we didn t dealt with that. we kill him, walk away, no discussion about it. what i m hearing is there s this strain of the supremacy of violence and vigilanteism that runs through hollywood all the way through. that s been the money-making thing. the films i do are the counter. they re in the minority by far. the platoon movie which came out against the m.i.a. movie and recognized, but a brief period. i did born on the fourth of july the same way. but by the mid- 90s, the pendulum was going back the other way. when we discovered the world war ii generation we made d-day and saving private ryan, we made d-day the climax of world war ii. that was an interesting moment, the triumphalism of george bush, the first, bill clinton precedes it by a year or two. if you look at bush, the second, he was influenced by the
down. a lot of these things are secret behind closed doors. they couldn t weigh in on the bomb because they didn t know we were building the bomb. you have to deal with the power players at the top. now, other places we bring in, for example, when we talk about nixon, we show how much nixon was obsessed with the war. and he got got elected between. but i sense in you a filmmaker, an approach to storymaking, that s not grounded in historical force, but more focused on these individuals? that s true. like born on the fourth of july it s a story about a man that gets a bullet it s a very violent movie. he is wounded and paralyzed about the rest of his life. it s about him.
dealt with that. we never talk about it. there s no discussion about it. what i m hearing from you there s this strain of supremacy in violence and vigilanteism that runs all the way through? that s all the way through. the movies i do are to counter. they re in the minority, by far. the platoon movie that was able to come out that whole wave of m.i.a. movies. they did born on the fourth of july the same way. but by the mid-90s. the 1990s. the pendulum was going the other way. we made d-day and the saving of private ryan. we did that two ways. it actually precedes that by a year or two? yes. if you look at bush, the second, he was obviously very influenced by the film because there was
who is the best? spits or phelps. the peak of both of you, who would win? selfishly maybe i might beat him. spits s inspiring advice and escape from a terror attack with the whole world watching. this is piers morgan tonight. mark spits is a true olympic legend long before michael phelps was swimming in the pool. he won seven gold medals and 40 years later he remains an icon and american hero. welcome. my pleasure. what s it like being an american icon? probably more than not being an icon. i thrusted into that opportunity in 1972 and didn t realize my performance would elevate to a level where people would look at something special. i remember it vividly. it was the first olympic games i ever watched on television with any kind of interest or be old enough to understand. all i remember is you were this incredible fish. every time you went in the water, everyone else had to get out. you destroyed everyone. you had the most incredible mustache. it s now gone.
would win? selfishly maybe i might beat him. spits s inspiring advice and escape from a terror attack with the whole world watching. this is piers morgan tonight. mark spitz is a true olympic legendong before michael phelps was swimming in the pool. he won seven gold medals and 40 years later he remains an icon and american hero. welcome. my pleasure. what s it like being an american icon? probably more than not being an icon. i thrusted into that opportunity in 1972 and didn t realize my performance would elevate to a level where people would look at something special. i remember it vividly. it was the first olympic games i ever watched on television with any kind of interest or be old enough to understand. all i remember is you were this incredible fish. every time you went in the water, everyone else had to get out. you destroyed everyone. you had the most incredible mustache. it s now gone. i grew that out of spite because the college coach said you need t