{"title":"Oliver Stone","description":"Oliver Stone made such iconic films as Platoon, Wall Street, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, Natural Born Killers, Nixon, Salvador, and W., and is the author of the highly acclaimed memoir Chasing the Light.","products":[{"product_id":"the-untold-history-of-the-united-states-paperback","title":"The Untold History of the United States - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling companion to the Showtime documentary series now streaming on Netflix, updated to cover the past five years.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Indispensable...There is much here to reflect upon.\" --President Mikhail Gorbachev\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"As riveting, eye-opening, and thought-provoking as any history book you will ever read...Can't recommend it highly enough.\" --Glenn Greenwald, \u003ci\u003e The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Finally, a book with the guts to challenge the accepted narrative of recent American history.\" --Bill Maher\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Kuznick and Stone's \u003ci\u003eUntold History\u003c\/i\u003e is the most important historical narrative of this century; a carefully researched and brilliantly rendered account.\" --Martin Sherwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning co-author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Prometheus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A work of courage, wisdom, and compassion [that] will stand the test of time....A fierce critique and a passionate paean for Stone and Kuznick's native land.\" --Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Thistle and the Drone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this riveting companion to their astonishing documentary series--including a new chapter and new photos covering Obama's second term, Trump's first year and a half, climate change, nuclear winter, Korea, Russia, Iran, China, Lybia, ISIS, Syria, and more--Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone and renowned historian Peter Kuznick challenge prevailing orthodoxies to reveal the dark truth about the rise and fall of American imperialism.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367743127775,"sku":"9781982102531","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/oTRd-r0r9781982102531.webp?v=1789113414"},{"product_id":"chasing-the-light-writing-directing-and-surviving-platoon-midnight-express-scarface-salvador-and-the-movie-game-paperback","title":"Chasing the Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn intimate memoir by the controversial, Oscar-winning director and screenwriter Oliver Stone\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Before moving to Los Angeles and the international success of \u003cem\u003ePlatoon \u003c\/em\u003ein 1986, Oliver Stone had been wounded as an infantryman in Vietnam, and spent years writing unproduced scripts while working odd jobs in Manhattan. Stone, now 73, recounts those formative years with in-the-moment details of the highs and lows: meetings with Al Pacino over Stone's early scripts; the harrowing demon of cocaine addiction; the failure of his first feature; his risky on-the-ground research of Miami drug cartels for \u003cem\u003eScarface\u003c\/em\u003e; and much more. \u003cem\u003eChasing the Light\u003c\/em\u003e is a true insider's guide to Hollywood's razor-edged years of upheaval in the 1970s and '80s with untold stories of decade-defining films from the man behind the camera.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377352278239,"sku":"9780358522508","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/fky9O_Bi5z9780358522508.webp?v=1789232871"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/oliver-stone.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}