Oliver Stone Shows Surprising Restraint With Bush Biopic Quot W Quot

Stone, revisionist history behind the presidential sagas JFK and Nixon, this time plays the not provocateur do what expected of him, that is, putting Bush on a sedan. After months of speculation as to whether Stone film biography would be a hatchet job on Bush, W. It comes as a surprisingly empathetic - though hardly sympathetic - portrait of the President. However, the director found him an irresistible figure for drama. Oliver Stone think George W Bush was unqualified to be president.