“America has an aggressive gene,” director Oliver Stone tells me. He should know. Read more

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Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Filed under cinema · Tagged America, Bollywood, Born On The Fourth Of July, Hitler, JFK, leftist, Mao, Mission Kashmir, Nixon, Obama, Oliver, oliver stone, Platoon, Salvador, United States, Vidhu Vinod Chopra
It’s an irony possible only in popular fiction: Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), a Wall Street tomb raider, almost overnight, becomes god for an entire generation. Because he says greed, for lack of a better word, is good; a good sell is always better than sex. Read more

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Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 11:32 pm
Filed under cinema · Tagged Born On The Fourth Of July, Bud Fox, Captain America, Castro, Charlie Sheen, Chavez, Fido Dido stickers, Gordon Gekko, hindustan times, JFK, Jim Morrison, Martin Sheen, Nehruvian austerity, oliver stone, Platoomn, pop albums, rave wristbands, The Doors, Wall Street, wtC