Chasing the light : writing, directing, and surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the movie game

Author

Oliver Stone

Call Number

• 921 S8794 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.

Physical Description

viii, 342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Summary

"An intimate memoir by the controversial, Oscar-winning director and screenwriter about his privileged New York upbringing, volunteering for combat, and his struggles and triumphs making such landmark films as Platoon, Midnight Express, and Scarface"--

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

• Child of divorce
• Strange days
• The land across the sea
• Midnight express
• Downfall
• Waiting for the miracle
• South of the border
• Salvador, to hell and back
• Back to the jungle
• Top of the world.