Alexander (Germany/USA/Netherlands/France/UK/Italy: Oliver Stone, 2004)

Alexander (Germany/USA/Netherlands/France/UK/Italy: Oliver Stone, 2004: 175 mins)

Berti, Irene and Marta García Morcillo, eds. Hellas on Screen: Cinematic Receptions of Ancient History, Literature and Myth. Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart, 2008.

Borza, Eugene N. "Movie Commentary: Alexander." Archaeological Institute of America (December 2004)

Bradshaw, Peter. "Alexander." The Guardian (December 31, 2004)

Buckler, Dana and Jim Hemphill. "Icons: Oliver Stone." How is This Movie? (November 7, 2017)

Carlin, Dan. "King of Kings, Pt. 1." Hardcore History #56 (2016) ["For more than 2,000 years the Greek and Persian Wars have been viewed through the lens of “The West”. It could hardly be otherwise given the near-monopoly Greek sources have on some of the historical narrative. The gateway to much of Achaemenid Persian history runs through Greek writers. When in 498bce the young and feisty democracy in Athens decides to send a small fleet to aid their fellow Greeks in Asia Minor to rebel against the Achaemenid Persians they incurred the wrath of the greatest empire the world had yet known. Herodotus says the Persian king tasked an attendant to prompt him thrice daily to “remember the Athenians” lest he forget to take revenge on them. From this moment on Greek and Persian destinies seem to become unbreakably intertwined. When Persia’s armies conduct amphibious landings in Greece in the 5thCentury bce they initiate what was at that time almost certainly the largest, most sophisticated military conflict in European history. Both sides will become perhaps the first adversaries to face off in what has often been portrayed as an ongoing, millenia-long competition between “East” and “West”. Both sides will also help sow the seeds for the other’s eventual historical eclipse."]

---. "King of Kings II." Hardcore History #57 (March 2016)

---. "King of Kings III." Hardcore History #58 (August 7, 2016)

Cartledge, Paul and Fiona Rose Garland, eds. Responses to Oliver Stone's Alexander: Film, History, and Cultural Studies. The University of Wisconsin Press, 2010. [This is the contents page - you would have to interlibrary loan or purchase the book.]

Lee, Kevin B. and Matt Zoller Steitz. "Arsenic and Apple Pie: Patriotism and Propaganda in Born on the Fourth of July [Oliver Stone, Part 1]." Moving Image Source (October 14, 2008)

---. "Unreliable Narratives: JFK and the Power of Counter-Myth. [Oliver Stone, Part 2]." Moving Image Source (October 15, 2008)

---. "Fear and Self-Loathing: Nixon and the Unmaking of a President [Oliver Stone, Part 3]." Moving Image Source (October 16, 2008)

---. "Empire of the Son: War and civilization in Alexander, and an epilogue on W [Oliver Stone, Part 4]." Moving Image Source (October 17, 2008)

"Macedonian Criticism of Oliver Stone's Film Alexander." History of Macedonia (Letter Sent to Movie Critics - November 2004)

Sobzynski, Peter. "A Reappraisal of Oliver Stone's Alexander: The Ultimate Cut." Demanders (June 24, 2014)





051. Alexander (dir. Oliver Stone) Video Essay from Kevin B. Lee on Vimeo.