Chasing the Light by Oliver Stone
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.
Oliver Stone is an award-winning American screenwriter, film director, and producer who has written and produced over twenty-five feature films and six documentaries, some of which have gone down in history as some of the most influential and memorable films of the previous few decades. His work, which focuses on critical 20th-century American political themes, is frequently viewed as divisive at the time of its release.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780358346234 |
| ISBN 10 | 0358346231 |
| Title | Chasing the Light |
| Author | Oliver Stone |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Mariner Books |
| Year published | 2020-07-21 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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