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ALEXANDER THE SECOND Tuesday, July 19 2005 
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
(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 (more) |
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Gay activists are up in arms over reports that director Oliver Stone has removed scenes in the DVD version of Alexander in which the title character appears to have a homosexual relationship. "You cannot associate homosexuality with the military in this country," Stone told today's (Monday) New York Post. "Audiences want their war films straight. From the day we opened, we did not do business in the South." But Damon Rome of GLAAD, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, told the newspaper, "For someone known as a fearless, uncompromising filmmaker, Stone has really compromised his own artistic integrity."
