The Wit and Wisdom of Oliver Stone

A hundred bucks says you never hear about this on MSNBC:http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2010/07/25/oliver-stone-criticizes-jewish-dominated-media-wants-to-put-hitler-in-context/. 

Saw a preview of Stone's sequel to "Wall Street" yesterday.  No interest in seeing more of his "capitalism is bad" mantra on film--would almost rather sit through "Eat, Pray, Love" which falls somewhere in the same category as "Eyes Plucked Out by Red Headed Vultures" or slow castration while viewing "The Princess Diaries" (I actually saw "Princess" when it came out with my then young  daughters and recall the actual physical pain that occurred while viewing--far worse than a prostate exam).  No, Stone is a real dirt bag and living proof of the gutless nature of Hollywood in that no one has the courage to call him out for his outright loathsome nature and his fondness for thug regimes, France, and servicing Noam Chomsky whenever possible.  A real goon, Stone--latest is he wants to nationalize oil companies in the United States which will no doubt play big with the MSNBC crowd but not so much with rational parts of the electorate.
On another film note, I read the final installment of the last interview with Dennis Hopper in the current edition of "Interview" magazine.  Now, there's a thespian to miss in the dear departed Mr. Hopper.  Here's a few tidbits from the filming of "Apocalypse Now" where Hopper played the crazed photographer in one of his finest roles:
Marlon Brando was indeed, a fat, lazy, selfish ass.  He couldn't bring himself to actually read Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" or report to the set anywhere near in shape for the role.
Coppola used actual corpses in many of the scenes.  Martin Sheen found out the hard way during one scene on the river patrol boat when he accidentally touched what he thought was a dummy and discovered the difference.
Most of the extras were actual ex-Special Forces soldiers or then current Filipino commandos and the training leading up to filming was said to be brutal.  Hopper went through it as he was originally cast as a Green Beret.  Nice call by Coppola on the role switch.
Other great stuff in the interview including his work on "Blue Velvet" and "Hoosiers" and others.