"Never trust your government again, blindly" - Oliver Stone

I'm a Veteran of Afghanistan, Marine Corps, fought in the Battle of Marjah, and this guy nails it directly on the head with exactly the head-space and reaction of coming home to where no one even understands and are too into other things. I lost many friends from suicide and alcohol, almost myself as well. I tested with LSD and it saved my life and I have a wonderful family now because it cured my depression from the war. The knowledge this man has and able to describe in explicit detail exactly what it's like to deal with all this was extremely refreshing. I wish I could give it more likes. Anyone wondering what it's like for a combat veteran dealing with life and coming home, he articulates it perfectly. His foreshadowing of the future is quite perplexing in his accuracies, little more on the conspiracy than not, but I commend him regardless.

Stone is articulate and has interesting things to say. His personal story is fascinating. His experiences gave him a deep perspective on life in the U.S.

this channel is such a gem

Mr Stone is a man of soul. He understands all the sadness felt for the suffering of innocent people and the movies he made was his gift to our world. I wish I could tell him in person. '' God truly bless you for all you have done to make our world see what is wrong and what to do what is right.

Probably the best interview I've ever seen of Oliver Stone. Thank you so much for making this and your other work available to us. Been a fan of yours for well over a decade!

My father in law had a very similar experience from Vietnam war and coming back, especially having his father not validate his war. It stayed with him. I wish he could’ve watched this before he passed away a few years ago.

Such intelligence and compassion. Love this man, glad he's still around and talking. Some of us can hear and resonate.

Oliver Stone is simply incredible and that comes down to his unrelenting pursuit of understanding the truth.

I come back to this particular interview often. Oliver Stone is so well spoken, so articulate and I find it so interesting how he used his medium as a way of working out and dealing with all these questions of war and history.

I just watched his history series, very good.

The last one minute is so relevant today.

Very insightful. I never thought much about the war in Viet Nam. I knew it was going on, and I blocked a lot out. But here was a man who experienced it all. Now I have a better understanding. My father always said: It's a rich man's war and a poor man's fight. I think Mr. Stone would agree.

What an honest and thorough depiction of this man's life. What a true filmmaker. A man who shows the ugliness and beauty of life through nonfiction and historical fiction.

Watching this in 2020, the end statement is chillingly true.

One can agree or disagree with his opinions and the choices he made, but ultimately he has the right to express his opinion. Also, he was over there and he fought, even earned medals. Enough said.

David, you remind me of my dad who was born in 1941 and passed in 2004. I am now to the age of seeing the world like Oliver Stone here. Oilver Stone first opened my eyes when I saw Born on the Fourth of July in high school I imagine the talks I missed with my dad. Thanks for sharing.

Such a fantastic mind Oliver Stone. Thank you very much David for bringing us these brilliant stories.

Outstanding interview..So glad I came across this channel. He's a Brilliant guy! Very interesting and open! Well Done! Thank you....

Thank you for listing the interview. Tremendous insight into that period of time. I like his films very much. Mostly Salvador, Platoon, Born on the 4th, JFK, and Nixon. He's a very interesting man and a great filmmaker.

I have a special connection to Oliver Stone and his Vietnam Movies and I think "Born on the Fourth of July" is pretty much one of his BEST works because not only was was it a pretty autobiographic movie (like Platoon) but it was also done in such a deeply sensitive way that it left me speechless and sobbing multiple times through the course of the film. I could actually feel this strong sincerity in his Vietnam movies. Because HE was there. He saw what his film characters saw & felt what they felt, as well as his fellow comrades. It brought me much closer to the Veterans of Vietnam on a personal than anything else. Well that and YOUR interviews of course, Mister Hoffman. :) And i think that is pretty much the strongest & most important impact you can have as a filmmaker when you tell a story about history & events that some folks wanna make people forget about.

Brilliant upload 👍 What a great interview

Great interview!! Thank you! This is so valuable

A beautiful human being, in a world that feeds my misantrophy by being filled with horrible people.

Thanks for this..very interesting background to his movies!

