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Summary Directed and narrated by Oliver Stone, the filmmaker behind "JFK," "Nixon," and "W" examines the history of the United States beginning with World War II.
- 2012
- TV-MA
- SHOWTIME
- 2012
- TV-MA
- SHOWTIME
Oliver Stone's Secret History of America
Season 1 Premiere: Nov 12, 2012
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Summary Directed and narrated by Oliver Stone, the filmmaker behind "JFK," "Nixon," and "W" examines the history of the United States beginning with World War II.
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Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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13% Positive
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Four years in the making and ten hours long, it's a remarkable, if dense and often difficult program--at once the most stylistically stripped-down thing Stone has done and (somehow) the most Oliver Stone-y.
Narrated by Stone with no other voices (save actors filling in for various world leaders), Untold History is a hodgepodge of terrific if often disturbing historical footage and bizarre theatrical asides (including, at one point, the dictionary definition of "empathy" spelled out on the screen) that are almost overwhelmed by its invasive soundtrack.
Mr. Stone brings a more stentorian absolutism, leaving no room for doubt or nuance.
Ably abetted by the superb editing work by Alex Marquez, Untold Story shows how the nation's international policies were shaped, refracted and, at times, undermined by internal politics. That said, Stone's predictably narrow intensity sometimes works against him, frequently throwing the overall balance of each film off by leaving us with unanswered questions on some topics, and, in a way, too much information on others.
I was far from convinced, but was left curious to know more about [Franklin D. Roosevelt vice president Henry] Wallace, which is maybe as much as anyone can expect from a TV show like this.
It is relentless and ultimately meretricious in skewing history to its conceit that the United States is a murderous war machine destroying everything in its path to empire.
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Production Company:
- Ixtlan Productions
- Showtime Networks
Initial Release Date: Nov 12, 2012
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
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