Oh this makes me laugh. Oliver Stone has defended his film Alexander by saying, just so as not to upset or alienate anyone, that it’s…
…themes and approaches are too complex for Hollywood tastes.
The Guardian continues the story with his comments at the Marrakech film festival:
The director told attendees…that the bold themes were too risqu√ɬ© for filmgoers with “conventional minds”.
According to Screendaily.com he told an audience at the Moroccan event: “The script was just too ambiguous, too questioning about an action-hero who was masculine/feminine.
“These are tough qualities in Hollywood.
“It’s just too big a life. It doesn’t fit in into the Hollywood formula.”
Stone speculated that Hollywood producers and studios would have transformed the story into a revenge saga as Alexander pursued the men who killed his father. “Revenge movies are the western ethos,” he said “One of the problems with the movie for the conventional mind is there is no villain.”
Stone also denied rumours circulating in the press that he was preparing to direct a biopic of Margaret Thatcher.
Yeah, yeah, whatever, but no Margaret Thatcher biopic? NO! That’s another great let down of the day!
[Alexander] has been a flop in the US, taking roughly $29m in its first two weeks, having cost $150m to make.
Still, let’s see how it does in Europe eh, after all it was backed largely by European funds so it may be recouped here, and I’m reserving final judgement until I actually see it.
