ON HISTORY: TARIQ ALI AND OLIVER STONE IN CONVERSATION

Book ID/图书代码： 11650011B44608

English Summary/英文概要： In working together on two challenging new documentaries—South of the Border and the forthcoming thirteen-part, thirteen-hour Forgotten History of the United States series for Showtime—filmmaker Oliver Stone engaged with author and filmmaker Tariq Ali in a probing, hard-hitting conversation on the politics of history.

Their dialogue brings to light a number of forgotten—or deliberately buried—episodes of American history, from the US intervention against the Russian Revolution to the dynamic radicalism of the Wobblies; how Henry Wallace’s nomination for the vice presidency was deliberately thwarted by Democratic Party machine insiders, to the ongoing close connections between various US presidents and the Saudi royal family.

For Stone and Ali—two of our most insightful observers on history and popular culture—no topic is sacred, no orthodoxy goes unchallenged.

Tariq Ali is an internationally acclaimed Pakistani writer and filmmaker. He has written more than two dozen books on world history and politics and seven novels (translated into over a dozen languages) as well as scripts for the stage and screen. He is an editor of New Left Review and lives in London.

Oliver Stone has directed, among other films, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, W., World Trade Center, Any Given Sunday, Nixon, Natural Born Killers, Heaven and Earth, JFK, The Doors, Born on The Fourth of July, Talk Radio, Wall Street, Platoon, Salvador, and the documentaries Looking for Fidel, Comandante, Persona Non Grata, South of the Border, and the upcoming Forgotten History of the United States series for Showtime.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 剖析美國歷史與回顧的對談錄

美國名導奧利佛．史東(Oliver Stone) &巴基斯坦享譽國際的作家和製片人塔利克．阿里(Tariq Ali)
剖析美國歷史與回顧的對談錄

奧利佛．史東與塔利克．阿里的對話，揭開許多被人遺忘或被人故意隱埋的重要歷史事件：從美國暗地干預俄國激進主義革命到二次大戰的行動、美國民主黨如何故意阻撓亨利華萊士(Henry Wallace)被提名為美國副總統、美國歷任總統與沙烏地阿拉伯皇室私底下密切聯繫的秘密等，透過這兩位見識過人的非凡洞察力使讀者回溯與了解歷史的脈絡。(Chris)

Awards/获奖情况：

About the Author/作者介绍： OLIVER STONE has won Oscars for directing “Born On The Fourth Of July” and “Platoon”, and for writing “Midnight Express”. He was nominated for director (JFK) and co-writer (Nixon). He’s also received three Golden Globes for directing (“Platoon”, “Born On The Fourth Of July” and “JFK”), one for writing (“Midnight Express”). He is director for the forthcoming Showtime 10-hour series “Forgotten History of the United States.” Stone wrote a novel, published in 1997 by St. Martin’s Press, entitled “A Child’s Night Dream”, based on Stone’s experiences as a young man. He is a contributor of some 200 pages of essays on movies, culture, politics and history to the book “Oliver Stone’s USA”, edited by Robert Brent Toplin and published by the University Press of Kansas (2000). Stone wrote the afterword for a book of scholarly essays analyzing his film “Alexander” called “Oliver Stone’s Alexander: Film, History, and Cultural Studies” (2009). Stone was born September 15, 1946 in New York, New York. Prior to his film career, Stone worked as a schoolteacher in Vietnam, a Merchant Marine sailor, taxi driver, messenger, production assistant, and sales representative. He served in the U.S. Army Infantry in Vietnam in 1967-68. He was wounded twice and decorated with the Bronze Star for Valor. After returning from Vietnam, he completed his undergraduate studies at New York University Film School in 1971.
奧利佛．史東，美國大導演和知名電影編劇。他的作品多以政治、歷史和戰爭為題材，而備受矚目。也由於他1967到1968年曾經參加過越戰並負傷，所以他的電影常利用人與人之間的摩擦、暴力爭鬥和歷史因果探討對社會的反思。作品包含奧斯卡得獎電影『七月四日誕生』『前進高棉』等。
重要作品：
2010年《華爾街：金錢萬歲》 (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps)
2006年《世貿中心》(World Trade Center)
2004年《亞歷山大帝》(Alexander)
1999年《決戰星期天》(Any Given Sunday)
1995年《白宮風暴》(Nixon)
1991年《誰殺了甘迺迪》(JFK)
1989年《七月四日誕生》(Born on the Fourth of July)
1987年《華爾街》(Wall Street)
1986年《前進高棉》(Platoon)

TARIQ ALI is a writer and filmmaker. He has written more than two dozen books on world history and politics, and seven novels (translated into over a dozen languages) as well as scripts for the stage and screen. He is an editor of New Left Review and lives in London. His website is http://tariqali.org/.
塔利克‧阿里是巴基斯坦名作家和製片人。多本著作常以歷史、政治為主題，在全球翻譯成多國語言。他更是英國《新左評論》的編輯，在就讀大學期間他加入反對巴基斯坦獨裁統治的鬥爭。自1960年代他成為國際左翼運動先鋒人士，出版有六部長篇小說和多部舞台與電視劇本，拍攝紀錄片，是一位發表大量有影響著作的政治評論家。

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