Oliver Stone’s Reel Mission
Hollywood: It’s one thing for Oliver Stone to release a propaganda film glorifying Venezuela’s dictator and let it bomb at the box office. It’s quite another to see it dis tributed as “history” in schools, which is Stone’s real aim.
One has to wonder why a big-league filmmaker like Oliver Stone, who’s capable of producing good movies, would waste his time on a $2 million documentary called “South of the Border.” It’s nothing but a gooey valentine to Venezuela’s failing dictator, Hugo Chavez, comparable to Soviet-style propaganda.