Scary, we are cattle now.

What an excellent interview. Oliver Stone is in my opinion a very good man.

David, thank you for this! Stone is absolutely fascinating and he was at the zenith of his filmmaking powers right about here. Despite what many critics may say about the man, I find his candor and recall of self-observation refreshing and I think that shines through in his filmmaking and storytelling.

Brilliant and why has this only got 14k views? I've always enjoyed Oliver's movies but this gives a fantastic insight in to his thinking especially what he said about America and it being a third world policeman intervening in border conflicts. The guy clearly saw a vision and it pretty much came true. Given I don't live in the states, however from a outsider looking in, it seems they are further away from accepting alternative ideologies than ever. Thank you so much for sharing and subbed.

Probably the best interview I’ve ever seen. I’ve watched it a number times and can see how it could definitely reinforce or better define someone’s mixed political feelings. Perhaps it could even help one in a difficult existential situation, despite him being in a somewhat confused state, based on his own developed experiences.

Great interview, great points of view, and a great filmmaker!

Certainly was fantastic, what an amazing interview!

I couldn't imagine hearing your father say that you didn't fight in a war like he did. The average American soldier in Vietnam saw 6 times as much combat as the average American soldier in WWII.

Phenomenal...yes articulation and is that ...real transparency?? I now love this man ...and your channel even more

Boy he nailed it there at the end. There was an underlying optimism though. He didn't foresee that "new pearl harbor." I sure didn't. Obviously it takes these things to justify other things but the way it went down. Not in a million years.

WOW what a great interview!

Have only just joined your video interviews and this was a good insight into a fabulous talent who took his experiences and wove them into the cultural conscious. I can see a million subs coming up soon!

Thanks for sharing such a nice interview!

How prophetic. Thank's David. Another good one.

I had no idea that Oliver Stone was a combat veteran in Vietnam. I don't agree with many of his positions, but gotta give him respect for that.

Thanks for sharing!

Love this channel. Brilliant interview.

fascinating. really. thanks again David! "there's strength is being part of the collective"

I was born in 1992. Before I start watching this vide, I must tell you that I absolutely love your content. I love the art of film, and although it's a documentary genre, the content is no less artistic than, say a beautiful Tarkovsky film. There's a lack of authenticity in the film and cinema medium nowadays, which for someone who really believe in the potency of this art form is saddening. But to be able to watch these tapes brings back that authenticity. Keep it coming. Thanks!

An exceptionally smart, lucid, and beautiful mind. 🙏🏻🙏🏽🙏

Stone is 46 yrs old here. He looks much younger.

Awesome interview absolutley love stone my all time favorite director always wanted to have the privilege to meet him

Fascinating interview.

Thank you David! These videos are pure gold. :) Greetings from Croatia!

If you have a chance watch Oliver Stone’s “The Untold History of the United States”. It’s a docuseries going through US history up until 2010. Used to be on Netflix but it’s not there anymore.

I’ve been living like how he’s talking for two years smoking heaps of grass. It really does do exactly what he says. Makes you become a lot less judgemental. I guess my generation was kind of lost in joy in the 90’s and then exposed to one of the most horrific acts of terrorism live like it was playing on a giant film screen. I’ve been thinking a lot about how each generation kinds of absorbs itself.

Very intelligent man. Very modest and honest.

Hello David Hoffman and thank you for this gem. I have enjoyed so many films of O.S. This gave me some clear insights into his point of view from his life experiences. Thanks for sharing this.It ( makes one wonder about your experience of the 60s/70s) I apologize if this is a youtube faux pas, but fans of Mr Stone may enjoy a recent 2 hour conversation with Lex Friedman. Appreciate you, David.

This was not long after he wrote and directed The Doors. He was off as far as alot of factual information, however the cinematography and music were spellbinding. I still respect the man even though one of my musical heroes, Ray Manzarek, utterly despised him. As I got older, it seemed Ray has a personal vendetta rather than artistic. I don't know. .probably a bad time to comment as my mind isn't clear. Thanks Mr. Hoffman. I subscribed at the first time I heard you speak. Thanks to Mr Stone fir some great movies based on the era I wished all my life I was a part of.

