Oliver Stone

La primera entrega de las memorias del oscarizado director y guionista – y controvertido polemista– Oliver Stone, en cuya nómina de entrevistados figuran también personajes como Fidel Castro, Hugo Ch

Oliver Stone, ganador de un Óscar de la Academia, y el historiador Peter Kuznick nos desvelan la otra cara de la historia de Estados Unidos. Analizan los grandes acontecimientos que desde la Guerra d

In working together on two challenging new documentaries—South of the Border and the forthcoming The Untold History of the United States series for Showtime—filmmaker Oliver Stone engaged with author and filmmaker Tariq Ali in a probing, hard-hitting conversation on the politics of history. Their dialogue brings to light a number of forgotten—or deliberately buried—episodes of American history, from the US intervention against the Russian Revolution and the dynamic radicalism of the Industrial Workers of the World to Henry Wallace's sidelining by Democratic Party machine insiders and the ongoing interference of the United States in Pakistani political affairs. For Stone and Ali—two of our most insightful observers on history and popular culture—no topic is sacred, no orthodoxy goes unchallenged. TARIQ ALI is an internationally acclaimed Pakistani writer and filmmaker. He has written more than two dozen books on world history and politics and seven novels (translated into over a dozen languages) as well as scripts for the stage and screen. He is an editor of New Left Review and lives in London.

Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick examine the dark side of American history from the beginning of the twentieth century right up to the Obama administration. Looking at American intervention in foreign conflicts in Latin American, Asia and the Middle East, including taking part in covert operations and interfering to overthrow elected leaders in favour of right-wing dictators, they ask whether US involvement around the globe is about democratic ideals, or political and economic gain.From Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the Watergate scandal and the transformation of America into a national security state, The Concise Untold History lays bare how US presidents have ignored the constitution and international law to influence the course of world events for the interest of the few.Based on the critically acclaimed documentary series of the same name, this book compellingly unmasks the shocking and unforgettable truth behind the American Empire.

A companion to Oliver Stones ten-part documentary series of the same name, this guide offers a peoples history of the American Empire: a critical overview of US foreign policyindispensable (former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev); brilliant, a masterpiece! (Daniel Ellsberg); Oliver Stones new book is as riveting, eye-opening, and thought-provoking as any history book you will ever read. It achieves what history, at its best, ought to do: presents a mountain of previously unknown facts that makes you question and re-examine many of your long-held assumptions about the most influential events (Glenn Greenwald).In November 2012, Showtime debuted a ten-part documentary series based on Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznicks The Untold History of the United States.The book and documentary looked back at human events that, at the time, went underreported, but also crucially shaped Americas unique and complex history over the twentieth century.From the atomic bombing of Japan to the Cold War and fall of Communism, this concise version of the larger book is adapted for the general reader. Complete with poignant photos, arresting illustrations, and little-known documents, The Concise Untold History of the United States covers the rise of the American empire and national security state from the late nineteenth century through the Obama administration, putting it all together to show how deeply rooted the seemingly aberrant policies of the Bush-Cheney administration are in the nations past and why it has proven so difficult for Obama to change course. In this concise and indispensible guide, Kuznick and Stone (who Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Garry Wills has called Americas own Dostoevsky behind a camera) challenge prevailing orthodoxies to reveal the dark truth about the rise and fall of American imperialism.

Discover Americas secrets in this second of two volumes of the young readers edition of The Untold History of the United States, from Academy Awardwinning director Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick, adapted by Eric Singer.There is history as we know it. And there is history we should have known.Complete with poignant photos and little-known but vitally important stories, this second of two volumes traces how people around the world responded to the United Statess rise as a superpower from the end of World War II through an increasingly tense Cold War and, eventually, to the brink of nuclear annihilation during the Cuban Missile Crisis. This is not the kind of history taught in schools or normally presented on television or in popular movies. This riveting young readers volume challenges prevailing orthodoxies to reveal uncomfortable realities about the US role in heightening Cold War tensions. It also humanizes the experiences of diverse people, at home and abroad, who yearned for a more just, equal, and compassionate world. This volume will come as a breath of fresh air for students, teachers, and budding young historians hungry for different perspectiveswhich makes it a crucial counterpoint to todays history textbooks.Adapted by high school and university educator Eric S. Singer from the bestselling book and companion to the documentary The Untold History of the United States by Academy Awardwinning director Oliver Stone and renowned historian Peter Kuznick, this volume gives young readers a powerful and provocative look at the US role in the Cold War. It also provides a blueprint for those concerned with shaping a better and more equitable future for people across the world.

