In the last couple of weeks, it was possible only if you do not include TV and radio, do not open newspapers and not access the Internet. His "Interviews with Putin" (The Putin Interviews), who was no longer the premiere, last week made his debut in the United States, and from June 19 to June 22 will be shown in Russia on the first channel.

Stone on these days is snapped, and for the harmonization of a 30-minute meeting with him a couple of weeks. The director firmly shakes his hand, and I tell: "Our press writes a lot about your film." "Unlike American, he spread his hands." For them, I'm Russian. " "Russian spy," Maximilian Arvelis. - Kim Filby, fuses one of his producers. " "Well, not yet," Stone smiles.

The director clearly models. Over the past weeks, the Western Press Polyel's Tens of Interviews with Him. Assistants complaining about the endless shaft of requests responsible for its schedule. And when we go around the restaurant in the New York hotel, where the director spent the last week, visitors turn the heads with interest in his direction. Stone - Figure. Contradictive, uncomfortable and criticized by the establishment of all the masters, but, of course, the figure.

Cheeky climax

In his facebook, the director called the film "Culmination of Career". Strong confession for the three-time owner of the Oscar and the creator of dozens of films from the Gold Fund of Cinema. I wonder what Stone meant under culmination.

"The film is daring, sassy," the director explains. "This is an interview with the US almost proclaimed enemy, which humaniate him."

Stone does not exaggerate. This work goes to the American screens in the midst of an unprecedented hysteria around the intervention in the US elections ascribed by Moscow. "The Kremlin's Hand will see Washington Workers everywhere, and a rare day passes without the next" information bomb ", shedding light on the Russian trail. And in such a setting, Stone offers Americans to look at the world through the eyes of the Russian leader, calls them to understand his point of view.

You are often taken for contradictory and painful themes for the United States, whether it is a war in Vietnam, the murder of John Kennedy or the exposure of Edward Snowden. And this film does not look except. Do not afraid?

Stone, thinking a little, answers the question: "What should I be afraid of?"

Critics, censure?

Yes, I have already criticized so much. Perhaps, from the film about John Kennedy in 1991, which as if imposed a shadow on all further creativity. Before that, I was a larger war hero, and it was easier to file films on this topic. But the truth is that I always did those movies that I wanted, and as I wanted. It was not for compromises. Well, okay, it is not quite so, small compromises are always there, but not in the main thing. Maybe the rich and did not, but remained independent.

Oliver Stone - "RUSSIAN GAMETE": I never went on compromises and always removed those movies that I wanted. Photo: Sergey Mikheev

I was not afraid to look at people who are not popular in the US, ... I made films about Castro and Chavez. It never bothered me. Therefore, the film is daring in the face of this thinking and consensus that I do not carry. Always tolerated could not consensus thinking. I still had McCarthym as a child. (In the middle of the last century, McCarthists saw in the United States in all the "hand of the Communists." - "WG"). He brought dogmatism even to schools. I myself suffered then, became a conformist. Free thinking is the only way for humanity to go ahead. This defined the computer and scientific revolution, a new generation. We must leave the thinking that the media lay in our heads. They, at least in America, are becoming more and more corporate thinking horn.

It turns out that your film is the challenge of the Mainstrim thinking politicians and the press in Washington?

- (Stone shrugs). I do not even know, you judge. I'm tired of this. I remove films not for the US State Department, but because I am free. For me, this is freedom of expression.

The director recalls that the film about politics is only a small part of his rich portfolio. It lists with a dozen of its famous works, among which tapes about the crime and violence, Alexander Macedonian, the doors musicians and even about football.

Need to leave the thinking that the media lay in our heads

I can't make films only to get a stamp of approval of American public opinion, "he summarizes.

Your film is unlikely to change the views in the corridors of power in Washington. For whom is he? Which opinion do you want to influence?

I do not want to influence, but I want to get to the truth, "Stone patiently explains. - I think our film is honest towards Putin. This is his look at things since he became president. What it was, what he thought.

Despite the words Stone, such an approach is his next audacious challenge to the slim sore of the votes of Washington politicians and the American Mainstream Press. Recent years have shown that when it comes to Russia, it turns out that, in the views of America's views, for any deviation from the metropolitan clan, they betray anathema. Those who put doubt on the official version of Washington on the events in Ukraine, presses instantly branded "useful idiots of Putin." Pleasured this label and Stone.

The leading media criticized the film for the allegedly softness of Stone in front of the President of the Russian Federation and the lack of opposition. Stone's work on these days was compared with another interview with Vladimir Putin, who spent a couple of weeks ago by MSNBC MSNBC. Exactly, according to all standards of American journalism, Kelly took the tone of the prosecutor at the interrogation. But the president of Russia such opponents are not the first time. Kelly, according to general recognition, showed itself, but in the content left unsolon bread.

