From: Tony Williams English SIUC tEND TO AGREE WITH YOU, JOHN. IT WAS DERIVATIVE, A VIRTUAL FEAST FOR PASTICHE POSTMODERNIST GROUPIES. AS USUAL, OLIVER STONE BEGINS WITH AN INTERESTING PREMISE, THEN GETS CARRIED AWAY WITH THE ROLLER COASTER EMOTIONAL RIDE HE CREATES FOR HIS AUDIENCE. DID ANYONE SEE ANY PARTICULAR CONNECTIONS BETWEEN HIS USE OF STOCK FOOTAGE FROM HARDING-KERRIGAN, THE WILD BUNCH, AND NIGHT OF THE LEPUS, BEYOND THE USUAL ANSWER OF "FREE PLAY OF SIGNIFICANTION" OR REFERENTS WITHOUT ANY REALITY. IS THE FILM MORE THAN A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FOUND FOOTAGE EPIC?