One of the most controversial film directors in the history of Hollywood, Oliver Stone, recently spoke with AFP where he referred to the various legal proceedings against former President Donald Trump “ridiculous” noting the motivation for the attacks as “all political” and stated that he’s a victim of “lawfare.” For those new to that term, it describes the use of prosecutions as a weapon to silence political figures.
“Almost 100 indictments against the guy… it’s ridiculous,” Stone remarked.
“This is all political. They want to put him behind bars, but they’re not going to be able to,” he continued.
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However, the 77-year-old director of “JFK”, “Platoon” and “Snowden” said that he would not vote for Trump in this November’s US presidential election.
“Everyone’s corrupt. Russia runs on corruption, so does Turkey. So does the United States. Corruption is a way of life, but they make it into a political issue now,” Stone insisted.
But he said he would not be voting for incumbent President Joe Biden either.
“Never for Biden, because Biden is a warmonger,” said the Vietnam veteran.
Stone spoke to AFP Tuesday during a trip to Paris to promote his documentary about nuclear energy, “Nuclear Now”.
Stone then revealed that the topic of lawfare has been on his mind a lot as of late as he just completed a movie about Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Lula, which is the name he is most known by, was thrown in prison back in 2018 on charges of corruption and money-laundering after spending several years in power. However, the charges were ultimately tossed out after an investigation discovered the judge presiding over the case was biased. Lula was once again elected president just last year.
“The concept of lawfare is all over the world, and it’s been used for political reasons, weaponised,” said the film director. “And so that’s what they did with Lula. They put him in jail and he got out and he won the election. It was a hell of a story… but people don’t know it, except in Brazil.”
Stone has often focused on Latin American leftist leaders, with no less than three documentaries about the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, and one about his friend the Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, who died in 2013.
Lula, Castro and Chavez were all “humanists”, he said.
If by “humanist” Stone means psychotic killers who murder anyone who dares to question their authority, then yeah, they’re “humanists.”
“They’re all great. They’re all original, doing the best they can for their country. I think Chavez was motivated by love of country. So it was Castro,” Stone went on to say.
As of this writing, there’s not been any mention of a release date for his film about Lula, though many of his previous films have been launched during the Cannes Film Festival which is normally held in May.
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