Oliver Stone – "Master of Cinema"
Stone in Boulder
Oliver Stone, the former Vietnam War infantryman–and the first Vietnam veteran to have written or directed (he did both) a Vietnam War film (Platoon , 1986)–was the guest of honor at the recently completed Boulder International Film Festival in Colorado.
The honored guest received the Master of Cinema Award on Sunday, Feburary, 20, the festival’s closing night. That evening also included a retrospective of Stone’s film work and a Q&A with the man who has received 31 Academy Award nominations along with Oscars for Midnight Express , Platoon , and Born on the Fourth of July .
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