Jamais Vladimir Poutine ne sétait livré aussi librement que lors de ces cinquante heures dentretiens avec le grand cinéaste Oliver Stone. Un huis clos absolument fascinant. Voici linterview complète,

The truth about America is revealed in this first of four volumes of the young readers edition of The Untold History of the United States, from Academy Awardwinning director Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick, adapted by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.There is history as we know it. And there is history we should have known.Complete with photos, illustrations, and little-known documents, this first of four volumes covers crucial moments in American history from the late nineteenth century to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.This is not the kind of history taught in schools or normally presented on television or in popular movies. This riveting young readers edition challenges prevailing orthodoxies to reveal the dark reality about the rise and fall of the American empire for curious, budding historians who are hungry for the truth. Based on the latest archival findings and recently declassified information, this book will come as a surprise to the vast majority of students and their teachersand thats precisely why this edition is such a crucial counterpoint to todays history textbooks.Adapted by Newbery Honor recipient Susan Campbell Bartoletti from the bestselling book and companion to the documentary The Untold History of the United States by Academy Awardwinning director Oliver Stone and renowned historian Peter Kuznick, this volume presents young readers with a powerful and provocative look at the past century of American imperialism.

Oliver Stone, ganador de un Óscar de la Academia, y el historiador Peter Kuznick nos desvelan la otra cara de la historia de Estados Unidos analizando los grandes acontecimientos de los últimos años del siglo xxi a traves de un prisma critico y constructivo. El resultado es un libro que cuestiona el discurso oficial transmitido dentro y fuera de las fronteras de la superpotencia centrandose en los errores porque los grandes aciertos ya han sido glorificados que han marcado la historia de Estados Unidos y, por tanto, del mundo.El segundo mandato de Obama, Trump, el cambio climatico, la amenaza nuclear, Corea del Norte, Rusia, Iran, China, Siria o el ISIS, son solo algunos de los ejes de la politica exterior estadounidenses revisitan y examinan. Y es que, tal y como afirman los autores en su prologo, la informacion que esta obra contiene sea util a los lectores para luchar por un planeta mas justo, humano, democratico y equitativo.

Bien avant de connaître la gloire avec Platoon, en 1986, Oliver Stone, figure mythique du cinéma américain, réalisateur et scénariste multi-oscarisé, avait déjà vécu mille vies. Fils d’une Française

Oliver Stone realizou uma série de entrevistas com o presidente russo Vladimir Putin, que vieram a se tornar o documentário The Putin Interviews. Neste livro, o leitor terá a oportunidade inédita de saber um pouco mais sobre o homem por tras do cargo de presidente, sobre suas responsabilidades, suas preocupaçes das mais banais ate aquelas que tem impacto na vida de milhares de cidados ao redor do planeta , suas relaçes familiares, seu passado como agente da KGB e mesmo suas expectativas pessoais diante de conflitos bastante complexos. A partir da linha biografica de Vladimir Putin, o publico sera capaz de se informar sobre inumeros marcos da historia da Russia e sobre as relaçes internacionais muitas vezes conturbadas do pais. Putin tambem fala sobre sua ascenso ao poder e detalha seu vinculo com os presidentes Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama e Donald Trump.

***"A rip-roaring read. It left me breathless."- Chris Evans, Virgin Radio Breakfast Show "Riveting."- The New York Times "... a Hollywood movie in itself." - Spike Lee "Raw, savagely honest, as dramatic as any of his movies." - Mail on Sunday "A tremendous book - readable, funny and harrowing." - The Sunday TimesIn this powerful and evocative memoir, Oscar-winning director and screenwriter, Oliver Stone, takes us right to the heart of what its like to make movies on the edge. In Chasing The Light he writes about his rarefied 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 taking miscellaneous jobs and driving taxis in New York, finally venturing westward to Los Angeles and a new life. Stone, now 73, recounts those formative years with vivid details of the high and low moments: we sit at the table in meetings with Al Pacino over Stones scripts for Scarface, Platoon, and Born on the Fourth of July; relive the harrowing demon of cocaine addiction following the failure of his first feature, The Hand (starring Michael Caine); experience his risky on-the-ground research of Miami drug cartels for Scarface; and see his stormy relationship with The Deer Hunter director Michael Cimino. We also learn of the breathless hustles to finance the acclaimed and divisive Salvador; and witness tensions behind the scenes of his first Academy Award-winning film, Midnight Express.The culmination of the book is the extraordinarily vivid recreation of filming Platoon in the depths of the Philippine jungle with Kevin Dillon, Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Johnny Depp et al, pushing himself, the crew and the young cast almost beyond breaking point.Written fearlessly, with intense detail and colour, Chasing the Light is a true insiders story of Hollywoods years of upheaval in the 1970s and 80s, and Stone brings this period alive as only someone at the centre of the action truly can.

