![]() ![]() ![]() So, let’s say there’s an urge in me to write, and hopefully this is not my last book. Sometimes I co-wrote, and sometimes I directed things I didn’t write, but there’s a side of me that’s my mother, another that’s my father. I consider myself a writer and a director. ![]() OLIVER STONE: I wrote a self-confessional novel when I was 19, which was published in 1997 as A Child’s Night Dream, so I’ve always had the writing bug in me. ![]() Here, Stone revisits those days, and much more.ĭEADLINE: Why the urge to write your own coming-of-age-as-a-filmmaker story? Who is the audience you are aiming for? Stone regarded films like Salvador and Platoon as life-and-death propositions, risking much to create edgy pictures reflective of the pent-up rage he honed in the jungle patrols of Vietnam and channeled into storytelling. But the real keys are an iron will to succeed and a willingness to steamroll or find ways around those in the way. Bottom line: Sure, talent helps, and Stone had it both as writer ( Midnight Express, Scarface) and director. Chasing the Light is a gracefully written memoir with plenty of dish about the formation of a great career. ![]()
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