What is the difference between your philosophy and philosophy Megien Kelly?

On television, they usually make tough and cool interviews. It is necessary to be uncompromising, ask hostile questions, to prove that you are macho, and not a piece of something that (in the original Stone used a stronger expression). Otherwise it will not be American. But this is a false feeling that the journalist is worth nothing if it is not ... Sometimes you can make contact and in such a way, but you will miss the person more often, to antagonize a person who has an interview that you will not say anyway. In other words, you can catch more bees on honey than to vinegar.

You probably saw the first reviews. Your critics believe that you have moved with honey, not enough to Putin. What answer?

And I think that I pressed it more than anyone in the West, and even in Russia. At least of those interviews that I have seen. What does it mean to put pressure? For me, this means to achieve a response from him to the question of what he thinks and how he comes. This is not in order to breed with him a discussion. Opposition voices he hears all the time. Why should the reporter make comments to the president or correct him, explain what he should do, change his opinion? I do not understand this American idea. It comes out such a cowboy with six trunks and says: "Listen, you (another strong little word), you will have to change your plans, to do this." It does not work. I was not going to change his opinion, but I wanted to show it. This is a story about him from the inside, as far as possible.

Week hatred

In the last series, Putin will proper what you get for this movie.

If someone got into this life, then it is Putin. Another such villain still search. As you can be a combination of Hitler and Stalin, and also the richest person in the world. Just superman. You, Russians, should be proud that with a military budget in one tenth of the American, and the economy in the tenth of our, to your president such close attention. Just unbelieveble. This is a psychology. He has some mental power over the United States. This hysterium is created, paranoia.

Hold it difficult to argue. Breaking News and Russia have become "not spilling water" and no months are not going with the running news feed on CNN or MSNBC. And Russia is practically identified with its president. After the question of whether Putin is demonized, Stone looked at me as a naive child.

Of course, how can I still think, he laughs. - I am surprised that you even ask. Look at the headlines, it's incredible. Even in simple news, not comments, they constantly insert all sorts of characteristics and turnover, including implying what he did not say. For example, "Putin, trying to make a split into the alliance, said ...". "Putin with a smug view entered the meeting room and stated ...". "Putin insistedly insisted ...". These revisions imply that it is about a bad guy, and it does not matter what he said there.

You, Russians, should be proud that when a military budget is one tenth of the American, and the economy in the tenth of our, to your president such close attention

This is no longer news, this is a characteristic. News must be straight, accurate, objective. And I do not want to hear these characteristics. This has never happened before. And this is not at all what they should do. I have not seen such sloppy journalism in my entire life. Any such reporter from Eastern Europe, from New York Times need to withdraw and send back to school. Seriously.

Thus, is the image of the enemy supported?

Oh yeah. This is an organized hate week. Straight the Ministry of Truth. It's disgusting.

Stone's response is a swallowing feast of the "free" American press, which in everything related to Russia and its president, thoughtlessly sinks "haastles" from both parties in the United States. The director holds a whip parallel with the "1984" Antiutopia George Orwell. (In the novel in the fictional totalitarian state of Oceania, the "Dummountie of Hate" and once a year of the "Hate Week", designed to maintain and ignite in society the image of a deadly external enemy. The Ministry of Pravda was engaged in falsifying all sources of information, including the media. - "RG") . Stone believes that his speech in Munich in 2007 was a turning point for the relations of the West to the President of the Russian Federation.

By that time, seven years in power gave him an idea of \u200b\u200bwhat the United States did, he reminds. - Putin hoped for another approach. But the presidents came and went away. As he points out, the United States has been taking actions against Russia since 1999, including the expansion of NATO. I think that speech was very good. By the way, his speech about the Crimea too.

Trump may not reach ...

Stone indicates that in the origins of the reigned in Washington "Rashageit" to understand not easy:

"In fact, the Trump is in fact. But they somehow combined two people (Putin and Trump. -" RG "), and confusion arises. Although they never met, they say that a large conspiracy splown." "And after that, I also call me a lover of the theories of the conspiracy," the director laughs and spread his hands. "Life is a funny thing, very funny."

About Rashagete - attributed to Russia influence on the elections in the United States - speech in the fourth series of the film. The scandal is mainly warmed by anonymous leaks from American special services. Official statements and facts - in a large deficit in this ocean of passions and rumors. Usually, the American School of Journalism calls not to take words to faith and maintain any facts to check any facts. But the mainstream press believes the "anonyms" unconditionally, insisting that the intellisal is not to lie outside the policies and lie. I'm interested in Stone, whether you can trust the mysterious "anonyms".

No, he cut off. - The CIA has the worst criminal history in the world.

That is, the special services use it for internal political struggle?

