[Buddha-l] an Oscar-winning, Chávez-admiring Buddhist

[Jo]

See the link I posted, where this quote appears:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/apr/15/oliver-stone-america-went-wrong 

"It will be the latest improbable chapter in the life story of a man raised
as an Eisenhower Republican, who fought as a patriot in Vietnam and made his
name in Hollywood writing such splashy, amoral screenplays as Scarface for
Al Pacino, before becoming an Oscar-winning, *Chávez-admiring Buddhist* whom
the Observer described as "one of the few committed men of the left working
in mainstream American cinema". Today he tells me he is looking forward to
attending the Subversive film festival in Croatia."


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[mailto:buddha-l-bounces at mailman.swcp.com] On Behalf Of Richard Hayes
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Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] an Oscar-winning, Chávez-admiring Buddhist

On Jul 6, 2013, at 18:42 , "Dan Lusthaus" <vasubandhu at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Oliver Stone as "historian"? He's a counter-myth maker, not an historian.

There are two kinds of historian: those who acknowledge that they are
myth-makers, and those who do not. Stone is the former kind. 

Never having won an Oscar and being no great fan of Hugo Chávez (except for
his ability to be remarkably clear about the nature of the folly of United
States foreign policy), I nevertheless like some of Oliver Stone's work. He
makes the sort of myths I enjoy. But what's his connection to Buddhism, pray
tell?

Richard
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