Oliver Stone's "Untold History of the United States" -- Reviews and Discussion

[Jan Klimkowski]

I've just finished all episodes in this epic series.

This should be in every classroom in every school. It really leaves you to ponder and think rather than pushing it's own agenda or conclusion onto you.

Churchill is painted in our classrooms as a hero, a saviour and a legend who won us the war. But in truth he was an odious little turd with enough blood on his hands to drown himself a million times over.

It would be great if someone like Gary Oldman would make a "The untold history of the United Kingdom"!

My only criticism (If I had to draw one) would be that I got bored of Stones' lifeless voice towards the end, but nevertheless it's a great series. Highly recommended.

Danny - agreed on the substance.

Sadly, this series will be shown in no classrooms in the western world, and its history will remain suppressed and untold.

As for Stone's delivery, I don't particularly like it either. I suspect he needed someone tougher in the booth to push him, challenge him a bit more about his intonation.

However, there's a documentary grammar problem. The series was conceived and marketed as "Oliver Stone's Untold History", so it's an "authored history", and Stone pretty much has to narrate it.

Just as Adam Curtis narrates his own authored documentaries.

Hiring some actor to read the commentary would be a substantial breach of the documentary grammer.