They constantly used these tricks even during the time of war in Vietnam, then in Iraq. This happens for a very long time. And they continue to do it. Take a look at the serious exposure of Edward Snowden. And even recent exposure of Julian Assange about "Vault: 7". This is the instruction of the CIA on how to create malicious software and attribute authorship to any foreign state. So you can leave the Russian trail. This is very expensive, write so much code to create this illusion.

In general, Russia at least theoretically affect the outcome of the elections?

No, absolutely not. But this is not their policies, do it. I do not think that Russia has a great influence in the United States compared to Israel or Saudi Arabia.

And it is difficult to argue with it. The lobbyists in Washington are obtained from the Middle East states with many zeros. In the previous administration of Barack Obama, a joke called one of the metropolitan streets, where the offices of authoritative "thought factories", "the territory occupied by the Middle East are located. Where does such a hysteria about foreign influence? Maybe the fact is that Russia is talking about? Responding to these questions, Stone partly shares the estimate of Donald Trump, although, according to his recognition, did not vote for him, nor for Hillary Clinton.

It takes her origins yet from McCarthy. The Russians were in our schools, the Russians were at universities, - he reminds from the irony.

Trump also called it McCarthyism, still hunting the witches. Do you agree with this?

Absolutely. This is done in order to get the Trump and destroy the election results.

What do you think, does he finalize his first term?

"Hu from Mr Putin?": Oliver Stone version

Tell us about working on the film. Whose money he starred?

Financing was done by producer Fernando Suitsin and his partners in South America and England. The budget was relatively modest. We worked for about two years (since the summer of 2015 at the beginning of 2017. - "RG"). They met with the president several times, recorded about 20 hours. But we did not know in advance how much it will continue. Could stop at any time. Time is very important for them, because many requests from the press come. We worked on the interview, left. Then they asked again, and he answered: "Yes."

How did you choose the key?

We let all our charm. He liked how we worked, how the game was with him. As director of the picture I have to do this, play with the actor, right?

That is, you treated the President of the Russian Federation as an actor?

Yes of course. And I want my actors to be the best. I, maybe in something with him personally and disagree. But I tried.

And how do you president as an actor?

Remove how you want. There were no restrictions on issues either. He never consulted with advisers. By the way, they often looked more frightened. For example, in the fourth meeting with him there was a new person from the press service. She forbade shooting from certain angles, although before that we shot as they wanted. When the president came, I told him very quietly: "We are forbidden to shoot these angles, it spoils my idea, smooth pictures." Putin replied: "Without problems. I look like a bald game? Think." I did not notice a self-confidence. Although he has very well-kept hands, he looks neat at any time of the day. Always in a tie, in a well-sitting suit. He gave an interview, but he has not yet done so long for the West, at least as far as I know. And this is the first time Americans can hear his voice, not duplicated by the translator.

According to the film, it seems as if Putin understood you without a translator?

No, the translation was. Sometimes he understood English, perhaps, more than I expected. But technical questions needed to translate. We cut it for the sake of time.

You said that they challenged him with their questions. There were such that would make him take it? Gone?

Sometimes he looked alarmed, it can be seen in the film. But I have never seen him to be angry, lost control over emotions.

And what about the sense of humor? Does he smile a lot?

It is very good. Restrained, dry, but he likes to squeeze. ("Little like English humor," - inserts a producer). And smiles a little.

Rare passengers were made to have such a driver as the President of the Russian Federation (in one of the serials of Stone asks Putin's questions when he leads the car. - "WG"). How does he lead?

It leads very well. Probably easier when you are taken. But he likes control. He drives quickly. It has a kind of aggressive energy. He traveled from Moscow to the residence, it seems to me that 20 minutes. It's fast. With ordinary traffic, I suppose it would take about an hour, but the roads for him are clearing. Probably someone would see in this sign of dictatorial control. (Stone laughs and adds that Barack Obama has created a lot of interference traffic on the roads).

Western experts and politicians and a half dozen years are looking for an answer to the question "Hu from Mr Putin?". You personally met the president many times and asked him about everything in the world. What is your answer?

I read about it several books. All, of course, negative. He is charismatic, polite, he has charm. In Russian quiet, says quietly, voiced his arguments. He is very thoughtful, does not lose time in vain, says and informs his thoughts very clearly. Not at all up.

He is a busy person. If I would have worried about something, so it's about his health. It works a lot, 12 hours a day for many years. It usually does not pass without consequences. Judo changed his life. He has an incredible discipline, control over his body. I never even saw him drinking water, although we sometimes talked for hours. I am admired by this, I have no it.

In the film, you describe in detail the difficulties through which Russia and its leader passed after the "Lidh 90s". In the West, it is rarely remembered. A significant part is devoted to challenges and crisis situations with which Russia has come across the international arena. What do you think, have someone from world leaders such a diverse and difficult experience, like Putin?

No, there are no such. He saw four American presidents. Well, in this sense, maybe there is someone else. But there is no equal to him by experience.

