![]() ![]() What follows are three passages that discuss the perils of trying to do close-to-the-flame research to find an ‘80s cartel context for a remake of the 1930s gangster tale Scarface, and Stone’s efforts to find the right mix of actors to bring to life the memories of actual soldiers and commanders he served with in Vietnam for Platoon, the film that would emerge from development hell to win the Best Picture Oscar. It was hardly a smooth ride a chart of his ups and downs resembles an EKG. ![]() The book is rich in anecdotes about a period when the film business was a stomping ground for auteurs, and Stone quickly channeled his inner rage into screenplays, and eventually got to direct his writing. ![]() It sends him on a mission of self discovery that leads him to the jungles of Vietnam, from which he brought back an intensity that served him in the classrooms of NYU Film School, learning from formative influences like Martin Scorsese. ![]() When Oliver Stone interviewed for a Deadline The Film That Lit My Fuse timed with the release of his memoir Chasing the Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador and the Movie Game, the three-time Oscar-winning filmmaker gave Deadline permission to provide our readers with a few passages from the book that was recently published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.Ī dishy coming of age of a filmmaker tale, Chasing the Light is a lively read that describes how the idyllic childhood of a boy raised in privilege was fractured by the divorce of his beloved parents. ![]()
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