{"product_id":"oliver-stones-usa-robert-brent-toplin-9780700612574","title":"Oliver Stone's USA: Film, History, and Controversy","description":"Challenging audiences and leaving critics in disarray, the films of Oliver Stone have compelled viewers to reexamine many of their most revered beliefs about America's past. Like no other filmmaker, Stone has left an indelible mark on public opinion and political life, even as he has generated enormous controversy and debate among those who take issue with his dramatic use of history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book brings Stone face-to-face with some of his most thoughtful critics and supporters and allows Stone himself ample room to respond to their views. Featuring such luminaries as David Halberstam, Stephen Ambrose, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Walter Lafeber, and Robert Rosenstone, these writers critique Stone's most contested films to show how they may distort, amplify, or transcend the historical realities they appear to depict. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese essays--on \u003ci\u003eSalvador\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlatoon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWall Street\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBorn on the Fourth of July\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Doors\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJFK\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHeaven and Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNatural Born Killers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNixon\u003c\/i\u003e--enlarge our understanding of Stone's films, while also giving us a fuller appreciation of the filmmaker as artist and intellectual. They reveal how Stone's experience in Vietnam colors his views of American government and corporate culture and suggest new ways of looking at the complex tensions between art and history that shape Stone's films. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn response, Stone offers an articulate and passionate defense of his artistic vision. Disavowing once and for all the mantle of \"cinematic historian,\" Stone declares himself first and foremost a storyteller, a dramatist and mythmaker who deliberately refashions historical facts in pursuit of higher truths. The undeniable centerpiece of this artistic manifesto is Stone's fascinating commentary on the making and meanings of JFK, the film that reopened a case that many thought finally closed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA provocative and timely reexamination of a great American artist, \u003ci\u003eOliver Stone's USA\u003c\/i\u003e will also reignite public debate over the relationship between history and art as well as the artist's responsibility to his audience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Brent Toplin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0700612572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780700612574\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kansas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Robert Brent Toplin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055915593983,"sku":"9780700612574","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc8c552f-7ad9-456c-8aa1-c7d3bc3a243f.jpg?v=1685038514","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/oliver-stones-usa-robert-brent-toplin-9780700612574","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}