Jeff Wells wants to know why Oliver Stone talks like this:

"Making Movies That Matter: The Role of Film in the National Debate" at Avery Fisher Hall less than a month after the fall of the towers: "And I think the revolt on September 11 was about order," Stone began. "It was about fuck you, fuck your order...it was an eruption of rage about this. And is it time perhaps to reconsider the world order? Is it time to wonder why the banks have joined the movie companies and all the corporations, and where this is all going? And the Arabs have a point. Whether it's right or wrong, there's an objection to the way the world is going. There's a lot of hate and revolt in that state. It may continue and although the shoe may drop on the other foot the next time, the point is they're objecting to something. And I say that we're not dealing with that objection [in this panel discussion] today. There was a breakdown in the '90s, in the system, the world system, the world banking system...it's the new world order, and it's about order and control, but this control comes with a cost."

But makes a movie that feels like "he bent over backwards to do a corporate "heart" movie, a there, there, it gonna be OK" kind of thing. Good question.