In one of the episodes, the president criticized politicians who do not look at 25-50 years ahead, but are guided by momentous interests. In your opinion, the President of the Russian Federation has long-term installations? What are they?

It is committed to international order. He constantly repeats it, the concept of the fundamental law, mutual understanding between sovereignty countries, be it Iraq, Libya, Syria or another state in the Middle East.

He is a lawyer for education. Law and order. Without this basis, if the United States acts in a unipolar world, and it is more correct to say, act unilaterally, seeks only their goals, it would violate the existing world order. He wants to return this order.

He has an incredible discipline, control over his body. I never even saw him drink water, although we sometimes talked for hours

But in the West, it is usually reproached in attempts to destroy the world order and recreate the USSR.

Putin does not seek the expansion of Russia. Never heard him to talk about it, about some steps abroad. He adopted new borders of Russia, although 25 million Russians remained abroad. (This is meant after the collapse of the USSR. This data president of the Russian Federation voiced in the film. - "WG"). This is a lot. But in his eyes this is the world, such is Real Politik.

Film Oliver Stone "Interview with Putin" will be shown on Monday on the first channel at 21.30

Meaning

Cold welcome and hot interest

In the US, as was to be expected, the mainstream press, which year is so diligently demonstrating the President of Russia, for the most part it appreciated the work of Stone caustically and cool. "Flying and lack of skepticism," - voiced by its verdict New York Times. CNN TV channel criticizes Stone for insufficiently acute questions and unwillingness to challenge Vladimir Putin's opinion on certain events. And the edition of The Daily Beast and at all dottlely calls the film "irresponsible recognition in love" by the President of Russia.

Those who have dedicated the life of the creation of an enemy, wild and gloomy, from Russia, rushed to protect their dogmas. As if they were frightened that four hours of the unfiltered president of Russia will smear or whiten the picture drawn by them, they doubt in the souls of American ordinary people.

The film was criticized for the lack of opposition points of view. In fact, the latter is true. This is a portrait, and it is exclusively about the estimates of Vladimir Putin. But the experiences that the picture of one-bed and Americans have no opportunity to get an alternative opinion, obviously hypocritical. So what, and "alternative Russia" on Western television in excess. In the main media, perhaps, in addition to reports on the rally of the opposition and the infringement of the rights of the LGBT community, we will not know anything else about Russia.

There are more suspended reviews. "Stone wants to change the way you think about Putin," the Vulture portal writes. The representative of the Showtime TV channel Winnie Malchotra said: "If you show the project of Oliver Stone, then without criticism will not cost. But it is impossible not to admire how comprehensive this work."

But it is not worth evaluating the success of the film only on the press responses. If it happened, according to polls of sociologists, about half of Americans do not believe the basic media at all. Will the work of Stone? This one viewer will decide for himself.

More important than others. About the film they say and write. Many and gambling. "The movie debuting on Showtime is what I was waiting for the TV channel: meticulous attention," the Variety edition notes. So, the film Stone Americans will look. This will help the director to achieve the goal: "I want to open American eyes to another worldview with which they are not familiar. Mr. Putin is one of the most important world leaders, and since the United States declared him with his enemy, the great enemy, it is very important that we heard the great enemy What he wants to say. "

On the quality of his work and interest, the words of the director about whether it was difficult to find a channel for showing in the United States: "After editing, the film was shown to one agent, which suggested that the best place would showtime. We handed them the material, they liked it And they immediately took it. In this sense, without a zadyrinka passed. "

By the way, you will watch the ribbon not only in the United States. The right to show the film in Australia, Great Britain, Germany, China, Italy, Turkey, France and many other countries.

The first episodes of the documentary series of Oliver Stone "Interview with Putin" caused a mixed reaction from journalists of the Western media. Some immediately dubbed the picture "Propaganda" for her "flattering tone", others once again accused the Russian leader in "Chauvinism". However, there were those who noticed in the film "Many Last Wisdom A la Putin" against the background of impressive installation and directorial work.

New documentary series of American director Oliver Stone called "Interview with Putin" found an ambiguous response from Western journalists. Having access to the first two series of ribbons, for example, the American portal Deadline gave the picture " heavy, cored propaganda, which would be terrible, do not be so obvious and stupid" Fragments shown by journalists "Interviews with Putin" have already begun to receive negative reviews because of " obviously flattened tones", Said Newsweek.

« What we see in the "Interview with Putin," is not just one of the attempts to go into the grade of the director to save the location of political heavyweight. At a deeper level, this is a litmus paper for all(fake. - Rt.) Left, similar to Stone, whose unconditional instincts take the top over sympathy to historically marginalized groups(In this case, women and LGBT communities. - RT.), - Salon indignant.

