[ecrea] The cinema of Oliver Stone, new title available now

Available now from Manchester University Press

The cinema of Oliver Stone
By Ian Scott and Henry Thompson

This book analyses the work of Oliver Stone - arguably one of the 
foremost political filmmakers in Hollywood during the last thirty years. 
 From early productions like Platoon (1986) and Wall Street (1987) to 
contemporary dramas and documentaries such as World Trade Center (2006), 
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) and The Untold History of the 
United States (2012) Stone has re-defined political filmmaking in an era 
when Hollywood and the United States in general has been experiencing 
rapid and radical change.

Drawing on previously unseen production files as well as hours of 
interviews with the director and his associates within the industry, 
this book is a thematic exploration of Stone's life and work, charting 
the development of political and aesthetic changes in his filmmaking. 
Those changes are mapped onto academic debates about the relationship 
between film and history as well as wider critiques about Hollywood and 
the film industry.

Ian Scott is Senior Lecturer in American Studies at the University of 
Manchester

Henry Thompson is a former Teaching Fellow at the University of Manchester


'A wonderful, bracing book, Scott and Thompson have brought exemplary 
clarity and thoroughness to the complex and multifaceted career of 
Oliver Stone. Dividing Stone's work into major themes such as War, 
Money, and Love, the authors provide a focused exploration of the 
critical intelligence that permeates all of the filmmaker's work -- and 
the political thinking that informs it. Full of insights, this 
beautifully written book is a major contribution to the literature of 
film.'  Robert Burgoyne, Chair in Film Studies, University of St 
Andrews. Author of Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at US History (2010)

'The Cinema of Oliver Stone: Art, Authorship and Activism is a 
remarkable and timely book on one of the key American directors of the 
second half of the twentieth century. With its unparalleled access to 
the film-maker and his archive, its lucid and comprehensive engagement 
with both the films and the political context in which they were made, 
the project emerges as not only the definitive book on Oliver Stone but 
also one of the most compelling books on American film in the last 
decade.'  Terence McSweeney, Visiting Research Fellow at the Rothermere 
American Institute at the University of Oxford. Author of The 'War on 
Terror' and American Film: 9/11 Frames Per Second (2014)

'Oliver Stone has cast greater light on late-twentieth and early 
twenty-first century America than any other movie-maker. In this 
incisive, erudite, and very well conceived volume, Ian Scott and Henry 
Thompson offer a nuanced and thematic analysis of Stone's cinematic 
importance and with the benefit of their numerous interviews with him - 
his understanding of the United States and its place in the world. 
Well-written and deeply researched, this fine book is a major 
contribution to film studies and should also be read by anyone 
interested in America's recent past and current politics.'  Iwan Morgan, 
Commonwealth Fund Professor of American History, University College 
London. Author of Reagan: American Icon (2016)

'The Cinema of Oliver Stone is a fascinating examination of one of the 
most important political filmmakers of the late 20th and early 21st 
centuries. Ian Scott and Henry Thompson offer telling insights into how 
Stone's films altered the ways in which audiences have thought about 
war, politics, money, love and corporations. This is must reading for 
anyone interested in the intersection of Hollywood and politics.'
Steven J. Ross author of Hollywood Left and Right: How Movie Stars 
Shaped American Politics

More information about the book can be found on our website, 
www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526108715/

Kind regards
Bethan Hirst
Sales and marketing Co-ordinator

Manchester University Press
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