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OLIVER STONE BLAMES ANTI-GAY SENTIMENT FOR ALEXANDER FLOP Thursday, January 6 2005 
Only
days
after
accepting
part
of
the
blame
for
the
box
office
failure
of
Alexander
in
the
U.S.,
director
Oliver
Stone
has
attributed
the
disastrous
performance
to
"raging
fundamentalism
in
morality"
in
America.
Speaking
at
the
London
premiere
of
the
movie
Wednesday
night,
Stone
said,
"From
day
one
audiences
didn't
show
up.
They
didn't
even
read
the
reviews
in
the
South
because
the
media
was
using
the
words:
'Alex
is
Gay.'
As
a
result
you
(more)STONE ISSUES MEA CULPA OVER ALEXANDER Monday, January 3 2005 
Oliver
Stone
has
accepted
much
of
the
acrimonious
criticism
that
was
heaped
on
his
$150-million
epic
Alexander.
Speaking
in
Sydney,
Australia,
where
the
film
opens
on
Jan.
20,
Stone
said,
"I
still
think
it's
a
beautiful
movie,
but
Alexander
deserves
better
than
I
gave
him."
Reporting
on
the
director's
remarks,
the
Sydney
Daily
Telegraph
said
that
in
an
interview
Stone
admitted
that
"the
movie
was
too
long,
didn't
tell
the
story
of
Alexander
the
Great
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Oliver Stone's Alexander, which took a drubbing from audiences and critics when it was released theatrically, has undergone a major reedit for its DVD release, scheduled for Aug. 2, the Los Angeles Times observed today (Tuesday). "I'm not running away from the original, which I loved, but the derision was really devastating," Stone told the newspaper. "Fortunately, films are now like paintings, permitting for several drafts." He added: "Directors don't get paid for working on DVDs _ for us, it's a matter of pride."