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The veteran of cinematography is accused of improving Putin during the filming of a four-hour documentary film about the Russian leader, but he does not want to repent. Will this be a culmination moment of his career?

"Have you ever been bilted?", "Vladimir Putin asks Oliver's question Oliver Stone closer to the end of an outstanding four-hour documentary film about the Russian leader. "Yes," Stone answers. "Then there will be nothing new for you, because you will suffer for what you are doing," says the Russian leader before getting out of a room that causes the memories of the Sistine Chapel in a mixture with the most dusting fantasies of the Interior Designer Donald Trump.

In this case, Putin was right. The Daily Beast edition called the epic film of four parts called "Putin" ("Interview with Putin") "scary with an irresponsible love letter" to the Russian president. "On Oliver Stone, this film says exactly as much as Vladimir Putin," said CNN TV channel. "Lesting with a small fraction of Skepticism," said New York Times.

Quite sharp words to the project address, taking into account the fact that a whole life has been needed, full achievements to get it, and two years to implement. Stone against such statements? "You know, this is reflected in films. You work on the film very hard, and sometimes it is judged more by the personality of the creator than in content. In this sense, I can say black. The point is not in the content, not in the content of my character, but in the nature of my investigation. "

Stone - a multifacent man. Sitting in the chic hotel "Conrad" in Manhattan in the room where the picture hangs Elizabeth Peyton hangs on the wall, he looks like a real Oscar-Seasoner, who has shot the classics of the "platoon" type, "born fourth of July", "born killers", and at the same Time The film-pacifier "Alexander" (where Alexander Macedonsky played Colin Farrell). He wrote the script of "Persons with Scar", and in the film "Wall Street" gave her a brief and capacious characteristic: "Decisions, in the absence of a better word, is good. The greed of law, greed works. " He is a veteran of the Vietnam War, which has awards. And he is not black. Although precisely because of such statements, the man of his age (almost always men) today fall into trouble. Risching to lose the rest of the interview, which just began, I miss these words by the ears, wanting to listen to him.

This solution, but in a much larger scale, brought the trouble on the project Stone. In the first half of his documentary film, Putin admits that he does not have bad days, because he is "not a woman." "I do not want to insult anyone," he says, making it alone. - It's just in the nature of things. There are certain natural cycles. " He also admits that he would not go to the shower with gay. "Why provoke it? But you know that I am a Master of Sports by Judo. " And these are the words of the head of the country, which disgusting relates to the rights of the LGBT community.

Stone misses these comments by ears. Why doesn't he argue with Putin? "This is not my business," says the director. He wanted to create a complete portrait of hardly the most fascinating and frightening leader of this generation. Thinking, Stone wants you to know it. He is trying not to change Putin's thinking, but show it.

Context

Stone: Afterword to the film

THE NEW YORK TIMES 11.06.2017

Oliver Stone revealed Putin's riddle?

THE GUARDIAN 12.06.2017

Los Angeles Times 13.06.2017
A more important Stone argument is that Putin is not very different from many world leaders, even when it comes to social issues. "Obama was against same-sex marriages until 2014 or 2015?" - asks Stone. (In fact, before 2012, it is convincing and valid, and it is better not to start about clintons.) "So what is the problem? Everyone wants to be in advance, but we need to say politically correct words, although in America do not do it at all, and on every risk of the show. Comedian Bill Marr says nonsense (this broadcaster recently called the Four Or by saying the indecent word "Niger"), but everyone has a sharp desire to participate in the orgy of condemnation for the sin. That's all. They like to do it. With Trump - too, - says Stone.

And what Stone thinks about Donald Trump? "Do not catch me on it," the director answers. - It will be in headlines. Instead of conversation about my cinema, there will be conversations about these headlines. "

"With a tramp press, it's interesting, it's like a game, it is fascinating, but it does not meet the needs of civilization, for which the main thing is peace, security, peace, security, peace, security. And we do not do it. "

Most of the reviews for the Stone film about Putin was written when critics looked at the first two hours. A portrait of Putin's portrait written with a sympathy, and describes his appearance from the Yeltsin era, resembling the Wild West, which Stone describes as "crazy capitalism and alcoholism, something like an orgy for Dostoevsky." However, "Interviews with Putin" becomes more critical in its content in the following episodes. In the second half of the film, Stone presses on Putin, asking him questions about hacker attacks on the US elections, about oligarchs and how long he intends to remain in power. Putin's Sphinx Mask time from time to time gives cracks, but it still remains a calm judoist with a black belt.

In a certain sense, the election of Trump turned out to be for Stone as it is impossible. Hacker hacks of computers of the National Committee of the Democratic Party, allegedly implemented by Russian agents, and the seeming sympathy of Trump in relation to Putin before the elections make a film Stone very relevant and timely. All this would not be, avail America by President Clinton.

