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Article: Oliver Stone, still angry after all these years
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 13, 1997
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 1997 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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You know what to expect from an Oliver Stone film: Sixties
ideology, grand sweep, bombast and a certain raw anger. When Eamonn
O'Neill saw him lecture to students he got all that - and a Natural
Born Killer attack on the American media.
"My father said, `Don't tell the truth . . . or you'll get into
trouble.' That's what he said."
The man doing the talking is Oliver Stone. He pauses, looks up
from the podium and smiles. Then, he says quietly, he didn't follow
his father's advice.
There is laughter and applause.
Standing in front of two, maybe three thousand fresh-looking
American students in a huge auditorium in Syracuse University last
week, the film director spoke, completely unscripted, ...
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