Olivwr Stone shared these thoughts amidst the release of his latest documentary “Nuclear Now.”
Oliver Stone, Oscar-winning director, called Russian president Vladimir Putin 'a very refined individual who speaks reasonably and quietly.'
The director shared these thoughts amidst the release of his latest documentary Nuclear Now.
Known for his work in movies like Wall Street, JFK and Platoon,
Oliver stone in a recent interview with The independent, admired the Russian
president’s refined manner despite severely criticising Putin for his
actions in the ongoing Ukraine war.
The writer shed light of
American film industry’s biases against Putin saying that they portray him
like a Russian bear, however, he’s quite reasonable.
Director talking about his documentary stated, “It was the
first time that Putin spoke in his own voice in an English-speaking
series.”
He admitted that his admiration for Putin made it
difficult to secure funding for his new film about nuclear energy.
Oliver
cited Netflix like content as roadblock in getting support for documentaries
like his.
He lamented that, “They don’t take geopolitically
important subject matter" and expressed that killers are what’s popular.
He
briefly talked about the difficulty to secure financing for the film saying
that people didn’t even listen to us because of the bad reputation of
nuclear.
“Due to scientific evidence now, things are starting to
tip,” added the filmmaker.