Everyone wants to know that Putin thinks about Trump and about the alleged Russian hacker attacks on American elections. Unfortunately, Putin speaks little about it. Chackery charges he calls "stupid". "Of course, we liked the idea of \u200b\u200bthe election of Trump, and he still likes it, as he publicly declared his readiness to restore Russian-American relations." So Putin said. And he added that it would be nice to establish economic cooperation and joint struggle against terrorism.

But Stone continues to insist on his. "So why did you decide to hold a hacker attack during the elections?" Putin looks down, on his own nails, and then answers: "Russia is not engaged." Stone continues and asks him about the Russian opportunities for Cyberak. Putin does not reveal anything. But, says Stone, while he is "very similar to the fox, which has just selected from the chicken coop."

In the film there are no moments of the type "Yeah, caught", but the goal of the director, says Stone, is to start the debate, and not finish them. For many in the US, Putin, saying McCain, - "Butcher", "Bandit" and a more terrible threat than ISIL ( the organization is prohibited in Russia - approx. per.). And according to Stone, the audience must worry about the digital opportunities of the United States. The world is a dangerous place, and both sides were unkind intentions. Just demonizing Putin, and with him and Russia - dangerous and wrong, says Stone. "They have freedom of religion, they do what they want. They travel, and the Russians never lived better than now. But, of course, in America, they believe that they are unhappy, live in the conditions of dictate, in the Stalinist camps of the Gulags that this monster test them all. It's just madness. And the British are even worse, "says the director. "I want to say that this is a lies of Merdok, he lied about the whole world, and this lie led to the wars."

Such a point of view will not receive special support in the corridors of power in Washington or London. And it is challenged by many Russians, including the leader of the Russian opposition Alexey Navalny, who was in prison and was subjected to physical attacks for heading protests against Putin's regime.

As if emphasizing how little in this documentary is the fact that will satisfy the numerous critics of Putin, it will be shown in Russia without cutting censorship. It is clear that much in it will delight the Russian establishment.

But although it is possible to argue about the advantages of Stone's film, there is no doubt that he and his long-time colleague-producer Fernando Sulikhin (Fernando Sulichin), won a brilliant victory. For the first time they met with Putin, when they worked on the film about the Employee of the NSA and the exposure of Edward Snowden. Sulikhin, an excess of harsh charm, seeks what he needs. During the filming of the film Spike Lee "Malcolm X" he persuaded Saudis to allow shooting in Mecca. It was the first case when Er-Riyadh gave consent to the shooting of an artistic picture in a sacred city.

Putin also managed to persuade, and two years have filmed this film, taking more than a dozen interview from the Russian leader, mainly in February of this year, immediately after the presidential elections in the United States. Kremlinov with their heads went into deciphering what we can find out (and can in general) about the role of Russia and Putin in Ukraine, about kibrataks, about Syria. All this has become the theme of prolonged discussions, which forced experts to nourish each scene in search of signs and hints of this very slippery statesman. But the average viewer simply enters the opportunity to see Putin so close, for many hours.

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In this film, there are more bright moments, and not all are preliminary. Putin and Stone is a very strange couple. A slurry, angular, similar to the Bear Savage from Hollywood and insinuating, mysterious politician. It looks more like David Frost against Richard Nixon ( Frost took the interview from Nixon after his resignation from the president's post - approx. per.), And on the ball with Sherry, who moved from the "Jungle book" to the Kremlin.

Sometimes it looks like a game of type "You - I am me." When they walk along the corridor in Putin's office (he used to be Stalin's), Putin's speech in Munich in 2007, in 2007, in 2007, was accidentally shown in 2007, in which he refused the diplomatic polite; and accused the United States in provoking the nuclear weapons race, "almost nothing restrained , hypertrophied use of force in international affairs. "

"You could become a movie star," says Stone, looking at the screen and playing the trump card to flatter. They pass to the office to Putin, and he answers a compliment on a compliment: on the table he lies the book Stone "Unpassed History of the United States" (The Untold History of the United States). Putin allegedly reads a lot, but this book looks like it was not triggered.

There is another demonstration scene. Stone is preparing for shooting an episode in which Putin must enter the room, and this couple will behave as if they did not speak for several months. "Started!" - Shouts Stone. Nothing happens. "Started," he repeats. Again anything. He asks to shout a translator. Anyway, nothing. Here the camera moves to the entered Putin who winks to her, carrying two cups of coffee. If you had some doubts who are on the set of chief, now you are at all in complete loss.

But Sulikhin sees this scene otherwise. He says that Putin is shy in the presence of the camera. In his opinion, Putin is cheerful, good-natured, very human. According to others, even at the sight of the playful Putin, people are thrown into a shiver. Sometimes it is very difficult to separate the news from the messenger. Stone understands well. Now he seems a bit tired and bored. "Everything I did was studied in a certain light. The artist is very limited. I hate it. I'm trying to avoid it, and how you see, I did a very diverse films. I would like to do more, but some obstacles always arise on the way. I kept independence, I did not remove a single film that did not want to shoot. I am responsible for all my paintings, including those that have been accepted in the best way. But even at its age, I do what I think right. If you have no feeling of freedom in your heart, you will never reconcile with you, "says the director.

