Oliver Stone

Gekko in Oliver Stone’s Wall Street. Stone’s follow-up to his Best Picture winner Platoon¸ Wall Street does not have quite the reputation Platoon does. I have not seen Platoon, but it seems that this makes sense because Wall Street is not a very entertaining or interesting movie because, although greed may be good, Stone forgot that clarity is good too. The plot of this movie is simple enough. Charlie Sheen plays an ambitious young stockbroker named Bud Fox who possesses a will to do anything necessary to succeed in his career. A low-level grunt at a large firm, the film begins with Fox “cold-calling” people. Essentially,…

In class, the discussion around JFK was centered around whether or not Oliver Stone was a conspiracy theorist, and whether or not he actually believed what he was putting on film. It is fair to say that Oliver Stone, whose purpose in filmmaking was to “start to change things” (Carnes, 270), would not purposefully mislead his audience into believing something blatantly untrue, therefore it is safe to say that Oliver Stone does believe in the vast conspiracy surrounding John F. Kennedy’s…

Early on in Martin Scorsese’s new film, Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) cheerfully describes money as being like “mainlining adrenaline.” Belfort, the real-life rogue trader who set up Long Island stockbroking film Stratton Oakmont, is depicted in the film as reckless, obnoxious, and sexist. Nonetheless, as portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio, he is a very likeable character. We can’t help but root for him. Everything about The Wolf of Wall Street is excessive. It’s a three-hour orgy of greed,…

Gwilian’s eyes shot open. “Today is the big day,” she mumbled nervously to herself. It was the day of her first performance, in front of the whole town! She knew that she was ready for it, but she couldn’t seem to calm her nerves. She sat up and her eyes locked onto her most prized possession; her harp. Gwilian’s harp was the most beautiful musical instrument in her town. It had been a gift from her mother, passed on to her from her dying instructor; a gift reserved only for her best pupil.…

The Wolf of Wall Street Analysis The Wolf of Wall Street is a film filled with sex, drugs, and lots of money. It was directed by Martin Scorsese, and released on December 25th, 2013. The movie revolves around the life of Jordan Belfort, a stockbroker who founded his brokerage firm, Stratton Oakmont. After watching the trailer multiple times, it can be concluded that the audience targeted were mainly adults and teenagers. Even more specific, they use rhetoric to appeal to large groups like…

extraordinary.¨ When someone is a hero they lead and make the best decisions possible, they are motivators and want to make everything better and save people's lives. However a hero is someone who is just a human like everyone else even though they like to take the step forward and lead this country, world or town to become the place we want it to be. Heroism is being intelligent, helpful, and brave because you risk your life for someone else's and make everything peaceful. A hero is not…

This paper will prove that the film “Heaven on Earth” by Oliver Stone and “Hawayein” by Ammtoje Mann, have many similarities and difference both convey the audience through emotionally connecting them with the main characters grief and misery in life, making the film a more powerful film. Initially proving that the movie “Hawayein”by Ammtoje Mann does this much more prominently and is “good history” through showing the suffering of the main character and the overall visuals costume presentation…

JFK Film Review Oliver Stone’s “JFK,” released in 1991, follows Jim Garrison in a quest for truth. Although official reports from the Warren Commission of John F. Kennedy’s assassination claim that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, the majority of Americans believe that there was a conspiracy behind Kennedy’s murder. Stone’s “JFK” combines historical evidence with fictional action to present a fascinating film. Although “JFK” does not answer the mystery behind the Kennedy assassination, the film…

bullied, Noah wants to show that he is stronger and more powerful. In Chapter 5, “Mr. Claypole administered a kick to Oliver, and entered the shop with a dignified air” (Dickens 26). Oliver doesn’t react anything to it. In this passage, although Noah knows how he feels of being bullied, he looks down Oliver, who is lower than him and treats him like he can abuse him with his strength. By using the binary opposition of good versus evil, Noah’s personality is different from Oliver’s, and the way…

“Ring-a-ring-a rosy a pocket full of posies, a tissue a tissue we all fall down” and that’s exactly what everyone’s doing. The black death has been in Sydney for a while now and everyone is dying, including my mother. I have been forced to work for an undertaker cleaning up bodies and blood stains “You’ll never see a dead body Angelina, it’s not that bad!” What rubbish! I only get $1 a week, that’s only enough for two meals a day, whereas men get $2, how sexist! Father does not even contribute…