I've changed my style constantly, so I'm not sure I have one defined style, except perhaps style of subject matter. But you learn as you go, I suppose. Oliver Stone More Quotes by Oliver Stone More Quotes From Oliver Stone I think there is a whole older generation that will go to movies still. People like me; people over 45. Oliver Stone people thinking I think everyone has the same question on their mind: Is the glass half-full or half-empty? Oliver Stone glasses mind thinking We have enormous challenges in front of us. Oliver Stone enormous fronts challenges I think any filmmaker will tell you when they wandered from theater to theater to watch their prints, it was disheartening to see the poor levels of light and the disrespect for films that existed in certain theater chains. It was always inconsistent. And in the lab, too, the photochemical process was very difficult to watch, because sometimes they were shipping prints that you didn't even know were two points off or three points off. We suffered greatly to make these films, and they'd be out-of-focus, with the sound too low. Oliver Stone light two thinking I am a storyteller, and I do love ideas. Oliver Stone storyteller ideas I'm trying to understand my life. The one that I've experienced. Oliver Stone trying What I've experienced, I'm trying to put in a narrative form, I suppose, to say that it does make sense in this way. Oliver Stone narrative doe trying I look at Homer and The Odyssey and all the disparate adventures this guy goes through, and then he returns home and the question is, is he the same man who left? Oliver Stone home adventure men I feel like I am what I am. Oliver Stone i-am-what-i-am feels In digital, you can maintain the quality. Oliver Stone digital quality I guess you could say Alexander the Great was a man who completely transported me and moved me and inspired me because of his idealism, and I'd go back to the Greeks, and I always liked Homer and all the philosophers and their way of thinking and their concept of honor. I think their concept of honor does apply to the modern age, and certain people that walk around are pre-Christian. Oliver Stone christian men thinking Now with digital, we have much better projection, and if the theaters are charging higher prices but providing refreshments and a clean, well-lit theater, there's no reason why this cannot go on as a senior-citizen-driven business for years. Especially with movies for adults. Oliver Stone senior citizens years Every time you go into a movie, you go into the point of view of who it is about. Oliver Stone point-of-view views I do have a side as a citizen, and I've always expressed it, and that's where I've gotten into misunderstandings, because some people see me as a leftist nut or whatever. A conspiracy nut. All that stuff. These are definitions that don't really apply to a dramatist, because a dramatist is working from empathy. Oliver Stone empathy nuts people As a dramatist, I don't have politics. Oliver Stone Horses are very difficult to shoot. Oliver Stone difficult horse I've seen my kids' work at school, and I think they're better than when I was young, 'cause I was brainwashed into anti-Communism. This is a much more interesting view of history than I've ever seen, and I hope to God it works. It's classic history, classically told. No talking heads. Just pure archival footage and a storyline. Oliver Stone kids school thinking I see films in theaters, and I enjoy films. I enjoy the art of storytelling, and the different ways to tell them. Oliver Stone different way art I'm more comfortable with simplicity as I get older. Oliver Stone simplicity comfortable You get much more heat when you do something current. Oliver Stone heat currents
