egduj Jul 2020 #12

If you're looking to understand something about history, don't bother frazzled Jul 2020 #13

Some good stuff, but plays fast and loose with facts in his docudramas... Wounded Bear Jul 2020 #15