What's next? Stone is glad that Jeremy Corbin showed such good results in the elections in Britain. "First of all, I like the foreign policy of Corbin. I know, he was elected for some other reasons, such as a free game in Lotto Bingo or for something there is still. In England, they are crazy. But if we are talking about foreign policy, then he understands it better than any other Western policy and understands what is needed to save the world, what world needs change. " Maybe his next project will be a documentary about the leader of the Labor Players? "He is part of these changes. And he can clearly formulate them. But the problem is to keep English conservatives, do not let them get up, because they are so angry, these right in England. They always want to start a war somewhere. You know, it resembles Winston Churchill, who said: "We need someone to finish" ".

But there are the first signs that Stone is going on peace. In Pain

The first series of the film Oliver Stone was published. The Russian leader, among other things, said that first did not want to become the prime minister and some time was in doubt

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: Sputnik / Alexei Druzhinin / Kremlin / Reuters

The documentary film Oliver Stone about the Russian president began to go on the ether. The first part of the four-steriy painting Putin Interviews has shown on June 12 on the American ShowTime TV Channel.

In particular, Vladimir Putin told Oliver Stone that for some time doubted when Yeltsin offered him the post of Prime Minister in 1999:

Putin: When Yeltsin offered me the first time, I refused.

Stone: Refused?

Putin: Yes, it is right here in the neighboring office, I was invited, I said that I would like to appoint me to the Prime Minister and I would like me to run for president. I said that this is a very big responsibility, it should change the whole of my life, and I'm not sure what is ready for this.

In the first series, the words of the Russian president about the sponsoring of the United States of the US terrorists in the North Caucasus and non-obsistence of Russia in the affairs of other countries were performed in the first series. In addition, the president told Oliver Stone about his personal life: he rarely spends time with his grandchildren, although it is proud of them, and also shared the fact that he never has nightmares.

Another three series of documentary film about the Russian president will come out in the coming days on Showtime TV channel. This is one of the most popular cable channels in the United States. His program mainly consists of serials of its own production. Among them, the Russian viewer is familiar, for example, "Dexter", Homeland, or "Motherland", "Stargate" and Californication. Part of the ether stands out for the broadcast of sports events and, as in the case of the picture of Oliver Stone, under documentaries.

American media services noted that recently the documentary program of the TV channel is increasingly shifted towards politics. So, moving films about WikiLeaks and about the ex-Congressman Anthony Wiener, who was shut down in an intimate correspondence with minors. As Variety, the director of the Documentation Department of the TV channel told, when Oliver Stone offered them his picture about Vladimir Putin, in the ShowTime manual immediately agreed to acquire the right to broadcast. "This is a portrait of one of the most provocative and influential world leaders who, if you believe the American authorities, is one of the most dangerous people in the world. It was such a content that we decided to show in recent years, "the name of the representative of the showtim leads the word portal. The TV channel is paid, the total number of subscribers is not disclosed, but only a half million people are signed on the online version of Showtime.

Oliver Stone is known in the USA and around the world on the films "Telocol", "face with a scar" and "midnight express", which were removed in the 70s and 1980s. In recent decades, the director became interested in documentary, and often emphasized critical in relation to American politics. In particular, Stone rented movies about the leader of Venezuela Hugo Chavez, a fluudena Edward's broken intelligence and three times about Fidel Castro. After the Kiev Maidan, who directed the "special operation of the CIA", Stone released the picture "Ukraine in fire". How will the new documentary about Putin take a politically mature audience in the USA?

Political scientist "I think that the film will cause a certain interest in the United States, of course, not among wide circles of American television viewers - they are in foreign policy, they are not very active and do not delve into such details that are in question in the film Oliver Stone, but for the American establishment, that Its parts that is engaged in foreign policy, Putin - the figure is extremely interesting, the most promoted in American media, the most recognizable. He enjoys mixed respect and fears from the American elite, so I think the film will cause interest, and this part of the American establishment will be very careful. Moreover, this film will be quite popular among the American Academic Community, at universities and colleges where foreign policy is being studied, and Russia and where there is a considerable interest in Putin as a very serious modern political brand, personality. I think that some pieces of the film, some quotes can find wider distribution, but the film itself consists of four parts, most Americans will not watch. Putin from all now living foreign politicians causes Americans with the greatest interest incomparable with interest in people, which Stone has made films before. Stone partly enjoys an authority, which earned in the previous decade, when he was considered one of the most prominent American directors, producers. In recent years, his position has become too politicized and marginalized, so they treat him as a deeply talented person, but whose views are not the sights of the majority. Therefore, it seems to me that it will be a bit of a bit biased and condescending and careful. "

To promote the film in the US, Oliver Stone was not ashamed of provocative methods. On the poster published in Twitter director, Vladimir Putin is depicted and intently looking at him Oliver Stone with the signature "Know your enemy."

