Stone Oliver - Chasing The Light Writing Directing And Surviving Platoon Midnight Express Scarface Salvador And The Movie Game - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: An intimate memoir by the controversial Oscar - winning director and screenwriter Oliver Stone Before moving to Los Angeles and the international success of Platoon in 1986, Oliver Stone had been wounded as an infantryman in Vietnam and spent years writing unproduced scripts while working odd jobs in Manhattan. Stone now 73, recounts those formative years with in - the - moment details of the highs and lows: meetings with Al Pacino over Stone's early scripts; the harrowing demon of cocaine addiction; the failure of his first feature; his risky on - the - ground research of Miami drug cartels for Scarface; and much more. Chasing the Light is a true insider's guide to Hollywood's razor - edged years of upheaval in the 1970s and 80s with untold stories of decade - defining films from the man behind the camera.
Title: Chasing The Light Writing Directing And Surviving Platoon Midnight Express Scarface Salvador And The Movie Game
Author(s): Stone Oliver
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780358522508
Pages: 368 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 5/4/2021