A courageous look at a historic figure.From Oscar-winner Oliver Stone, Snowden is a riveting personal look at one of the most polarizing figures of the twenty-first century, the man responsible for what has been described as the most far-reaching security breach in US intelligence history. This official motion picture screenplay edition, written by Kieran Fitzgerald and Oliver Stone, includes a foreword by David Talbot and dozens of photos from the film.In 2013, Edward Snowden (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) quietly leaves his job at the NSA and flies to Hong Kong to meet with journalists Glenn Greenwald (Zachary Quinto) and Ewen MacAskill (Tom Wilkinson), and filmmaker Laura Poitras (Melissa Leo) to reveal US government cyber surveillance programs of epic proportions. A top security contractor with virtuoso programming skills, Ed has discovered that a virtual mountain of data on digital communication is being assemblednot just from foreign governments and terror groups, but from ordinary Americans.Disillusioned with his work in the intelligence community, Snowden meticulously gathers hundreds of thousands of secret documents that will expose the full extent of the abuses. Leaving his longtime love Lindsay Mills (Shailene Woodley) behind, Ed finds the courage to act on his principles. Snowden opens the door on the untold story of Edward Snowden, examining the forces that turned a conservative young eager patriot into a historic whistleblower and posing provocative questions about which liberties we are willing to trade for protection.

The New York Times bestselling companion to the Showtime documentary series now streaming on Netflix, updated to cover the past five years.IndispensableThere is much here to reflect upon. President Mikhail GorbachevAs riveting, eye-opening, and thought-provoking as any history book you will ever read...Cant recommend it highly enough. Glenn Greenwald, The GuardianFinally, a book with the guts to challenge the accepted narrative of recent American history. Bill MaherKuznick and Stones Untold History is the most important historical narrative of this century; a carefully researched and brilliantly rendered account. Martin Sherwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning co-author of American PrometheusA work of courage, wisdom, and compassion [that] will stand the test of time.A fierce critique and a passionate paean for Stone and Kuznicks native land. Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, author of The Thistle and the DroneA PEOPLES HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN EMPIREIn this riveting companion to their astonishing documentary seriesincluding a new chapter and new photos covering Obamas second term, Trumps first year and a half, climate change, nuclear winter, Korea, Russia, Iran, China, Lybia, ISIS, Syria, and moreAcademy Awardwinning director Oliver Stone and renowned historian Peter Kuznick challenge prevailing orthodoxies to reveal the dark truth about the rise and fall of American imperialism.

Nueva presentación y primer título de la colección Imperdibles. Un diálogo apasionante entre Tariq Ali y Oliver Stone sobre el imperialismo norteamericano. Stone le pidió a Ali que le asesorara par

Oliver Stone, ganador de un Óscar de la Academia, y el historiador Peter Kuznick nos desvelan la otra cara de la historia de Estados Unidos analizando los grandes acontecimientos de los últimos años del siglo xxi a traves de un prisma critico y constructivo. El resultado es un libro que cuestiona el discurso oficial transmitido dentro y fuera de las fronteras de la superpotencia centrandose en los errores porque los grandes aciertos ya han sido glorificados que han marcado la historia de Estados Unidos y, por tanto, del mundo.El segundo mandato de Obama, Trump, el cambio climatico, la amenaza nuclear, Corea del Norte, Rusia, Iran, China, Siria o el ISIS, son solo algunos de los ejes de la politica exterior estadounidenses revisitan y examinan. Y es que, tal y como afirman los autores en su prologo, la informacion que esta obra contiene sea util a los lectores para luchar por un planeta mas justo, humano, democratico y equitativo.