Stone, Oliver

The much loved, much loathed, and arguably the most controversial filmmaker of our era was born in mid September 1946. His timing was impeccable as his father was at the height of his career as a stockbroker and had set his family in an apartment overlooking the East River in New York City. In 1964 Stone enrolled in Yale University, then dropped out only one year later to move to Vietnam where he taught English to children. …

…the motivations of individuals, not only in ourselves but in others as well. And that is what Stone is doing with his movies. They make us examine our history more closely and with much more scrutiny, they strongly tell us that something is wrong and things need to be changed. Stone’s films probe deeper into the motivations of people and to lay bare the souls of these people and the soul of our country.