His facial expressions are fascinating to study

he's so clear about all these things, you don't doubt him

Great work Sir

Here now, I can look back and see the past to see the future and look forward.

I will watch his movies differently. Fascinating.

The last 2 minutes of the interview feel entirely too accurate when describing his concerns about what America has become today. This was interesting and insightful thank you.

I LOOOVE THIS CHANNEL

Wonderful person.

The Doors. Great movie when I was in high school.

He is a good visionary about what is going on now in the world

So actual interview.

Wow, bunch of very important things he says..

This channel is a priceless national treasure!

Great video...

You should do another interview with him but now. He's fascinating. Never heard an interview of him like this.

So beautiful.

I really love W E B Du Bois - he makes me realise it's possible to know lots of things , but to understand nothing. This video reminds me of Du Bois. Now I have to re think x

Very deep interview

Brilliant

great man.

He's cool.

My dad said platoon was the closest thing to what it was like being a soldier in Vietnam. Dad was a marine gunner marine infantry man

Thanks!

Stone is a very interesting individual .I have read a fair bit about him. I wonder if this man is in some kind of battle with himself .Even now he is truly on some kind of search for right and wrong.Is that a fair thing to say? I do respect him but he seems a little or lot lost at times.A restless soul one might say.A searcher in the true since of the word but for what im uncertain and doubt he even knows himself.He has done well for all he's been tru thats a fact.GOD BLESS HIM TO PEACE at some point.Great interview DAVID.

1K like!!! Thank you for this amazing video!

A thinker !

I’ll always resent how he infused his personal propaganda into “JFK”, but Stone is spot on in his analysis of US involvement in Vietnam. It would also be helpful if we knew who conducted and broadcast this interview.

wow profound man profound interview inspiring

AWESOME MAN. And son SEAN STONE too

thanks MrHoffman, saludos desde Argentina!

I like Oliver Stone.

Hoffman you were everywhere, man! Looks like you’d make a damn dinner w/ Andre every week! 😂

“We mustn’t become world weary”…and “are we going to invent enemies”…seems like he predicted America today ? Great video

I can only imagine what might have happened to him, had he not experienced Vietnam. He'd be a very different person in my opinion and probably not have given us these extraordinary pictures and art. Sad but probably true.

We keep on going, we never give up, that's the only way to survive

I’ve never been to war but the biggest part of being in my twenties as a working stiff in manual labor you still learn that you can’t trust anybody. Maybe people weren’t shooting at me but being a guy out in the world by yourself it’s not easy to trust “civil” countrymen because everyone is looking to take advantage. I can’t imagine Vietnam.

The last few minutes from 19:39 ish are really prescient. I can't believe he saw the interventions in the Middle East coming 9 years before it happened.

Wow. And here we are.

Life is like a school for all of us . By mistakes we learn but I do not belive we should follow anyone . We don't need a guru . We can listen what others say but we should choose our own path . All what you have to know is to distinguish good from bad and that is responsibility of parents .

Great video. Look at his pupils. He is stoned!

i wounder what he thinks of America today Stone

He said this how many years ago? Exactly.

Listening to him in this interview is very unnerving, like he's about to lose it at any time.

What an intense dood. The question he asked @20:05 has been answered.

This is still very relevant. More so, because the current generations have not experienced manipulation which leads to death the same way the Vietnam war did, but the manipulation is still there. It's just much more sophisticated now. But it can be equally bereft of morality.

Wow. Yes I can identify with this one (except the drugs which scared me when I saw a friend trip out on marijuana laced with LSD). So I took up, and still, smoke cigars. My doctor doesn't even fuss at me. I though of something where boomers often get wrongfully blamed by snowflakes, but I'll wait for a more appropriate film to make that remark. Hope I'm not responding too much. This is an enjoyable and intelligent outlet. Helps me exercise the remainder of my brain. Now, let's go be a blessing.