I Believe Edward Snowden Is Misunderstood by Americans

By Oliver Stone, Oliver Stone's Facebook Page

26 October 16

SNOWDEN & SURVEILLANCE STATE

inally back from Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, France (premiering November 1), Italy (December 1), and England (December 2). The previews were long, standing ovations from audience, and press reviews were exceptional in every country. As we didn’t have the support of a major studio, our foreign distributors were different in each country. For example, I’m going back to Brazil and Mexico for our Latin American openings in the 2nd week of November, and Japan in mid-January.

Was disappointed by US box office results and mixed reviews, many of them unnecessarily nasty. Though we had an “A” CinemaScore from audiences, which is probably the highest I’ve ever received, too few came. Video version’s due out in December/January. I love large-screen theaters, which was a way of life for many of us. But no question these types of dramas are no longer feasible as world shifts to TV and other devices to see film. Dramas have to be made with severe budget restrictions that limit the scope, and even then rarely get theater time.

Unlike our European reception, I still believe the Snowden affair is misunderstood by most Americans. He’s still the guy who ‘gave away secrets.’ I don’t really think his message got through in 2013. It’ll take time to sink in as we drift more and more into an era of mass surveillance, drone and cyber-warfare with our regime-change, global-policeman policies. These systems are being adopted not just by our supposed enemies in China, Russia, and Iran, but by our allies as well. But no one is really an ally to us anymore -- only a hostage. Peaceful countries must embrace either our NATO alliance or ‘our Pacific Century,’ per Hillary Clinton. In that regard, please read the following 3 short articles by Robert Parry on this reckless path to chaos that has been well concealed from the general voting public.

In one recent debate, I caught a glimpse of a moment, which perhaps some of you noticed, and which I think reveals the madness in our culture. Ms. Clinton, angry, countered Trump’s “Make America Great Again,” with “America IS great!… We’re great because we’re good.”

Yes, and tell that to the mass of refugees and corpses in the Middle East, eastern Ukraine, Central America, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and scores of other countries.

Robert Parry, “The Existential Madness of Putin Bashing,”
Consortiumnews
http://bit.ly/2cbm1Jz

Robert Parry, “America’s Wordwide Impunity”
Consortiumnews
http://bit.ly/2eCIvnp

Robert Parry, “Debate Moderator Distorted Syrian Reality,”
Consortiumnews
http://bit.ly/2eoMSpB