{"product_id":"9781613128145","title":"The Oliver Stone Experience","description":"\u003cb\u003eStone himself serves as guide to this no-holds-barred retrospective—an extremely candid and comprehensive monograph of the renowned and controversial writer, director, and cinematic historian in interview form.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Over the course of five years, \u003cb\u003eAcademy Award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone \u003c\/b\u003e(\u003ci\u003eMidnight Express\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScarface\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlatoon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJFK\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNatural Born Killers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSnowden\u003c\/i\u003e) and \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Matt Zoller Seitz\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Wes Anderson Collection\u003c\/i\u003e) discussed, debated, and deconstructed the arc of Stone's outspoken, controversial life and career with extraordinary candor. \u003cb\u003eThis book collects those conversations for the first time\u003c\/b\u003e, including anecdotes about Stone's childhood, Vietnam, his struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder, and his continual struggle to reinvent himself as an artist. Their dialogue is illustrated by \u003cb\u003ehundreds of never-before-seen photographs and documents from Stone's personal archive\u003c\/b\u003e, dating back to Stone's birth: personal snapshots, private correspondence, annotated script pages and storyboards, behind-the-scenes photography, and \u003cb\u003eproduction files from all of his films to date\u003c\/b\u003e—through 2016's \u003ci\u003eSnowden\u003c\/i\u003e, and including Stone's epic Showtime mini-series \u003ci\u003eUntold HIstory of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e. Critical commentary from Seitz on each of Stone's films is joined by \u003cb\u003eoriginal\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eessays from filmmaker Ramin Bahrani; writer, editor, and educator Kiese Laymon; writer and actor Jim Beaver; and film critics Walter Chaw, Michael Guarnieri, Kim Morgan, and Alissa Wilkinson\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e At once a complex analysis of a master director’s vision and a painfully honest critical biography in widescreen technicolor, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Oliver Stone Experience\u003c\/i\u003e is as daring, intense, and provocative as Stone’s films\u003c\/b\u003e—it's an Oliver Stone movie about Oliver Stone, in the form of a book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Both this book and Stone’s highly anticipated film, \u003ci\u003eSnowden\u003c\/i\u003e, will be released in September 2016 to \u003cb\u003ecoincide with Stone’s seventieth birthday\u003c\/b\u003e (September 15, 1946).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Also available from Matt Zoller Seitz: \u003ci\u003eMad Men Carousel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wes Anderson Collection: Bad Dads\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wes Anderson Collection\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"ABRAMS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130200113392,"sku":"9781613128145","price":18.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781613128145_p0.jpg?v=1763847530","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781613128145","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}