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Chasing the Light (2016)

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Chasing the Light

Oliver Stone Thinks a Trump Movie Might Be Too Much of a Challenge
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Oliver Stone has explained why making a movie about President Donald Trump would be difficult. Stone made JFK, Nixon, and W., so he's no stranger to tackling presidents on the big screen, but Trump would prove to be a whole other experience, especially during these current times. Trump has proven to be quite divisive all over the world since taking office back in 2016. He is currently in the process of running for reelection with his eyes on a second term.

Since Trump announced his candidacy, he and the GOP turned the world of politics into a giant circus, which some find to be quite entertaining. There are too many things that have gone on, both good and bad, since he took office and many believe that a movie about Trump would be a goldmine. Here's what director Oliver Stone had to say about the possibility of a Trump movie happening.
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  • 7/29/2020
  • by Kevin Burwick
  • MovieWeb
Oliver Stone On His Coming-Of-Age Memoir ‘Chasing The Light,’ The Challenge In Making A President Trump Movie & Times He Nearly Got Killed Making His Early Films – Q&a
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Exclusive: Three-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone has gone back to his roots for Chasing the Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador and the Movie Game. Just published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the book is a personal reminiscence, the coming of age of a great filmmaker. Stone describes in detail everything from his experience in Vietnam, liberal drug use upon his return that once almost got him tried on drug smuggling charges, finding and losing love, and scratching his way from being a part-time cab driver to an Oscar winner for his Midnight Express script in just 18 months.

Chasing the Light is a gracefully written memoir with plenty of dish about the formation of a great career. Bottom line: Sure, talent helps, and Stone had it both as writer and director. But the real keys are an iron will to succeed and a...
See full article at Deadline Film + TV
  • 7/28/2020
  • by Mike Fleming Jr
  • Deadline Film + TV
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