At the American Cable Channel Showtime, the premiere of the four-hour documentary film "Interviews with Putin" ("The Putin Interviews") took place. The ribbon of the famous American director will be shown in four series from 12 to 15 June. The main slogan on the posters: "Find out your opponent." The director himself explained that he created a film about Putin so that the US was heard and understood another point of view to prevent further deterioration of relationships. And, it is worth noting, in front of the American film director, the Russian president revealed to a much greater extent than before the domestic media. I got acquainted with the first series and notes: the Russian audience learns about his leader something new.

Challenged or got under charm

"Let him say. After all, I and the playwright, I encourage my actors to be better, to speak, speak, "the film director reminded his professional skills in an interview. Showtime TV channel spun the film about Putin for all the rules of a good TV show. Still, the art of television multi-metering films rose in America to an unprecedented height. A few weeks the interest of the public was heated by the teasers, and everyone was news, some - almost a scandal. Stone himself was readily distributed interview, and the press showed the first two series.

And many reproaches sounded: they said, got under charm; This will not director guides the hero, this hero leads the director, wrote audience journalists. And Stone does not hide that Putin impressed him: "However, he defends Russian interests, how works. With its discipline and endurance. Not a single American president looked so much. "

The film director worked on the material for more than two years, during this time a dozen interview was recorded - tens of hours of pure time. In the Kremlin, they assure that they do not know how he arranged the final material. They say, it is possible to expect anything: a person is talented and recognized, unless this will ask for "coordinate the material." On rides in Russia, the director accompanied the whole film crew. They were allowed into the Kremlin cabins (not at all those who were accustomed to see Russian televisions), they showed sports training (this is already habitable) and rolled by the car, which Putin's personally managed (we also did not observe this too).

Photo: FilmStills.net / globallookpress.com

In the vocabulary, one after one sounds the questions: you want to be the king (against the backdrop of the throne in the Andreevsky hall of the Kremlin), why did you join our elections, did you make a mistake in the Crimea? Stone argues that he tried to press all pain. Many believe that it was none. "You may seem that I behaved softly, but no. I challenged, behaved all the bolder and bolder, "he intriguits. Again according to the laws of the genre.

Calm sleep and thoughts of death

Stone conversations with Putin are valuable primarily with their novelty. Stone experimented (after all, not every interviewer will put the interlocutor in the conditions of the submarine and the soul with gay), affected personal topics. Unlike the recent interview with Putin TV presenter or French, they did not sound any questions for long ago.

Is the Russian President of Russia sleep well? The director himself admitted that she would have lost sleep with such work. But no, Putin sleeps very well, the nightmares he does not dream. Isn't it afraid of attempts, and on the part of personal security? "I trust them," Putin replied. - Do you know what Russians say? Who is destined to be hung, he will not drown. " One day, death will come to everyone, "the question is only that you have time to do in this world, whether you were happy." And while we will not suffer from the cemetery in white slippers, "hope is always. Including on improving relations with the United States.

Commented on the Russian president and the desire attributed to him to become king: "The question is to dispose of at least the authority that you have. And dispose of it right. " Putin believes that Western media call him a king, because they like this image: "They cannot get rid of these old stereotypes."

Childhood and disintegration of the USSR

The first series of teleproject was devoted mainly to the events of the distant past. Putin told Stoul about his parents. He recalled that his father began a war in special divisions, then was sent to the current army, one of the most dangerous sites of the Leningrad Front. Before his birth, parents lost two children, one of them - during the blockade of Leningrad. Putin was a late child, but the parents always worked very much. "I lived in very free mode, I spent a lot of time on the street, in the yard. Since I started practicing judo, it changed my life for the better, "Putin told.

When the conversation moved to the events of 1991, Putin explained his phrase about the collapse of the USSR as the main catastrophe of the twentieth century. "I often heard criticized to my address about the fact that I regret the collapse of the Soviet Union. First, and this is the most important thing, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, 25 million Russian people found themselves abroad, and this is real one of the largest catastrophes of the 20th century, "Putin said. The Russian president noted that the USSR citizens lived within a single country, they were equal, but in one second everything has changed.

"And in the country there were signs first, and then a full-scale civil war. And of course, I saw all this perfectly, especially when I became the director, "Putin added. At the same time, social protection system was completely destroyed, whole sectors of the economy were stopped, the health system was actually destroyed, the army was in the deplorable state, millions of people were behind the poverty line, he recalled.