Posted on 09/07/2009 9:43:31 AM PDT by mojito
VENICE (Reuters) - Director Oliver Stone says the U.S. media and government have demonised Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and other leftist South American leaders, and argues in a new film that they were right to stand up to Washington.
Chavez, who landed in Venice for the film's premiere, has earned a reputation for his outspoken criticism of U.S. policy, and in Stone's "South of the Border" he is sympathetically portrayed as a hero of the people who refuses to be bullied.
Originally an attempt to redress what Stone saw as unfair treatment of Chavez by TV networks and newspapers, the documentary turned into a bigger project and included interviews not only with him but with six other presidents in the region.
"I think the movie, if you've seen it, shows very clearly the level of stupidity in the kind of broad statements that are made about Mr. Chavez," Stone told reporters at the Venice film festival.
"But I didn't want to make a movie only about the American media's attacks. I felt that that was too small for what this man is about.
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Chavez, surrounded by bodyguards, strolled with Stone on the Lido red carpet, posing for pictures and signing autographs like a movie star before receiving a standing ovation at the premiere on Monday.
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You can’t demonize a demon. He’s already a demon.
Actually, it’s Chavez, Stone, and their cohorts who demonize the U.S. Could Stone please list what evil things we have done to Chavez?
“Maybe its time to bring HUAC back.”
Yes, and who would run it?
I guess we would have to wait until we got a Republican House back.
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