tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post7572507092954841390..comments2024-02-10T01:22:29.316-08:00Comments on Hugo Stiglitz Makes Movies: Oliver Stone: NixonKevin J. Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-44314774785579182232010-10-05T23:51:07.744-07:002010-10-05T23:51:07.744-07:00I recommend this film to all those who love the dr...I recommend this film to all those who love the drama. Fans of the distribution and Oliver Stone will not be disappointed.<br /><a href="http://www.dekiweb.com/" rel="nofollow">web agency milano</a>web agency milanohttp://www.dekiweb.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-37466321355769069522010-09-28T06:16:32.781-07:002010-09-28T06:16:32.781-07:00Nixon has received four Oscar nominations for Best...Nixon has received four Oscar nominations for Best Actor Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen as Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay and Best Score. Sad it did not come home a winner in one of these categories.bedroom furniture bedshttp://www.bedroomfurnituresources.com/Bedroom-Furniture-Beds-c2.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-80384931427157096762010-09-24T02:31:03.267-07:002010-09-24T02:31:03.267-07:00And it is long. This is not a popcorn movie. It is...And it is long. This is not a popcorn movie. It is very sad and terrible. A glance in a very strange disease. But a 7 out of 10 is not off.Dog bedshttp://www.purelydogbeds.com/Dog-Bedsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-1034605723467339512010-09-20T02:01:33.775-07:002010-09-20T02:01:33.775-07:00Exciting role in a charming man, even if the end o...Exciting role in a charming man, even if the end of a little sympathy for Nixon as the film ends with his burial in 1994, some comments that the service of President Clinton and a summary of his time to remember their successes . One final note: Honor Paul Sorvino, who hit the spot-on Henry Kissinger.Canadian Drugshttp://www.canadageneric.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-40651168622993557632010-09-17T23:23:44.977-07:002010-09-17T23:23:44.977-07:00Bryce:
Thanks for the great comment. See my comme...Bryce:<br /><br />Thanks for the great comment. See my comment above to Samuel in response to where I'm coming from in regards to how I see Stone viewing Nixon and Dubbya.Kevin J. Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-15752025906484013572010-09-17T23:20:59.257-07:002010-09-17T23:20:59.257-07:00Craig:
Thanks for the kind words. It's been g...Craig:<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words. It's been great to have you follow along (have you voted in the poll? Hehe). I think we're in agreement about Stone's amount of empathy for a guy like Dubbya...I just didn't know how to articulate it the way you do in your comment. And yes, that film suffered from horrible timing. I remember liking it a lot, but thinking the same thing you mention in your comment: Why am I spending two hours learning about a guy I've been desperately trying to run away from for eight years.Kevin J. Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-48974155757722049782010-09-17T23:17:32.221-07:002010-09-17T23:17:32.221-07:00J.D.:
Thanks for the constant support during this...J.D.:<br /><br />Thanks for the constant support during this retrospective. It's been great to have your comments here furthering the conversation. I'm glad we're in agreement on this one! This is probably my favorite of Stone's casts.Kevin J. Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-39835351573046295242010-09-17T23:14:29.600-07:002010-09-17T23:14:29.600-07:00Samuel:
Thanks for the comment. You're right ...Samuel:<br /><br />Thanks for the comment. You're right in that I didn't clarify my point about the similarities between Dubbya and Nixon in regards to how Stone views the two. I guess I just see it as Stone taking it easy on two presidents that a lot of people probably thought he should have skewered a lot more than he did; instead, he decided to take rather measured approaches to explicating these men deeper. In the case of Dubbya it was the fact that he, like Nixon, was always living in someone's shadow, and so desperately wanted to please that he did it at the expense of a nation (I have to believe that Bush knew he was out of his league as anything more than a Governor). <br /><br />They're both different kinds of subjects for Stone, and even though W. may not be as dramatic or veiled in Greek Tragedy, it certainly evokes more empathy for a guy most people thought was a heartless bastard.<br /><br />But I see what you're saying. I think that Stone has more respect for Nixon's ability to get out of being a pawn than Bush...which of course makes it all the more tragic that a diplomat like Nixon couldn't escape his feeble self-image and constant need to be accepted and to please. <br /><br />I'm glad you(and everyone else) agree with me about the comparison to CASINO. I never understood the backlash against Scorsese's film.Kevin J. Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-14905349431882010382010-09-17T20:18:00.574-07:002010-09-17T20:18:00.574-07:00Great comparison with Casino.
I disagree that Nix...Great comparison with Casino.<br /><br />I disagree that Nixon is portrayed as a pawn in the film, I think Stone very much potrays him as the architect of his own doom, even when he loses control of "The Beast."<br /><br />I've always had a soft spot of Nixon, as a subject if not an actual politician. He's the American Richard III and the brooding shadow he cast over American politics still hasn't been calculated. <br /><br />I recommend that anyone intrigued by the film check out Rick Perelstein's Nixonland, which is a masterpiece and for my money the best piece of history yet written in this century.Bryce Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040954580033470664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-8603247014664286132010-09-17T18:04:35.531-07:002010-09-17T18:04:35.531-07:00Excellent review (especially, as Samuel mentioned,...Excellent review (especially, as Samuel mentioned, the comparison to "Casino"). I think "Natural Born Killers," released the year before, also had an effect on how "Nixon" was received, i.e., audiences were worn out on Stone's overkill style. In hindsight, though, standing alone, the film is simply great.<br /><br />As for "W.," I think Stone has sympathy for that character too, just in a different way. "Nixon" is an epic tragedy. "W." is a mournful farce, something of a first, yet entirely appropriate to its subject. It's another film that suffered from bad timing: Few wanted to spend any more time with a guy we were finally getting rid off. Yet, like "Nixon," I think it will look better with a few years' distance.<br /><br />Thanks for doing this series, Kevin. I enjoyed it.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01450775188328918558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-29336176493898111452010-09-17T12:47:22.410-07:002010-09-17T12:47:22.410-07:00Another great Stone post! I am in total agreement ...Another great Stone post! I am in total agreement with you on this one (big surprise). I would say that as much as I love JFK and watch it repeatedly, I think that NIXON is probably is masterpiece. Such an incredible film and, as you point out, an incredible tragedy as it shows the rise and fall of a flawed man.<br /><br />And what a cast! I love the extended cut which features a creepy Sam Waterston playing Richard Helms. The scene he has with Hopkins is incredible.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-47774008101228534842010-09-17T09:23:42.663-07:002010-09-17T09:23:42.663-07:00Your equation of Nixon with Casino is absolutely c...Your equation of Nixon with Casino is absolutely correct, and the dismissal of both films as mere do-overs of familiar subjects infuriated me at the time and now. You're also right to highlight Nixon's ensemble, including Hopkins on top; he hasn't done better since then. I think you go too far, however, equating Nixon with W. as characters. Stone clearly respects Nixon's diplomatic skill, and overall sees him as someone who could have put up more of a fight against "the beast" if not for his fatal insecurity and resentment of the liberal establishment. Nixon's a tragic figure for Stone in a way W. could never be. That aside, you've done a great job doing this still-neglected film justice.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.com