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Oliver Stone’s “Platoon”: This 5-page essay examines this acclaimed writer/ director’s depiction of war in “Platoon” and why the film is so memorable. In addition, how Stone uses the medium to convey his political perspectives is also explored. War, (he seems to underscore) is a place wherein the first casualty is one’s innocence. Bibliography lists 2 sources. SNPlatoo.doc
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sources. SNPlatoo.doc Oliver Stones "Platoon" Research Compiled By Susan A. Nelson - August 2001 VISIT/aftersale.htm -- For more information
on using this paper properly! It could easily be argued that paranoia is a significant part of writer/ director, Oliver Stones stock
in trade. His movies stare into the abyss that is post-war America, and delight in chronicling the obscure psychic/ social darkness that consumes its heroes. Whether they are brokers (Wall
Street) or GIs (Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July) or rock stars (The Doors); sociopaths (Natural Born Killers) or presidents (JFK and Nixon), he can be said to
readily court controversy. Moreover, he milks it expertly -- whatever its critical reception -- and one may safely assume that a new Stone movie will be a major
media event. This essay examines this acclaimed directors depiction of war in Platoon, why the movie is so memorable, and how Stone used the film medium to convey his
political perspectives (Kagan, 2000 and See Also Moviefan Online - Neals Top 10 War Movies -- #6 Platoon, 2001). Most notably,
Platoons top-notch portrayals by the actors were a joy. Ensemble performances are all first-rate with Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe and Charlie Sheen - all outstanding in key roles.
Beringer, who played the experienced Sergeant Barnes, was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category along with Defoe who depicted Sergeant Elias. Sheen portrayed Chris Taylor, the
idealistic student who had dropped out of college, joined the army and volunteered for Nam. However, it was Stones eroding of this idealism and his changing views of
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